Senior Principal Engineer- TWT and HPA Design

at  Raytheon

JOB SUMMARY:

Raytheon’s Antenna and Microwave Department (AMD) is seeking an electrical engineer with experience in High Power/High Voltage Transmitters. This position requires an experienced senior technical and business leader with a proven track record of invention, capture, and successful execution in High Power Microwave (HPM) and Pulsed Power technologies.
Responsibilities include design and hands-on testing of high voltage/high power RF components plus providing technical support to production activities across multiple programs. Team leadership skills including cost and schedule management plus proposal writing and presentation experience are desired. Some travel to integration sites, plus customer and subcontractor facilities, may be required.
We value diverse skills and experience, so don’t hold back. Your qualification could add tremendous value to our team. Our customers come from all different backgrounds, and so do our employees. If you’re passionate about what you could accomplish here, we’d love to hear from you.
This position is an onsite role in Tewksbury, MA

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 10 years of prior Engineering experience.
• Requires ten (10) years of relevant experience in any combination of the following areas:
• Experience with high voltage regulated power supply design, integration, and test
• Experience with high power vacuum tube amplifier design and test or equivalent using solid state GaN amplifier technology
• Microwave/RF system, subsystem and component analysis, design and test
• Hands-on experience with electromagnetic simulation tools such as HFSS, ADS, CST, Maxwell and analytical tools such as Matlab
• Familiarity with the military strategic planning methodologies and the associated organizations
• Experience in defense project planning, proposal and program management
• Experience with system simulation and system requirements, weapon systems employment and operations
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience in high voltage electrical breakdown phenomena
• Experience in corona discharging effects
• Familiarity with techniques in avoiding electrical arcing in waveguide/coaxial transmission systems
• Propensity for learning through self-study, and being comfortable in a multi-tasking environment
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Experience leading smalls design teams
• Understanding of allocating and flowing down requirements from the system to the component level
• Experience in technical writing and proposal writing
• Patents, papers, and publications in related technical field
• Prior active participation in a mentorship or coaching program involving several junior or mid-level engineers
• Experience working in a production and DoD environment
• Masters Degree or PhD
• Active Secret DoD security clearance

POSITION ROLE TYPE:

Onsite
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.

RESPONSIBILITIES TO ANTICIPATE:

• Design of high voltage regulated power supply design and high power vacuum tube amplifier design
• Integration and test of component level and system level hardware
• Some travel to integration sites, plus customer and subcontractor facilities, may be required.