Principal Manufacturing Systems Integration Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Flexible work schedules

Employee assistance program

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

RTX Corporation in Tucson is seeking a Principal Manufacturing Systems Integration Engineer to deploy and validate manufacturing capabilities across CGO programs. You will lead the integration of processes, workflows, tooling, and instructions to ensure robust, scalable factory readiness and improved takt performance, yield, and throughput.

The role requires a STEM degree with 8+ years of relevant experience or an advanced degree with 5+ years, plus hands-on experience in manufacturing

Qualifications

• Degree in STEM with 8+ years of experience or advanced degree with 5+ years.
• Experience in manufacturing engineering, production system integration, or factory development.
• Lean manufacturing, takt-based flow, or continuous improvement experience preferred.
• Ability to identify, characterize, and address manufacturing constraints using data and hands-on methods.

Responsibilities

• Integrate and optimize manufacturing workflows, tooling, instructions, and layouts.
• Identify constraints using data and on-the-floor evaluation to improve flow and throughput.
• Implement capacity-increasing improvements including takt, layouts, and instruction refinements.
• Coordinate cross-functional inputs and support readiness events and go-live activities.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

Production system integration

Lean manufacturing

Process characterization

Yield improvement

Education

STEM degree

Advanced degree in related field

Job description

Date Posted: 2026-10-19 Country: United States of America Location: US-AZ-TUCSON-M17 ~ 1851 S Pantano Rd ~ BLDG M17 Position Role Type: Onsite U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements: Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance Security Clearance Type: DoD Clearance: Secret Security Clearance Status: Active and existing security clearance required on day 1

At RTX, the world’s largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world. Raytheon brings 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. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense. 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.

The Raytheon Capacity Growth Office (CGO) is seeking a Principal Manufacturing Systems Integration Engineer to play a key technical role in deploying, integrating, and validating the manufacturing capabilities required to create production capacity across CGO programs. This position is focused on manufacturing optimization, hands-on implementation, and the technical integration of processes, workflows, tooling, instructions, and supporting systems to ensure factory readiness and performance. This role is highly collaborative and execution-driven, working across engineering, operations, quality, test, program office and other technical functions to identify constraints, characterize limiting factors, and implement improvements or capabilities that unlock takt performance, yield, flow, and throughput. Solutions may include new processes, redesigned workflows, tooling, digital enhancements, or automation where appropriate, but the focus is on addressing each manufacturing constraint with the right technical solution, ensuring that the deployed capability is robust, scalable, and ready for production.

Technical Problem Solving & Constraint Characterization

• Identify and characterize manufacturing constraints related to cycle time, variability, flow breaks, material movement, operator workload, or process capability.


• Lead and participate in cross-functional problem-solving efforts to eliminate systemic barriers to capacity creation.


• Develop and execute practical corrective action plans using data, engineering principles, and on-the-floor validation.


• Verify that implemented solutions measurably improve flow, yield, takt adherence, or throughput.

Production System & Manufacturing Capability Integration

• Implement improvements that enhance throughput, stabilize workflow, and increase capacity, including takt strategy adjustments, refined work instructions, optimized layouts, and upgraded tooling.


• Translate manufacturing readiness needs into actionable technical requirements for processes, tooling, instructions, layouts, and production workflows.


• Support deployment, setup, and prove-in of new or enhanced manufacturing capabilities across CGO programs.


• Conduct hands-on readiness activities such as dry runs, pilot builds, workstation trials, and characterization builds to validate process capability, flow integrity, operator effectiveness, and production reliability.


• Identify bottlenecks and constraints through process observation, data analysis, modeling, and cross-functional engagement, ensuring corrective actions align with Lean principles, operator-centered design, safety, and takt objectives.

Cross-Functional Technical Tasking for Capacity Creation

• Serve as an integration point across functions, driving multi-disciplinary execution tasks needed to stand up or expand factory capacity.


• Support readiness events, pilot builds, and go-live activities by coordinating technical inputs across engineering, operations, quality, supply chain, and CGO.


• Troubleshoot emergent issues and drive rapid resolution to protect schedule, readiness, and flow.


• Identify and escal… risks to manufacturing readiness, collaborating with stakeholders to drive resolution paths and mitigation strategies.

What You Will Do

• Integrate and optimize manufacturing workflows, tooling, instructions, and layouts to create ready-for-execution production capabilities.


• Identify and characterize manufacturing constraints, using data and hands-on evaluation to resolve issues affecting flow, cycle time, variation, and throughput.


• Implement improvements that increase capacity, stabilize workflow, and strengthen process performance, including takt, layout, and instruction refinements.


• Translate manufacturing readiness needs into technical requirements and support deployment, setup, and prove-in of new or enhanced capabilities.


• Conduct readiness activities—dry runs, pilot builds, workstation trials, and characterization builds—to validate flow, operator effectiveness, and process reliability.


• Lead and support cross-functional problem-solving to eliminate barriers to capacity creation and verify improvements through measurable performance gains.


• Troubleshoot emergent manufacturing issues, ensuring rapid resolution to protect schedule, quality, and flow.


• Coordinate technical inputs across engineering, operations, quality, supply chain, test, and program leadership during readiness events and factory expansion efforts.


• Identify and escal… risks to manufacturing readiness and drive mitigation actions across stakeholders.

What You Will Learn

How integrated manufacturing systems—process architecture, tooling, flow design, digital instructions, and quality controls—shape takt performance and capacity. How to characterize constraints and apply targeted technical solutions that boost throughput and reduce variation. How to execute manufacturing capability deployment across multiple programs, factory sites, and production phases. How manufacturing engineering, operations, quality, and digital systems converge in modern production environments.

Qualifications

You Must Have 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 manufacturing engineering, production system integration, factory development, or hands-on manufacturing optimization.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Experience supporting factory startup, rate ramp, major transitions, or capacity expansion initiatives.


• Background in Lean manufacturing, takt-based flow, or continuous improvement methodologies.


• Experience with process characterization, capability analysis, or yield improvement activities.


• Experience identifying, characterizing, and addressing manufacturing constraints using analytical and hands-on methods.


• Demonstrated ability to integrate and validate manufacturing processes, tooling, workflows, and instructions.

What We Offer

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

Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products. As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.

Salary

The salary range for this role is 107,500 USD - 204,500 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.

Benefits

• 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


• holidays

• 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.

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.

RTX is an aerospace and defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It comprises three industry-leading businesses—Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. Its 195,000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics, electric propulsion, directed energy, hypersonics, avionics and cybersecurity. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.