Low Observable Materials Engineer – Secret Clearance Required

globalhr; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 108,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

Short-term Disability

Long-term Disability

401(k) Match

Flexible Spending Accounts

Flexible Work Schedules

Employee Scholar Program

Parental Leave

Paid Time Off

Holidays

Job summary

Raytheon in Tucson, AZ seeks a seasoned materials engineer to lead development and integration across product lines, applying advanced signatures control and RF materials expertise.

You will drive material characterization, perform RF attenuation tests, and collaborate with customers and suppliers. The role emphasizes project leadership, mentoring, and strong ownership of complex tasks in a fast-paced defense environment.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience, or An Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years experience.
• Experience in Low Observables or Radar materials.
• Experience in material characterization, or performance testing/prediction, and/or design experience, material down-select and/or integration on to air vehicle.
• Experience with customer and supplier collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Material and process development, characterization and system level integration in support of all Raytheon product lines and new business.
• Material performance predictions and measurement tests of developmental and production systems.
• Perform material measurements of constitutive and RF attenuation properties and generate predicted material performance using Computational Electromagnetic Codes (CEM) tools.
• Work in integrated product teams to incorporate advanced signature control techniques into deliverable products.
• Material formulation and development.
• Fabrication process development.
• Composites operations support.
• Material testing and characterization (RF, mechanical, physical).
• Preparation of engineering documentation.
• Customer and supplier interface.
• Participation/leadership of and program reviews.
• Project management.
• Mentor early career engineers.
• Strong ownership of tasks; ability to function as Materials Lead on Integrated Product Teams

Skills

Radar materials experience

Material characterization

RF/EM measurements

Customer collaboration

Project management

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Advanced degree in related field

Tools

Python

C++

MATLAB

CAD software

Job description

Raytheon in Tucson, AZ seeks a seasoned materials engineer to lead development and integration across product lines, applying advanced signatures control and RF materials expertise.

You will drive material characterization, perform RF attenuation tests, and collaborate with customers and suppliers. The role emphasizes project leadership, mentoring, and strong ownership of complex tasks in a fast-paced defense environment.