2026 Fulltime- Reliability Engineering I- Onsite

Date Posted: 2026-07-15 | Location: Tewksbury, MA (Onsite) | U.S. citizenship required for security clearance eligibility.

About the Role

RTX, the world’s largest aerospace and defense company, offers an exceptional foundation to work on complex problems, advance your skills, and create a safer, more connected world. This Engineer I, Reliability Engineering position within the Land and Strategic Missile Defense business area supports the Raytheon mission of making the world a safer place. The role is part of Life Cycle Engineering (LCE), which ensures products are safe, reliable, maintainable, and delivered on time through disciplines such as Reliability, System Safety, and Supportability.

Responsibilities

• Support reliability predictions and analyses for the Patriot missile system under guidance from senior engineers.
• Participate in design reviews to assess reliability, maintainability, and risk.
• Assist with failure analysis and root cause and corrective action (RCCA) activities to support customer satisfaction and mission success.
• Support technical activities across various stages of missile operations, including field return evaluation, assembly/disassembly support, and preparation for flight tests.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (design, manufacturing, quality, test) to support test data analysis and reliability trending.
• Prepare and present technical information, analyses, and summaries to engineering teams and management with mentorship.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) obtained by start date.
• Coursework or academic projects related to reliability, statistics, systems engineering, or electrical engineering.
• Ability to analyze data and apply engineering fundamentals to solve technical problems.
• U.S. citizenship required (eligibility for a DoD Secret security clearance is mandatory; active clearance is required after day 1).

Preferred Qualifications

• Electrical or reliability engineering degree.
• Ability to manage multiple technical projects and customer requests in a fast-paced operations environment.
• Internship, co-op, or academic project experience related to reliability, quality, test, or systems engineering.
• Familiarity with reliability concepts such as failure modes, life data analysis, or statistical modeling.
• Experience gathering, analyzing, or presenting data using tools such as Excel, MATLAB, Python, or SQL.
• Exposure to scripting or data organization for basic trending or analysis.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present technical material to varied audiences.

Pay

The salary range for this role is $57,200 – $108,800 USD. The range is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including role, function, responsibilities, work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability.
• 401(k) match.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Flexible work schedules.
• Employee assistance program.
• Employee Scholar Program (tuition assistance).
• Parental leave.
• Paid time off and holidays.
• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs (eligibility dependent on role level and collective-bargaining agreement status).