Principal Specialist, Engineering Services (Onsite)

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements: Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance. This position requires an active and existing Secret security clearance on day one.

About the role

At 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.

SI&T integrates, verifies, and validates our products. We put our systems together, exercise them in the lab or in the field, measure and analyze performance, and make sure our products work the first time and every time. To accomplish this, we develop plans and procedures, debug and evaluate system functions and interfaces, develop test environments, and work together with our customers.

The Effectors Center in the Systems Integration and Test Directorate is seeking Engineering Services professionals focused on Lab Integration, Platform Integration, and/or Flight Test. In this hands-on role, you will support the successful completion of test events and the associated analysis of test data.

Responsibilities

• Perform integration, verification, and field qualification testing to ensure the system under test performs according to specifications/requirements.
• Perform data collection activities, including review and analysis of data elements, and provide detailed reports of results.
• Trace and/or correct faults in mechanical or electronic systems.
• Support failure reporting, analysis, corrective action, and/or fault tree analysis.
• Support field testing and occasional travel for durations typically of one- or two-week duration.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM preferred) and a minimum of 5 years of prior engineering experience.
• Hardware Systems Integration experience, with preference for integration on military platforms.
• Platform Integration, Verification and Validation, and/or Flight Test experience.
• Experience supporting field tests or systems deployed in the field.
• Experience with the use of lab/field test equipment.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Experience collecting and evaluating data to diagnose and solve technical issues.
• Experience creating integration and verification strategies.
• Technician experience working on military platforms, such as Fixed Wing, Rotary Wing, Ground Based, and ship-based platforms.
• Experience in integration with test equipment, telemetry data analysis tools, and missile systems host platforms.
• Experience in integrating RF/EO sensor output, either modulated waveforms or streams of digital samples used for real-time representation of RF/EO scenes data collection/analysis (including Telemetry).
• Experience in a test environment with emphasis in test execution. Preference for experience in both test planning/strategy in addition to test execution.

Benefits

• 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.
• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs (payments not guaranteed and dependent on individual, business unit, and company performance).

Relocation assistance is available.

Pay

The salary range for this role is 86,800 USD - 165,200 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.

Schedule

This is an onsite role located in Tucson, AZ.