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Principal Mechanical Engineer
| Company | RTX |
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| Location | Dulles, VA, USA |
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| Salary | $112000 – $224000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- 8+ years of relevant engineering experience
- Ability to travel periodically to suppliers, manufacturing facilities, and customer sites to support programs (up to 25%)
- U.S. Citizenship status is required as this position needs the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance, with eligibility for Top Secret/SCI with CI Polygraph
- B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering or similar STEM degree.
Responsibilities
- Execute all aspects of the systems’ mechanical engineering discipline, to include system design support, build, integration and test, training, deployment and sustainment activities for systems developed under the Janus program
- Support the development of system test requirements
- Plan, execute and analyze in support of system integration and verification
- Conduct hardware-in-the-loop testing
- Provide technical support for deployed sensor systems
- Perform a variety of hands-on technically challenging assignments.
Preferred Qualifications
- Engineering experience with demonstrated knowledge in electro-mechanical systems design, build, integration, and test
- CAD experience with software such as PTC Creo (Pro-E) and SolidWorks
- Ability to apply basic principles, theories, and concepts within the mechanical engineering field
- Conducting system/subsystem mechanical performance analysis and developing technical performance risk mitigation strategies
- Detailed mechanical design of cross-platform systems, subsystems and components with multiple communications protocols in a networked environment
- Capable of generating detailed systems design documentation
- Ability to assemble, troubleshoot, and repair mechanical and electronic systems
- Experience working in cross discipline teams
- Solid modeling (preferably CREO)
- Experience with testing of electronics to military environments (MIL-STD-810)
- Finite element analysis (preferably Abaqus)
- Experience with low-level programming in both Windows and Linux environments for embedded systems utilizing microcontrollers or PLCs
- Experience with networks
- Design of electro-mechanical automated system for harsh environments
- Ability to analyze issues and define solutions
- Ability to perform trade studies to optimize system performance
- Microsoft Office applications, to include MS Visio and MS Project
- Master’s degree in Engineering, or related STEM degree
