Lead Environmental Test Engineer – Team Leader

RTX; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 108,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

401(k) match

Flexible spending accounts

Flexible work schedules

Employee Scholar Program

Parental leave

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

RTX is seeking a Principal Test Engineer - Team Lead in Environmental Test (ET) to mentor a small team on second shift. You will oversee environmental tests, develop test methods to meet customer requirements, and coordinate test design, setup, data collection, and analysis.

You will design and validate fixtures, work with internal customers, and ensure tests meet schedule and budget while supporting qualification and failure investigations. Strong DoD-related experience is a plus.

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.
• 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

Environmental testing

Vibration shaker systems

Instrumentation

Data acquisition systems

Education

STEM degree

Tools

CREO Parametric

Ansys Workbench

Job description

RTX is seeking a Principal Test Engineer - Team Lead in Environmental Test (ET) to mentor a small team on second shift. You will oversee environmental tests, develop test methods to meet customer requirements, and coordinate test design, setup, data collection, and analysis.

You will design and validate fixtures, work with internal customers, and ensure tests meet schedule and budget while supporting qualification and failure investigations. Strong DoD-related experience is a plus.