Lead Environmental Test Technician — Tucson Onsite

RTX; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 108,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Benefits package

Job summary

RTX is seeking a Principal Environmental Test Technician in Tucson, AZ, to execute a range of environmental tests within a collaborative IP team. The role requires deep experience with vibration/shock and climatic testing, plus instrumented data collection and verification.

The position entails test setup, equipment control, data acquisition, and troubleshooting in secure, classified environments. A DoD security clearance (Secret/TS) and advanced fabrication or engineering background are

Qualifications

• Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and a minimum 8 years prior relevant experience.
• 5 years experience working in a product development lab with vibration shaker systems and/or with instrumentation (accelerometers, thermocouples, strain gages, load cells, etc…) and data acquisition systems (Dewetron, DeweSoft, LabView, Agilent/Keysight, Benchlink, Somat, etc…).

Responsibilities

• Perform set-up and operation of mechanical shock test and electrodynamic vibration test systems.
• Perform set-up and operation of climatic environmental chambers in support of testing for temperature, altitude, and humidity and highly accelerated life tests.
• Perform set-up and programming of all control and data acquisition systems as well as the placement, and operation of all instrumentation, signal conditioning, and data acquisition systems.
• Perform the execution of various vibration test methods including random, sine, shock, sine-on-random, random-on-random and drop shock, as defined in Mil-Std-810.
• Collect thermal, vibration, and shock test data and verify for accuracy.
• Safeguarding of classified/proprietary material, hardware, and documentation.
• Ability to work in closed/proprietary/classified areas.

Skills

8+ years of relevant experience

Vibration shaker systems

Instrumentation and sensors

Data acquisition systems

Education

University Degree or equivalent

Tools

Dewetron

DeweSoft

LabVIEW

Agilent/Keysight

Benchlink

Somat

Job description

RTX is seeking a Principal Environmental Test Technician in Tucson, AZ, to execute a range of environmental tests within a collaborative IP team. The role requires deep experience with vibration/shock and climatic testing, plus instrumented data collection and verification.

The position entails test setup, equipment control, data acquisition, and troubleshooting in secure, classified environments. A DoD security clearance (Secret/TS) and advanced fabrication or engineering background are