Date Posted:

2021-12-22-08:00

Country:

United States of America

Location:

TX190: 2501 West University, McKinney 2501 West University , McKinney, TX, 75070 USA

Job Description :

The Hardware Engineering Center is seeking a highly motivated High Energy Laser Engineering (HEL) Technical Fellow with deep technical knowledge and hands-on experience to support new product development at Raytheon Intelligence and Space (RIS).  The ideal candidate’s duties will include:

Provide innovative solutions consistent with business development plansPartner with HEL leadership to grow new businessProvide technical leadership to teams of engineers including leading design, build, integration, and testingIdentify strategic HEL development opportunitiesInterface with program leadership and participate in customer and program technical reviewsBe accountable to leadership for technical decisionsProvide inputs and reviews of the engineering technical baseline as part of proposal effortsCommunicate and collaborate with Program Management and Technical Leadership, Engineering Leadership, Manufacturing, Suppliers, and Customer 
A Technical Fellow is expected to work across Product Lines and Business Areas to support the critical needs of the Enterprise.  A Fellow is also expected to establish mentoring relationships to develop the needed expertise and to enable a teaching culture at RIS.  In this position, they must leverage a proven track record in developing architecture that leads to a successful product throughout the product’s life cycle.   The candidate of choice will encompass a history of design innovation validated by patents and technical papers, and have served as the technical lead through integration and qualification of HEL systems, as well as successfully leading Failure Investigation Teams in resolution to complex development and production issues and /or system anomalies.
 
Required Skills: Minimum of 14 years of professional experience with a BS degree, 12 years of professional experience with an MS degree, and 10 years professional experience with a PhDExpertise in one or more of the following areas: (1) high energy lasers, (2) fiber laser systems, (3) and/or laser system designDemonstrated ability to (1) to plan/schedule tasks (2) define optical/hardware components, (3) interface with vendors (4) set up and align optical/laser hardware (5) document/report test results, and (6) deliver laser systemsExperience with laser characterization techniques for beam quality, wavefront-error, and laser noise measurementsBroad understanding of optical and laser vendor capabilitiesExperience giving technical presentations to management and customers.US Citizenship is required as this position will require a DoD Secret clearance within 1st year of employment 
Desired SkillsExperience with producing patents and publications in the laser industryExperience Leading engineering teams across the life cycle of the laser product including development, build, test, and integration in to weapon systemsAblility to influence others to achieve technical and programmatic goalsDemonstrated proactive problem solvingKnowledge to develop a business strategic vision and execute changesAbility to write technical proposal volumesPrior experience in Defense or AerospaceProficiency in electronics,  such as laser diode drivers, TEC, power suppliesProficiency with optical alignment techniques and alignment tooling.Experience with optical component inspection, cleaning and bondingStrong Interpersonal and Multi-tasking SkillsFamiliarity with processes and principals of systems engineeringActive Secret or higher clearance 
Required Education and ExperienceBS in Engineering, Physics, or other related engineering fieldPrefer to have at least a Master's Degree, and possibly a PhD

This position requires either a U.S. Person or a Non-U.S. Person who is eligible to obtain any required Export Authorization.

Relocation assistance available provided final candidate meets eligibility requirements

Employee Referral Award Eligibility: Only employees currently within RMD and RI&S have the potential to receive a Referral Award for submitting a referral to RMD and RI&S roles.  ALL eligibility requirements must be met to receive the Referral Awarding.

Raytheon Technologies is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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