Optical Engineer II

Date Posted

2024-03-12

Country

United States of America

Location

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

Position Role Type

Onsite

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Job Summary

The Advanced Products and Solutions division of Raytheon is seeking an Optical Engineer II to join our Manufacture Engineering team to support and lead the efforts to maintain test equipment for Electro-Optical/Infrared(EO/IR) products in a factory production environment. Additionally, this person will be involved with design analysis and changes to both the test equipment as well as the products themselves during productionization efforts and general root cause investigations. The role aims to generate a manufacturing process that can be streamlined and executed with minimal interruptions, this expectation resides with both assembly manufacturing and testing capabilities. This individual must be self-motivated and will work with a cross functional team including engineering, factory management, program management, assembly, and test.

Work will often be performed in an ISO7 to ISO5 cleanroom infrastructure environment where most of the EO/IR production efforts occur. This role will also include performing interferometry measurements and analyses to assist in efforts such as troubleshooting, investigations, specification analysis, etc.

The work assignment will be manufacturing support of the EO/IR systems produced in the McKinney, TX Consolidated Manufacturing Center. This is a first shift position, and standard workdays will be Monday through Friday. There will also be required weekend work approximately one day a month in support of a weekend rotation schedule.

Responsibilities to Anticipate

Support daily factory needs, and seek process improvements that can reduce cost, rework frequencies and HPU to streamline factory flow.

Oversee day to day prioritization of optical test equipment needs, including daily communication with cross functional leadership.

Carrying out appointed tasks with minimal supervision.

Engage with supplier(s) for test equipment development and material qualification.

Investigate failure trends for root cause and implementation of corrective actions.

Perform optical evaluation such as stray light analyses on the current and future product lines.

Basic Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelor's in science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 2 years of prior relevant experience.

• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in physically performing optical alignments.

• Experience setting up and maintaining optical test equipment including calibration efforts.

• Experience in troubleshooting test equipment issues.

• Experience with Design of Experiment (DOE) troubleshooting skills.

• Experience with optical supplier engagement.

• Experience in multi-discipline collaboration to mitigate systemic issues.

• Experience in handling high-dollar optical components.

• Strong technical writing skills

• Demonstrated knowledge of optical performance in EO/IR system

• Demonstrated abilities to execute impactful improvements within rapid time window.

• Optical and mechanical properties acumen, and demonstrated experiences with MIL-STD, ASTM, F-spec, and shop processes.

• Background knowledge on testing instrumentation, such as with collimators, labsphere, targets and power meters.

• Familiar with IR spectrometer

• Familiar with Creo, Matlab, Zemax, CodeV

• Proficiency in streamline generation of procedures and instructions.

What We Offer

Whether you're just starting out on your career journey or are an experienced professional, we offer a robust total rewards package with compensation; healthcare, wellness, retirement and work/life benefits; career development and recognition programs. Some of the benefits we offer include parental (including paternal) leave, flexible work schedules, achievement awards, educational assistance and child/adult backup care.

The salary range for this role is 64,000 USD - 128,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, 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, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company's performance.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

RTX 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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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.