Rapid Prototyping Project Manager

Date Posted:

2025-06-27

Country:

United States of America

Location:

AZ505: 6880 South Tucson Blvd. 6880 South Tucson Boulevard Building B, Tucson, AZ, 85706-7016 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.​ U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Security Clearance:

DoD Clearance: Secret

At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. We bring the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world.  

Job Summary:

The Engineering Prototyping and Fabrication department (also known as the Bike Shop) within the Systems Integration and Test directorate’s Environment Center is charged with providing rapid prototyping, early demonstration, product development support, and a wide range of capabilities and services to help engineering teams achieve demonstrated solutions throughout the product development process. These capabilities include engineering and test support, procurement coordination, and electrical and mechanical fabrication. The Bike Shop is seeking a Rapid Prototyping Project Manager to support our prototyping shop operations. They will work with the Front-End team and shop leadership to ensure that projects are estimated, planned, fabricated, and consistently delivered to customer schedule and cost targets in a fast-paced low volume, high mix, dynamic manufacturing environment.

What You Will Do:

• Estimate fabrication tasks (labor hours, material costs, lead times) in a timely manner while identifying manufacturability issues and tooling required. You will use your skills to communicate and negotiate technical requirements and schedules with customers and fabrication teams.

• Use our internal shop floor management system (RAPID) to create project folders, bills of materials, and shop travelers, and maintain traceability to key project documentation. 

• Initiate quoting and ordering of raw materials, hardware, and machine tools for each project, working closely with our procurement team to track receipts and manage constraints.

• Responsible for managing multiple projects from start to finish, following each part’s progress through shop processes, performing part/project final inspection and project closeout activities.   

• Work with shop leadership and customers to manage priorities, constraints, and mitigation strategies in the event of technical issues, scope creep, and schedule slips.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a Bachelor of Science degree in Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum eight (8) years prior relevant experience or fifteen (15) years’ experience in leu of education in a manufacturing or machine shop environment.

• Relevant estimating experience (Manufacturing - Machine Shop).

• Experience reading fabrication drawings and basic understanding of GD&T.

• The ability to obtain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Project management experience.

• Highly organized, efficient and able to manage multiple tasks and deadlines effectively.

• Strong communications and interpersonal skills and the ability to work cohesively in a team environment.

• Experience using 3D CAD software.

• Knowledge of materials, machining processes, plating, hardware, inserts, etc.

• Strong computer skills (MS Office Suite).

What We Offer:

At RTX we value: Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation. Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world.

Please consider the following role type definition as you apply for this role.

• Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

• This position requires a security clearance. DCSA Consolidated Adjudication Services (DCSA CAS)<