Senior Reliability Engineer - P3

About the position

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. We are seeking a seeking a skilled and experienced Senior Reliability Engineer - P3. This is an onsite position at Raytheon in McKinney, Texas.

Responsibilities

  • Lead or conduct reliability activities through multiple program phases; proposal, development, and production
  • Develop, coordinate and conduct technical reliability trade studies and evaluations of engineering design concepts
  • Develop RM&T analyses including Mean Time Between Failure predictions in accordance with MIL-HDBK-217
  • Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) in accordance with MIL-HDBK-1629
  • Perform Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) investigations to implement continuous reliability improvement as part of closed-loop Failure Reporting and Corrective Action (FRACA) process
  • Generate formal, customer-deliverable RM&T report documentation
  • Conduct reliability growth testing
  • Effectively communicate, both written and orally, with teams including program management, proposal management and customers, and represent WLE in technical meetings and program reviews

Requirements

  • Typically Requires a Bachelor's Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience
  • The ability to obtain and maintain a 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
  • Experience conducting Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) investigations to identify root cause, implement corrective action, and monitor to verify improvement
  • Experience with Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analyses (FMECA)
  • Experiece with Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Excel, and Power Point

Nice-to-haves

  • Experience working in the DoD customer community (US Army, US Air Force, US Navy)
  • Experience in other engineering disciplines including maintainability, testability, system safety, human systems integration, logistics, technical publications, training, and/or affordability
  • Experience working across multiple disciplines and organizational levels
  • Experience in presenting data to internal or external customers
  • Experience with product testing and troubleshooting in the factory/depot or field environment
  • Experience with reliability analysis tools (e.g. Reliasoft Tool Suite or Windchill)
  • Experience working with and interpreting interfaces between hardware and software
  • Experience in working with software/firmware development and implementation
  • Experience conducting Earned Value Management activities to manage budget/schedule performance
  • Experience generating RM&T cost estimates and technical analyses in support of proposals

Benefits

  • medical
  • dental
  • vision
  • life insurance
  • short-term disability
  • long-term disability
  • 401(k) match
  • flexible spending accounts
  • flexible work schedules
  • employee assistance program
  • Employee Scholar Program
  • parental leave
  • paid time off
  • holidays
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