Engineer II - Electrical Fuze & Initiation Systems

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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 Energetics and Propulsion Department is an engineering organization in the Hardware Engineering Directorate. This Department is responsible for the full spectrum of warhead, fuzing, and propulsion designs/technology, including power systems, ignition, and all other weapon initiation safety systems technology. The department is seeking to hire an Engineer II – Fuze & Initiation Systems.

What You Will Do

• Apply or develop highly advanced technologies, scientific principles, theories, and concepts to the systems integration of fuzing, ignition, and safety devices for integration into missile systems and space vehicles
• Support the Systems Safety Engineering Organization
• Interface with the Customer to identify user needs
• Work with customers, subcontractors and suppliers to resolve engineering issues, develop new products and hold technical reviews
• Develop initial fuze and initiation systems architectures and top-level designs
• Design, analyze, test, and evaluate fuze and initiation systems
• Develop Statements of Work (SOWs)
• Develop Critical Item Development Specifications (CIDS) and electrical logic and interface requirements
• Support fact-finding and contract negotiations
• Ensure technical rigor and depth of all deliverables
• Develop and present technical fuzing designs and updates to the Department of Defense (DoD) safety review boards
• Will travel periodically to government and subcontractor facilities

The Engineer II – Electrical Fuze & Initiation Systems role is in Tucson, AZ and is an onsite position.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum two (2) years of prior relevant experience. An Advanced degree in a related field may be substituted for two (2) years experience
• A minimum of two (2) year of experience in electronic circuit design and analysis or fuzing and initiation system design
• Project Management as applied to team interaction and deliverables
• The ability to obtain and maintain a US security clearance prior to the start date. U.S. citizenship is required as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Desired Qualifications

• Advanced degree
• Four (4) or more years of directly related experience in electronics design and analysis and development of electronic circuit design from conceptual design through final test and assembly, etc.
• Experience with fuzing devices design, manufacturing, testing, safety certification and/or compliance
• Experience performing electrical stress analysis, electrical thermal analysis, environment survivability assessment
• Ability to analyze analog, digital, mixed signal and power conversion circuits using simulation and computational skills
• Ability to interface with engineering groups within Missile Systems for analyses and subject matter support
• Experience preparing and presenting technical papers for customer safety review boards
• Experience in developing fuzing, safe & arm products that meet MIL-, MIL-STD-1901, and MIL-STD-464
• Working knowledge of JOTP-051, 052, 053
• Experience with energetic and pyrotechnic initiators, exploding foil deflagrating initiators (EFDI), and Low energy exploding foil initiators (LEEFI) and their operation
• Technical writing…