Lead Environmental Test Engineer – Second Shift

RTX; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 108,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) match

Flexible work schedules

Job summary

RTX in Tucson, AZ, seeks a Principal Test Engineer - Team Lead for Environmental Test (ET) to mentor a small team on the second shift and manage environmental tests from design to data analysis. The role collaborates with IP teams to meet customer requirements and ensure accurate testing within budget and schedule.

Requires a STEM degree and 8+ years of relevant experience; DoD Secret or higher clearance preferred.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited by local laws/regulations.
• Experience working with environmental test vibration shaker systems or experience with instrumentation (accelerometers, thermocouples, strain gages, load cells, etc…) and data acquisition systems (Dewetron, DeweSoft, LabView, Agilent/Keysight, Benchlink, Somat, etc…).

Responsibilities

• Consult and provide testing guidance to internal program customers and verify their proposed testing will meet the intended requirements.
• Write test plans and procedures that meet the requirements and safety of testing requested by internal program customers as well as review plans and procedures written by others. Also create schedules and budgets for all testing.
• Oversee and personally conduct environmental testing to validate models for the purposes of new product qualification, production acceptance, flight test clearance, engineering evaluations, and failure investigations.
• Implement engineering best practices to ensure testing is performed accurately, on schedule, and within allowed budget.
• Analyze test data real time and posttest to validate requirements have been met in accordance with requirements.
• Communicate status of ongoing testing efforts with ET leadership and internal program customers.
• Design, model, and analyze vibration and structural test fixtures using CREO Parametric and Ansys Workbench.

Skills

STEM degree

8+ years experience

environmental testing

vibration systems

data acquisition

Education

Degree in STEM fields

Tools

CREO Parametric

Ansys Workbench

LabVIEW

Dewetron/DeweSoft

Job description

RTX in Tucson, AZ, seeks a Principal Test Engineer - Team Lead for Environmental Test (ET) to mentor a small team on the second shift and manage environmental tests from design to data analysis. The role collaborates with IP teams to meet customer requirements and ensure accurate testing within budget and schedule.

Requires a STEM degree and 8+ years of relevant experience; DoD Secret or higher clearance preferred.