Senior Mechanism Design Engineer, Radar Systems

Prattwhitney; Sudbury (MA); On-site; USD 108,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance available

Job summary

RTX is seeking an experienced Principal Mechanism Design Engineer for its Radar Design Department in Marlborough, MA or Tewksbury, MA. You will drive mechanical solutions from concept through prototyping and production, focusing on motion control actuation, geartrains, and bearing optimization.

You will collaborate across disciplines, perform first-order analyses, and guide design reviews to ensure performance, manufacturability, and reliability in aerospace radar systems.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a STEM degree and 8+ years of experience or an advanced degree with 5+ years.
• Experience in mechanical design for aerospace/military or commercial applications.
• Experience with actuation drive systems, gear trains, bearings, and control actuators.
• Experience in mechanism synthesis and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead mechanical development of radar systems and components to meet system-level performance.
• Develop technical solutions for mechanism and machine design challenges.
• Collaborate across multi-disciplinary engineering teams and with suppliers.
• Ensure conformance to standards, risk controls, and design-for-manufacturability.
• Work with minimal supervision to set technical objectives.

Skills

Actuation drives

Geartrain design

Kinematic analysis

Dynamic analysis

Bearing design

3D modeling

Education

STEM degree

Advanced engineering degree

Tools

Creo/Pro/E

ANSYS Mechanical

Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing

Job description

RTX is seeking an experienced Principal Mechanism Design Engineer for its Radar Design Department in Marlborough, MA or Tewksbury, MA. You will drive mechanical solutions from concept through prototyping and production, focusing on motion control actuation, geartrains, and bearing optimization.

You will collaborate across disciplines, perform first-order analyses, and guide design reviews to ensure performance, manufacturability, and reliability in aerospace radar systems.