Principal RF Mechanical Engineer

Prattwhitney; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 107,500 - 204,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) match

Flexible work schedules

Employee assistance program

Paid time off

Job summary

Prattwhitney in Tucson, Arizona, is seeking a lead engineer for mechanical design activities focused on RF hardware. The role includes leading trade studies and ensuring that all work meets high-quality standards with specific cost and performance metrics.

A Bachelor's degree in STEM is a must, alongside extensive experience in mechanical product design, especially with RF products. This position offers a competitive salary range of $107,500 – $204,500 USD and benefits including medical, dental, and flexible work schedules.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant experience in mechanical product design.
• Experience with RF mechanical products like antennas and circuit cards.
• U.S. citizenship required for security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead mechanical design activities involving RF hardware.
• Conduct trade studies to resolve complex problems.
• Ensure tasks meet cost, schedule, and performance expectations.

Skills

Mechanical product design

3D CAD software

Communication skills

Failure investigation

Education

Bachelor’s in STEM fields

Master of Science in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Tools

Creo Simulate

ANSYS Workbench

Job description

What You Will Do

• Lead mechanical design activities involving RF hardware.
• Lead others by understanding team dynamics, capitalizing on strengths, and mitigating gaps.
• Lead trade studies to determine the best solution for complex problems and develop a forward plan.
• Convey the highest quality work while ensuring cost, schedule, and performance expectations are consistently met or exceeded.
• Regularly convey task status on complex issues and influence strategic plans across multiple teams, programs, engineering, and customer leadership.
• Seek opportunities to fill any role necessary to help ensure business unit success.

Qualifications

Must Have:

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in mechanical product design, analysis, or leadership, preferably RF mechanical products such as circuit card assemblies, antennas, radomes, guidance sections, RF test equipment, harnesses, and interconnects.
• Designing with 3D CAD software.
• Creation of Technical Data Packages using Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
• U.S. citizenship (required for security clearance).
• Security‑clearance requirements: DoD Secret clearance prior to start date.

Prefer:

• Design experience with RF‑specific products such as antennas, missile bodies, circuit card assemblies, and/or RF test chambers.
• Master of Science (MS) in mechanical or electrical engineering.
• Experience serving as a Responsible Engineering Authority (REA), Control Account Manager (CAM), and/or Integrated Product Team Lead (IPTL).
• Supplier management for built‑to‑print or build‑to‑spec RF products.
• Experience creating and presenting professional‑level design documentation to leadership and customers.
• Competence with Creo Simulate or ANSYS Workbench for preliminary structural and thermal analysis.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Failure investigation, root cause identification, and corrective action implementation.
• Familiarity or direct experience with RF PCB material stack ups and CCA layout.
• One‑dimensional tolerance analysis for complex mechanical assemblies.
• Development of technical proposals, engineering project estimates, and/or white papers.
• Requirements verification, test planning and execution.

What We Offer

We value Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility. Salary range: $107,500 – $204,500 USD.

Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short‑term and long‑term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, holidays, and annual incentive compensation (dependent on level and collective‑bargaining agreement).

Additional benefits and pay structure for U.S. territories or other locations apply as appropriate.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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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Security Clearance

This position requires a security clearance. DCSA Consolidated Adjudication Services (DCSA CAS), an agency of the Department of Defense, handles and adjudicates the security clearance process. More information about Security Clearances can be found on the US Department of State government website: https://www.state.gov/m/ds/clearances/c10978.htm

Additional Information

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.