Capacity Growth Office Test Architect - Onsite Tucson, AZ

RTX (Raytheon); United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

RTX in Tucson seeks a seasoned Test Architect to shape the CGO Engineering test strategy and drive production-readiness across programs. You will lead cross-functional teams, guide test modernization, and ensure scalable, reusable architectures for rapid production acceleration.

The role emphasizes collaboration with suppliers and program leadership, implementing robust DFT/DFQ and ensuring compliance with security and DoD-related requirements on-site in Tucson.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in STEM.
• 12+ years in hardware/software, production test, or test deployment.
• Experience leading technical teams or IPTs delivering production-ready solutions.
• Experience with EVMS.
• Experience preparing technical and/or cost proposals.

Responsibilities

• Define and own CGO-level architecture for test approaches across product development, integration, qualification, and factory stand up.
• Lead cross-organizational technical integration to meet CGO objectives with second-source suppliers.
• Provide architectural guidance for modernization and standardization of test methods.
• Shape test system strategies to support factory throughput and ramp plans.
• Utilize MVT, DFM to optimize test while meeting performance requirements.
• Develop integrated master plans and schedules for test capability deployment.
• Partner with program IPTs, SMEs, factory leadership, suppliers, and sub-tiers for alignment.
• Support DFT, Transition-to-Production, and early integration into baselines.
• Document architectural decisions and best practices for reuse.
• Provide technical mentorship across engineering communities.

Skills

Leadership

Test architecture

Production test

Test systems

EVMS

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Job description

Date Posted:2026-10-21

Country:United States of America

Location:US-AZ-TUCSON-801 ~ 1151 E Hermans Rd ~ BLDG 801 (External Site)

Position Role Type:Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Security Clearance Type:DoD Clearance: Secret

Security Clearance Status:Active and existing security clearance required after day 1

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. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

Raytheon brings 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. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

Raytheon is seeking a Test Architect to support the Capacity Growth Office (CGO) by shaping the technical vision, architecture, and long‑term strategy for the CGO Engineering organization Supplier Resilience (ESR) swim lane.

The Test Architect provides enterprise‑level leadership, developing, maintaining, and shaping test strategy architectural decisions that influence Critical Munitions Acceleration (CMA) programs. They will lead cross‑organizational technical integration efforts to ensure product‑line consistency and long‑term sustainability.

This position partners with engineering, operations, quality, suppliers, and program leadership to define, integrate, and execute scalable test strategies, test processes, test optimization, and factory operations needed to support rapid production acceleration.

This Test Architect role sits at the intersection of enterprise strategy, engineering rigor, and production scalability. As Raytheon accelerates output across critical programs, unified and sustainable test architectures are essential to ensure capability, resiliency, supplier readiness, and long‑term cost reduction.

Your work will directly shape how Raytheon builds, tests, and sustains critical systems for years to come.

This role is 100% ONSITE in Tucson, AZ.

What You Will Do

• Define and own the CGO‑level architecture for technical progression and test approaches spanning product development, integration, qualification, productionization/ factory stand up, and sustainment across CGO‑supported programs, ensuring scalability, sustainability, commonality, and lifecycle alignment.
• Lead cross‑organizational technical integration efforts which develop and execute the test strategy to incorporate second‑source suppliers and verified‑good supplied hardware to meet CGO objectives
• Provide architectural guidance for modernization, optimization, and standardization initiatives, including movement from performance‑based testing toward acceptance‑focused, takt‑aligned methodologies.
• Shape test system strategies that support factory throughput goals and production ramps to higher annual rates
• Utilize tools such as Common Test Methods, Manufacturing Validation Test, and Design for Manufacturability to optimize test while ensuring products meet performance requirements
• Drive the development and alignment of integrated master plans and schedules for test capability deployment, ensuring predictability and interoperability
• Partner with program IPTs, SMEs, factory leadership, suppliers, and sub‑tier providers to ensure architectural alignment and readiness across supply chain
• Support implementation of Design for Testability (DFT), Transition‑to‑Production (TTP), and common test methods early integration into program and product architecture baselines
• Document architectural decisions, frameworks, and best practices for enterprise reuse and future program deployment
• Provide technical mentorship and thought leadership across engineering communities

Qualifications You Must Have

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM)
• Minimum of twelve (12) years of engineering experience in hardware and/or software development, production test, or test system deployment
• Experience leading technical teams or Integrated Product Teams delivering production‑ready engineering solutions
• Experience architecting, developing, or sustaining production or depot‑level test capabilities
• Experience with Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS)
• Experience preparing technical and/or cost proposals

Qualifications We Prefer

• Raytheon Test Architect Certification, or commitment to become certifi