Job Information
Raytheon Technologies Engineering Fellow High Energy Laser in McKinney, Texas
The Hardware Engineering Center is seeking a highly motivated High Energy Laser Engineering (HEL) Technical Fellow with deep technical knowledge and hands-on experience to support new product development at Raytheon Intelligence and Space (RIS).
The ideal candidate’s duties will include:
Provide innovative solutions consistent with business development plans
Partner with HEL leadership to grow new business
Provide technical leadership to teams of engineers including leading design, build, integration, and testing
Identify strategic HEL development opportunities
Interface with program leadership and participate in customer and program technical reviews
Be accountable to leadership for technical decisions
Provide inputs and reviews of the engineering technical baseline as part of proposal efforts
Communicate and collaborate with Program Management and Technical Leadership, Engineering Leadership, Manufacturing, Suppliers, and Customer
A Technical Fellow is expected to work across Product Lines and Business Areas to support the critical needs of the Enterprise.
A Fellow is also expected to establish mentoring relationships to develop the needed expertise and to enable a teaching culture at RIS.
In this position, they must leverage a proven track record in developing architecture that leads to a successful product throughout the product’s life cycle.
The candidate of choice will encompass a history of design innovation validated by patents and technical papers, and have served as the technical lead through integration and qualification of HEL systems, as well as successfully leading Failure Investigation Teams in resolution to complex development and production issues and /or system anomalies.
Required Skills:
Minimum of 14 years of professional experience with a BS degree, 12 years of professional experience with an MS degree, and 10 years professional experience with a PhD
Expertise in one or more of the following areas: (1) high energy lasers, (2) fiber laser systems, (3) and/or laser system design
Demonstrated ability to (1) to plan/schedule tasks (2) define optical/hardware components, (3) interface with vendors (4) set up and align optical/laser hardware (5) document/report test results, and (6) deliver laser systems
Experience with laser characterization techniques for beam quality, wavefront-error, and laser noise measurements
Broad understanding of optical and laser vendor capabilities
Experience giving technical presentations to management and customers.
US Citizenship is required as this position will require a DoD Secret clearance within 1st year of employment
Desired Skills
Experience with producing patents and publications in the laser industry
Experience Leading engineering teams across the life cycle of the laser product including development, build, test, and integration in to weapon systems
Ablility to influence others to achieve technical and programmatic goals
Demonstrated proactive problem solving
Knowledge to develop a business strategic vision and execute changes
Ability to write technical proposal volumes
Prior experience in Defense or Aerospace
Proficiency in electronics,
such as laser diode drivers, TEC, power supplies
Proficiency with optical alignment techniques and alignment tooling.
Experience with optical component inspection, cleaning and bonding
Strong Interpersonal and Multi-tasking Skills
Familiarity with processes and principals of systems engineering
Active Secret or higher clearance
Required Education and Experience
BS in Engineering, Physics, or other related engineering field
Prefer to have at least a Master's Degree, and possibly a PhD
This position requires either a U.S. Person or a Non-U.S. Person who is eligible to obtain any required Export Authorization.174023
Raytheon is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.