Principal Test Systems Technical Lead Engineer

About the position

The Test Equipment Engineering (TEE) organization within RTX drives business success by providing a variety of critical engineering services across product lines and functions. At RTX, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. We bring 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. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world. We have an exciting opportunity for a full-time position of Principal Test Systems Technical Lead Engineer located onsite in Tucson, Arizona. This position requires experience in a lab environment to work with weapon test system designers to understand requirements, design solutions, integrate, and deploy the systems to help support test and tactical software development, testing, and delivery of missiles to the warfighter. We are a diverse team of innovators, creators and strategists drawing inspiration from each other every day. We collaborate, iterate, and execute with an eye toward inclusivity, the company mission and personal career growth.

Responsibilities

• Communicate regularly with the program Integrated Product Team Leader (IPTL).
• Responsible for the Technical Execution of the program.
• Work directly with the Program Manager/IPTL to establish and complete program milestones.
• Lead a multi-disciplinary team in an engineering environment.
• Develop and participate in presentations for gate reviews.
• Attend Failure Review Boards (FRBs) when required.
• Attend Change Control Boards (CCBs) and approve system changes.
• Report status metrics for your team to stakeholders.
• Define program requirements in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Provide training as needed, understand the scope, cost and schedule of the Program and define/delegate tasking for your team.
• Travel up to 20% to support development and/or delivery of our test environment equipment.

Requirements

• Typically requires a Bachelor's Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of eight (8) years’ prior relevant experience OR an advanced degree and 5 years of experience.
• Experience with the functionalities of Test Systems Engineering or equivalent Engineering experience for both hardware and test software development, integration, verification, validation, and maintenance activities within production, manufacturing, product qualification environments.
• Experience with design, development and/or integration of test equipment.
• Active and transferrable US government issued Secret security clearance (not interim) is required prior to start date.
• US citizenship is required, as only US citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Nice-to-haves

• Strong organization, coordination, planning, teaming skills, as well as written and oral communication skills.
• Experience with both Windows and Linux operating systems.
• Knowledge of or experience with equipment rack assembly, cable assembly/installation, electronics maintenance, data acquisition systems, oscilloscopes, bus analyzers, logic analyzers, network analyzers, and/or spectrum analyzers.
• Experience troubleshooting systems using test equipment such as data acquisition systems, oscilloscopes, bus analyzers, logic analyzers, network analyzers, and/or spectrum analyzers.
• Experience leading multi-disciplined teams.
• Experience with Agile Process and gate reviews.
• Experience with Earned Value Management System (EVMS).
• Agile Methodologies understanding.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 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
• Holidays