Sr. Material Program Lead

Date Posted:

2025-08-28

Country:

United States of America

Location:

AZ852: RMS AP Bldg M02 1151 East Hermans Road Building M02, Tucson, AZ, 85756 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

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

Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.​ U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance​

Security Clearance:

Top Secret - Current

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 Materials & Process Engineering (M&PE) Department, which functions within Hardware Engineering, is looking for a M&PE Program Lead engineer to participate as a member of the Materials Design and Development Section. The ideal candidate will be accountable for leveraging Hardware Engineering and M&PE disciplines for technical execution of the design, development, and manufacturing of missile hardware. The M&PE Program Lead is responsible for supporting all program milestones and providing materials engineering technical execution to the committed production schedule and cost. In addition, the M&PE Program Lead is responsible for coordinating M&PE resources to effectively meet program requirements.

What You Will Do:

• Provide M&PE support to programs design reviews, gate reviews, Material Review Board, Change Control Board, Process Change Board, and engineering peer reviews.

• Responsible for the accuracy of technical output of each assignment, including the M&PE positions based on data and analyses.

• Interface with other organizations across the Raytheon Enterprise such as Common Electronic Products, Mission Assurance & Quality, Operations, Reliability, and Supply Chain.

• Additional experience with Failure Review Boards and/or failure analysis is also helpful.

• Provide M&PE support for Program’s CCB, MRB, PCB, ERB, PMCB

• Ensure peer reviews are conducted and M&PE position aligned with Program deliverable and “One Voice” prior to report distribution

• Manage workload to ensure that programs and M&PE team receive the required support consistent with schedule needs

• Lead the Program Team in the following activities: The development of trade studies to identify appropriate materials, material properties, and processes ; Benchmark material technologies and methods of materials testing ; Document justifications for material choices.

• Ensure labor costs and estimated completion schedules provided by the M&PE Sections are negotiated, understood and meet product/program commitments

• Resolution of technical and operational problems

• Mentor and/or train early career engineers

• Participate on Failure Investigation Teams to provide technical support

• Support proposal efforts that include M&PE tasks.

• Be able to present technical position or data results summary to large technical audience (example: MMSTN, TIG, or ERB)

The Sr. Material Program Lead job is in Tucson, AZ and the position is onsite.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience. In absence of a degree, 9+ years of experience. An advanced degree in a related field may be substituted for additional years of experience

• Experience in mechanical and/or chemical analysis methods (i.e. tensile, compression, lap shear, hardness, lap shear, viscosity; FT-IR spectroscope, cure rate of adhesives, DMA, TMA, Gas Chromatography, etc.)

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Materials problem solving; such as process improvements or choosing alternate material or protective coatings to address specific material issues.

• Materials characterization, or production engineering and/or competency with the use and application of technical standards, principles, theories, concepts and techniques.

• Seven (7) years of experience in materials problem solving, materials characterization, or production engineering and competency with the use and application of technical standards, principles, theories, concepts and techniques

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