Mechanical Engineer I
Raytheon
McKinney, TX1h agovia LinkedIn
This job at a glance
- Who can apply
- New grads, no experience needed · Bachelor's degree
- Must know
- FEAWindowsCMATLAB
- Work
- On-site in McKinney
- Pay
- Not stated by the employer.
- Skill demand
- FEA25%MATLAB3%Windows1%of 99 similar entry-level jobs posted in the US this week
- Listed
- Nov 3, 2026 · still open
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About the Role
The Raytheon Radar, Airborne, and Space Systems Department is seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer I - Structural Analyst. This is an Onsite position located in McKinney, TX.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform detailed structural analysis to support all phases of programs including development and production.
- Conduct analyses spanning from classical hand analyses to detailed analyses requiring the use of finite element analysis software.
- Evaluate RF and EO/IR hardware designs for static and dynamic strength, fatigue, durability, stiffness, thermos-elastic behavior, and other system and sub-system level performance metrics such as field-of-view or line-of-sight.
- Complete work within the agreed upon cost and schedule.
- Present work for peer reviews and external customer reviews.
- Work with the customer and engineering leadership to define testing required to validate structural analyses and verify compliance with requirements.
- Plan and support tests, perform data reduction, and engage in structural model correlation.
- Interpret structural analysis results and propose changes for design improvement.
- Develop high quality analysis reports for peer reviews.
- Present results to internal and external customers.
- Plan and support testing, data reduction, and structural model correlation.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering or related Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) major obtained by start date.
- Experience performing sizing calculations to determine scope of higher detail analysis models.
- Experience performing Structural analysis using FEA software.
- Experience with engineering workstations running Windows and Office suite.
- The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.
- U.S. citizenship is required.
- DoD Clearance: Secret
- Active and existing security clearance required after day 1.
Qualifications We Prefer
- Working knowledge of Abaqus FEA software.
- Vibration and dynamics experience.
- Programming skills in tools such as C and Matlab.
- Structural test experience.