Associate Director, Telemetry & Flight Termination Systems

Date Posted:

2024-12-16

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

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 Effector Power & Analog Design Department (EPAD) at Raytheon is seeking a Telemetry & Flight Termination Systems (FTS) Engineering Associate Director to help design and roadmap robust FTS systems for important national defense products. The Effector Power Department supports key Raytheon products, by providing mission-critical designs relating to power conversion, motor controls, flight termination systems, telemetry, and other analog domains.

What You Will Do

• Serve as a strategic leader who will define where a program or product line is heading or needs to go, while considering the technical and programmatic aspects of how to get there. The Fellow must then drive the execution of that strategy across multiple programs.

• Help define the future of FTS and technologies at Raytheon.

• Guide the “Responsible Engineering Authorities” (REAs) for FTS designs.

• Oversee the generation and/or compilation of all required analysis and documentation verifying compliance with program and performance requirements.

• Work with range safety officers to satisfy RCC319.

• Drive to meet schedule concerns across multiple programs.

• Define schedules for FTS circuit card level tasking.

• Lead small teams to success with schedule, budget, and technical execution.

• Engage in personal technical growth and encourage/guide technical growth in peers and junior engineers.

• Clearly present your work product to functional and program leadership.

• Participate in risk management discussions.

• Obtain and maintain additional program access as required.

• This 1st shift role will be 100% on-site and based in Tucson, AZ.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and 12 years’ of prior work experience OR an Advanced STEM degree and 10 years’ of prior work experience. A Ph.D. can account for 5 years of experience as required for this position.

• Electronics design experience with Telemetry & Flight Termination subsystems, including, but not limited to utilizing and creating electrical design specifications.

• Experience in applying RCC319-10 and/or RCC234-11 through current version.

• Experience architecting flight termination and range tracking systems and coordinating with Range Safety Officers.

• Experience providing engineering support for programs through participation in project design reviews and/or peer reviews, including preparing/delivering technical briefings to internal leadership and external customers.

• Active and transferable U.S. government issued Secret security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Experience working with Range Safety Officers from at least four test ranges.

• Patents, Papers and/or Publications in related technical field.

• Experience with electronics laboratory diagnosis and testing.

• Experience communicating and documenting technical topics at the small and large team level and experience presenting to all levels of management and the customer community.

• Experience as the lead designer on complex or challenging technical problems.

• Professional experience in designs using microcontrollers, FPGAs, and digital interfaces.

• Professional experience in system grounding schemes and resolving ground reference issues.

• Professional experience in developing requirements, writing supplier statements of work, and direct supplier development and validation of product designs.

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