Sr Principal Engineer - Harness & Interconnect

RTX RTX · Aerospace · tucson, AZ +1 · Engineering

Seeking a Sr. Principal Engineer with expertise in mechanical design for harness and interconnect systems to support tactical missile Integrated Product Teams. The role involves autonomous work, mastery of the domain, strategic vision, and coaching junior engineers. Responsibilities include detailed mechanical design, test design, systems engineering, and proposal support. Requires a STEM degree with 10+ years of experience or an advanced degree with 7+ years, and a minimum of 10 years of engineering experience, specifically in designing/modifying harness and interconnect devices. Active US government security clearance is mandatory.

What you'd actually do

  1. At this grade level, you will be expected to work autonomously, have expert or mastery level knowledge of the harness and interconnect domain, exercise strategic vision to influence functional and organizational strategies of the PCAS organization beyond assigned program work, and coach and review the work of other professionals.
  2. Support may include but is not limited to detailed mechanical design, test design and execution, systems engineering, proposals and estimates, or earned value management.
  3. You will be expected to flex responsibilities based on the current needs of the organization and their respective skill sets.

Skills

Required

  • STEM degree
  • 10 years of engineering experience
  • Experience designing and/or modifying Harness and/or Interconnect devices
  • Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance

Nice to have

  • Experience with engineering of complex systems of devices and interconnects
  • Experience with development of harnessing requirements, system architecture, requirements risk, requirements verification and validation, system performance & function, safety and environmental compliance
  • Experience working with a wide variety of industry / military standards and specifications
  • Experience generating first order electrical analysis including, but not limited to, DC resistance and voltage drop
  • Experience deriving applicable technical requirements from higher level specifications
  • Proficiency in Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing per ASME Y14.5
  • Proven ability to deconstruct higher level tasks into discrete lower-level work packages and tasks
  • Proven ability to take ownership of complex harnessing systems and coordinating completion of technical data packages with peers
  • Experience developing technical solutions to a wide range of complex problems related to the entire product lifecycle including proposal, design, manufacture, integration and test
  • Developing subject matter expertise round wire, rf, and/or rigid-flex harnesses
  • Experience with harness design with mixed signals including knowledge of differential signals and shielding for EMI/RFI and crosstalk concerns
  • Moderate 3D modeling skills with a prominent commercial software package
  • Experience with Pro/Engineer/CREO 3D modeling and mechanical drawing generation
  • Experience with Creo Schematic, Mentor Capital, or other electrical system documentation software
  • Experience with flex and rigid flex design including familiarity with ECAD software, PCB design, signal integrity, copper weight calculations, adhesives, dielectrics, coverlays, stiffeners and thermal management
  • Proven design and manufacturing knowledge in machined parts, injection molded parts, wire harnesses/flex harnesses and related components

What the JD emphasized

  • Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date
  • U.S. citizenship is required
  • Active and existing security clearance required on day 1
  • minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience
  • minimum 7 years experience
  • A minimum of 10 years of engineering experience
  • Experience designing and/or modifying Harness and/or Interconnect device