Manufacturing Engineer /Fabrication Shop Lead

Date Posted:

2025-01-17

Country:

United States of America

Location:

AZ872: RMS AP Bldg 914 1151 East Hermans Road Building 914, Tucson, AZ, 85756 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

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.
 

The Test Environments, Manufacturing Engineer /Fabrication Shop Lead will be the main POC for incoming program fabrication work in our satellite shops. This lead role will directly support satellite shops by reviewing incoming jobs and working with the customer to clarify and validate job requirements.  This role is responsible for raw material planning, creating manufacturing travelers, identify needed tooling and fixtures, resource planning, coordinating with other shop locations, and setting the overall shop priorities and schedule.

This role requires collaborating in a dynamic, fast-paced, product development, integrated team environment. The position interacts daily with support technicians, engineers, technical leads, and other shop sites to successfully meet the prototype development and test manufacturing needs of our internal and external program customers.

This position is onsite.
 

What You Will Do:

• Analyzes and modifies product designs in collaboration with Design Engineering to assure manufacturability. Work with underdeveloped drawing packages, basic sketches, released drawing packages, as well as CAD solid models
• Responsible for all aspects of fabrication including, safe equipment operation, part inspection, managing the machinist’s workload, supporting customers’ schedules, delegating, and coordinating workflow as required
• Determines and directs other technical matters required to make a given product according to the desired volume, timetable, cost, quality level, and other required specifications in a multi-program, data and access-controlled environment
• Report to the Mechanical Prototyping and Fabrication Section Lead within the Engineering Prototyping and Fabrication Department (the Bike Shop)
• 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.                                                                                                   
• Follow all safety and operational guidelines when operating machinery and using tools.

What You Will Learn:

• Some experience that you will gain through this position:
  • Quick turn porotypes and product development
  • Process requirement and planning
  • Technical Data analysis and development involvement
  • Leadership and Mentorship
  • Project Management
     

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires: A University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience, or An Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years experience
• Experience with mechanical drawings and/or CAD software tools
• 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

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Experience in the use of precision manual machine shop equipment and tools: lathes, mills, grinders, optical comparators, precision measuring equipment
• Problem solving and work planning in a fast paced, dynamic environment
• Knowledgeable in CNC programming, setup, and operation of 3 or 4 axis CNC mills
• Experience in Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T)
• Familiar with Shop Floor planning & tracking systems including manufacturing travelers and job estimating
• Working knowledge of Creo/Pro-E experience, Windows, MS Office products (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook)
• Experience working as a team lead or in a supervisory role in a manufacturing environment.

What We Offer

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

Learn More & Apply Now!

• RTX solves some of the toughest challenges in aerospace and defense. That requires expansive thinking and bold inno