Captive Flight Test Lead — Senior Engineer

RTX; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 87,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

RTX in Tucson, AZ is seeking a systems engineering and test professional to lead flight test programs, perform integration, verification, and field qualification testing, and coordinate with government customers.

You will manage a team of up to 10 engineers, design and review test plans, and travel about 25% to support off-site tests. A STEM degree and FAA clearance experience are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelors in STEM with at least five years of relevant experience.
• Active or ability to obtain and maintain FAA flight clearance.
• At least 1 year of captive carriage flight test experience.
• Experience with van and tower testing; hardware integration including sensor pods and aircraft test racks.
• Experience with design methods and approvals from lash up to engineering release artifacts.
• Platform integration in fixed wing or rotary configurations with V&V methods.
• Ability to coordinate multiple team members and external customers/subcontractors for off-site flight tests.
• Cost account management experience or Raytheon PM level 7 certification.

Responsibilities

• Perform integration, verification, and field qualification testing per specs.
• Lead a team of up to 10 flight test engineers across programs.
• Collect data, review data elements, and prepare detailed reports.
• Design test events with performance/navigation experts.
• Trace and correct faults in mechanical or electronic systems.
• Create/modify documentation for tests (Plans, TRR, CTS, TDR).
• Interact with government customers.
• Travel about 25%.

Skills

FAA flight clearance

Flight test experience

Van testing

Tower testing

Hardware integration

Sensor pods

Aircraft test racks

Engineering release artifacts

Platform integration

Team coordination

Cost account management

Education

Bachelor's in STEM

Tools

Test equipment

Telemetry data analysis

Missile systems host platforms

RF sensing equipment

Job description

RTX in Tucson, AZ is seeking a systems engineering and test professional to lead flight test programs, perform integration, verification, and field qualification testing, and coordinate with government customers.

You will manage a team of up to 10 engineers, design and review test plans, and travel about 25% to support off-site tests. A STEM degree and FAA clearance experience are required.