Date Posted:
2026-09-15Country:
United States of AmericaLocation:
US-CA-GOLETA-B03 ~ 75 Coromar Dr ~ BLDG B03Position Role Type:
OnsiteU.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.Security Clearance Type:
None/Not RequiredSecurity Clearance Status:
Not RequiredAt 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 freedom and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.
Raytheon seeks an experienced Mechanical Engineering Analyst who will be primarily focused on thermal stress analyses and will also be responsible for dynamic and static structural as well as transient thermal analysis. Analysis will cover a wide range of difficult problems, requiring solutions that are imaginative, thorough, and practical. Analysis will be of complex component and assembly structures using classical and/or advanced methods of analysis to articulate risk for internal and external customers based on data driven models. Your results will drive product design, materials selection, and planning decisions around risk reduction and/or characterization testing.
This position is onsite in our Goleta, CA location.
What You Will Do
- Analysis of tasks involving hardware designs for static and dynamic strength, stiffness, fatigue and fracture mechanics as well as linear and non-linear thermoelastic behavior.
- Support analysis through all phases of the program life-cycle, from proposal, to conceptual design/requirements derivation, to PDR/CDR, and build/test/delivery and occasional failure analysis or anomaly resolution.
- Develop and understanding of structural requirements for infrared and visible imaging sub-systems and related electronics.
- Products being developed primarily serve terrestrial or airborne Tactical DoD customer programs or spaceflight instruments.
- Perform hand calculations based on fundamental equations.
- Ability to travel to government and other facilities in support of program activities.
What You Will Learn
- Structural and dynamics modeling and analyses skills; thermal and structural performance requirement inputs to interface documents and drawings, providing inputs to structural requirements.
- Structural analysis to ensure the integrity of spaceflight and airborne instrument hardware, as well as associated supporting hardware and systems.
- Participate pre-test analysis, monitor & conduct testing, and develop test reports for static & dynamic testing of hardware.
- Learn how to build FEMs from scratch, use hand-calcs when appropriate and as a sanity check, determine critical areas in structure and determine efficient and adequate approaches for analysis independently.
- Contributes to the design process of highly complex and critical mechanical assemblies of significant impact from engineering requirements for engineering drawings.
- Conducts highly complex and critical analysis and testing of mechanical assemblies.
- Derives and produces comprehensive documentation for highly complex, critical design requirements.
Qualifications You Must Have
- Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience.
- Experience in structural and/or thermal analysis.
- Structural testing: planning, organization, execution, data reduction and correlation (e.g. material strength characterization testing).
- Experience performing Structural Finite Element Analysis using NASTRAN/PATRAN, ANSYS or equivalent software.
Qualifications We Prefer
- Excellent communication skills, especially relating to presentation development and delivery.
- Low-temperature materials knowledge.
- Knowledge of working with thin structural bonds in assemblies.
- Thermal testing: planning, organization, execution, data reduction and correlation.
What We Offer
- A total rewards package that goes above and beyond with compensation; healthcare, wellness, and work/life benefits; career development and recognition programs. Some of the benefits we offer include parental (including paternal) leave, flexible work schedules, achievement awards, educational assistance and child/adult backup care.
- 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.
- This position is relocation eligible.
Learn More & Apply Now!
- 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.
- This is an onsite position in Goleta, CA: Welcome to Raytheon in Goleta, CA
- This position requires 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 here: https://www.state.gov/m/ds/clearances/c10978.htm
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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.
The salary range for this role is 95,500 USD - 181,700 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. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.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.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.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.
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