Hybrid Component Engineer – Obsolescence & BOM

Raytheon; McKinney (TX); Hybrid; USD 69,000 - 131,000; Full time

Job summary

RTX in McKinney, TX is seeking a hardware-focused engineer to support component engineering across program phases, including proposal, design, LRIP, production, and sustainment. You will own decisions across component disciplines and collaborate daily with suppliers, PDE, ECAD, program management, and supply chain.

The role emphasizes obsolescence management, data analysis, and collaboration with cross-functional teams in an agile setting.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 2 years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience working in Product Data Management (PDM) systems
• Experience in developing and interpreting electrical component specifications and large datasets to form basic conclusions
• Experience collecting, analyzing, and presenting data on technical component issues
• Working knowledge of proactive and reactive component obsolescence methodologies

Responsibilities

• Manage component obsolescence, including active/obsolete status determination and risk coding
• Coordinate, audit, and communicate with suppliers and manufacturers
• Generate and update source control and interface drawings (SCDs, VICDs, SIDs, etc.)
• Perform alternate part evaluations and prepare detailed comparison matrices
• Define component environmental and performance requirements for program applications
• Provide guidance on technology insertion, part selection, and standardization within parametric, environmental, and circuit constraints
• Work with internal teams and external suppliers to assess component risks and establish verification plans
• Create comprehensive component verification data packages
• Deliver applications engineering support to integrated product teams (IPTs)
• Lead component selection and library use through BOM development and collaboration toolsets
• Present component standardization, design library updates, obsolescence status, and termination finish risks during PDRs/CDRs
• Support Product Development Engineering (PDE) in an agile environment, including BOM scrubs, obsolescence and supply chain management, Tin Whisker/Gold Embrittlement assessments, documentation control, and alternate part reviews
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on the development of CCAs used in mission-critical applications
• Develop a strong foundation in component engineering practices applicable throughout your career
• Learn to perform component obsolescence management and risk coding
• Gain experience communicating, auditing, and collaborating with suppliers and manufacturers
• Learn to generate and revise source control drawings (SCDs, VICDs, SIDs, etc.)
• Build skill in interfacing with internal teams and external suppliers to develop component risk and verification plans
• Provide applications engineering support to integrated product teams (IPTs)

Skills

PDM experience

Data analysis & presentation

Obsolescence management

Supplier coordination

Agile / Jira familiarity

Education

Bachelor’s in STEM

Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

ECAD

Jira

BOM management tools

Job description

RTX in McKinney, TX is seeking a hardware-focused engineer to support component engineering across program phases, including proposal, design, LRIP, production, and sustainment. You will own decisions across component disciplines and collaborate daily with suppliers, PDE, ECAD, program management, and supply chain.

The role emphasizes obsolescence management, data analysis, and collaboration with cross-functional teams in an agile setting.