Principal Manufacturing Engineer (Jeddah)

Date Posted: 2025-01-06

Country: United States of America

Location: RMS99: RTN Remote, Mississippi

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.

Raytheon’s Operations Engineering is looking for a Principal Manufacturing Engineer to join our team. In this position you will have a high degree of interaction with personnel in Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, and program management.

In this role, you will support manufacturing efforts at the offset supplier for the TPY-2 program in a manufacturing engineering capacity. This includes, but is not limited to, providing manufacturing engineering support through lean principles, automation, continuous improvement, and root causal analysis.

This Unaccompanied position will be onsite in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for a long-term international assignment with additional compensation.

What You Will Do

• Work from schematics, diagrams, written and verbal descriptions, layouts or defined plans to support manufacturing.
• Troubleshoot hardware and equipment, analyze data, write work instructions, support failure investigations, and train personnel to perform necessary processes.
• Troubleshoot failures through data analysis and visual inspection.
• Identify trends in defects and work with the appropriate teams to resolve in a timely manner to prevent future defects in the build process.
• Maintain and improve process and test procedures as well as review and comment on change requests.
• Integrate process improvements.
• May have opportunities to help develop new processes and tests.
• May take on other duties and responsibilities such as test coordination between program and supplier.

Employment is contingent upon meeting all medical requirements for overseas assignment including comprehensive post-offer medical examination.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s in science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior engineering experience.
• Experience supporting a manufacturing factory and standardizing processes.
• Experience with process flow development and improvements.
• Experience with work instruction development.
• Experience with drawing interpretation, including Geometric Dimension and Tolerance (GD&T), electrical schematics, and wire diagrams.
• Experience using CAD software, including floor layouts and drawing reviews.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Excellent organizational, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Experience with heavy trailer assembly, including air brakes, air ride suspensions / axles, airline installs, trailer lighting installs, tire and wheel installs / torque sequence.
• Experience with metallization, welding, and Chemical Agent Resistant Coatings (CARC) paint.
• Experience ensuring the supplier follows established processes.
• Experience with helping the supplier further develop processes, including painting.
• Experience troubleshooting electrical systems.
• Experience with defense-qualified ground equipment.
• Experience recommending improvements, based on best practices, for electronic assembly area layouts, tooling, equipment, and station set-up.

What We Offer

• Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.

The salary range for this role is 101,000 USD - 203,000 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 Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.

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