Senior Principal Component Engineer

RTX (Raytheon); United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Raytheon is seeking a Senior Principal Component Engineer to join the Parts, Libraries and Obsolescence (PLO) Department, primarily supporting programs in the Boston, MA area. This is a remote-based position, requiring the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance.

The role leads components engineering and applications tasks across proposal, LRIP, production and support, developing parts management plans and procurement strategies, and ensuring compliance with part selection,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in STEM and at least 10 years of relevant experience in components engineering.
• Experience with electrical component commodities and aerospace flight applications.
• Knowledge of military component drawings, standards, and related qualification lists.
• Experience developing component drawings and determining part applications to meet program objectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead components engineering tasks supporting airborne, ground, and tactical platforms across proposal, LRIP, production and support.
• Develop and execute parts management plans and procurement strategies per SOW and program directives.
• Verify program parts lists for compliance with selection, standardization, and documentation requirements.
• Collaborate with designers, suppliers, SCM, PMO and other disciplines to assess component risk and verification.
• Coordinate BOM development and contribute to program design reviews with standardization and obsolescence management.

Skills

Electrical components

Military aerospace

Part selection

BOM management

Root cause analysis

Component verification

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Date Posted: 2026-09-10

Country: United States of America

Location: US-MA-REMOTE

Position Role Type: Remote

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements: The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. 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 after day 1

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.

Raytheon is seeking a Senior Principal Component Engineer to join the Parts, Libraries and Obsolescence (PLO) Department, primarily supporting programs in the Boston, MA area.

This is a remote based position.

The selected candidate will actively lead in the performance of Components Engineering and Applications Engineering tasks supporting airborne, ground, and tactical platforms/programs in the proposal, Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP), production and support phases. This includes aiding in developing and executing Programs' Parts Management Plans and parts procurement strategies in accordance with company command media, Program Directives and the customer Statement of Work (SOW). It will also include performing verification and validation of program parts lists to ensure compliance with part selection, standardization, documentation, and qualification requirements.

This position will require day-to-day interface with designers, suppliers, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Parts Obsolescence Lead/Managers (POL), Product Development Engineers (PDE), Electronic Computer Aided Design (ECAD), Program Management Office (PMO), and other disciplines. This role also entails supporting components approval through a Parts and Materials Control Board (PMCB) comprised of members both internal to Raytheon and from customer organizations. On occasion, you will be tasked to use your knowledge of failure mechanisms and effects to aid in the root cause/corrective action determinations of device/subassembly component related failures. Some travel to integration sites, customer facilities, and subcontractor facilities may be required.

What You Will Do

• Understand program requirements and SOWs to determine program component environmental / characteristic application requirements.
• Provide technology insertion and parts selection/standardization guidance while adhering to business, component parametric, application environmental and circuit application constraints.
• Generate and revise component drawings and associated verification data packages.
• Review of electronic component and assembly reliability and construction data, and preparation of such data as to facilitate PMCB review and adjudication.
• Perform alternate part investigations and generate comparison matrices showing the differences and similarities of the parts.
• Interface with multiple internal stakeholders and external suppliers/manufacturers to develop component risk and verification delineation.
• Facilitate component selection and libraries application through the coordination and generation of the program Bill of Material (BOM) in a collaboration toolset.
• Present component standardization, design library, obsolescence management and termination finish risk results in support of design reviews for a program.

Qualifications You Must Have

Typically requires a Bachelor's in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience with any combination of the following:

• Experience with all major electrical component commodities - integrated circuits, semiconductors, passive, and RF devices.
• Knowledge of component selection, screening, qualification, and derating for use in military and aerospace flight applications.
• Knowledge of Military component drawings, standards, test specifications, and associated Qualified Manufacturers and Product Lists
• Experience with the development of associated component drawings and the judgment/determination of part applications to meet program/project objectives and requirements.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or other related science or engineering discipline
• Minimum 5 years' experience with project or task management.
• Experience with root cause corrective action (RCCA).
• Knowledge of component reliability process monitors and/or qualification methodologies.
• Knowledge of circuit card and PWB manufacturing processes.
• Knowledge of component failure modes by commodity.
• Experience with BOM development and management for developmental and prod