Senior Environmental Test Support Engineer

About the role

The Environmental Test (ET) organization is an engineering organization that supports all programs across Raytheon. The ET organization provides testing capability for every phase of the product life cycle from prototype to production. Environmental testing includes mechanical shock, electrodynamic vibration, salt fog, climatic environments such as temperature, altitude, and humidity, high temperature quartz lamp testing, structural testing, test fixture design, and custom instrumentation installations and data acquisition support.

Responsibilities

• Perform set-up and operation of mechanical shock test and electrodynamic vibration test systems.
• Perform set-up and operation of climatic environmental chambers in support of testing for temperature, altitude, and humidity and highly accelerated life tests.
• Perform set-up and programming of all control and data acquisition systems as well as the placement, and operation of all instrumentation, signal conditioning, and data acquisition systems.
• Perform the execution of various vibration test methods including random, sine, shock, sine-on-random, random-on-random and drop shock, as defined in Mil-Std-810.
• Collect thermal, vibration, and shock test data and verify for accuracy.
• Safeguarding of classified/proprietary material, hardware, and documentation.
• Able to work in closed/proprietary/classified areas.

Requirements

• Typically requires a bachelor’s degree and eight (8) years of relevant experience OR in absence of a degree, twelve (12) years of relevant experience is required.
• Experience with instrumentation to include accelerometers, thermocouples, strain gages, load cells, and displacement transducers.
• Experience setting up and troubleshooting signal conditioners and data acquisition system hardware and software.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering Technology and two or more years of equivalent experience in a test engineering support capacity.
• Experience working with vibration control systems and software.
• Demonstrated strong problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication skills including effective written, verbal, and listening.
• High situational awareness and ability to effectively work multiple projects simultaneously.
• Current DoD Secret or TS/SSBI clearance.

Benefits

The salary range for this role is 107,500 USD - 204,500 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.

Pay

The salary range for this role is 107,500 USD - 204,500 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.

Schedule

This position is an onsite role located in Tucson, AZ.