Lead Flight Test Engineer - Captive Systems (Onsite)

RTX; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 87,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

401(k) match

Flexible schedules

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

RTX in Tucson is seeking a Flight Test Engineer to join the Systems Engineering & Test Capabilities team. You will lead flight test programs, oversee data collection, and interact with government customers to ensure mission readiness.

The role demands a Bachelor's in a STEM field, five years of experience, and the ability to travel up to 25% while working onsite at multiple Tucson facilities. A DoD security clearance is required or ability to obtain one.

Qualifications

• Active or ability to obtain and maintain up to class III FAA flight clearance.
• Minimum 1 year of experience with captive carriage, flying test bed flight test.
• Experience with van and tower testing as well as Hardware Systems Integration, including experience with design and build of sensor pods and aircraft test racks.
• Experience with design methods and approvals from lash up to engineering release artifacts.
• Platform Integration experience in fixed wing or rotary configurations and with verification and validation methods and experience evaluating requirements and designing tests to satisfy requirements.
• Experience coordinating multiple team members schedules to meet critical Program needs as well as coordinating with customers and subcontractors to plan and execute off-site flight tests.
• Cost account manager experience with minimum Raytheon PM level 7 certification or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Perform integration, verification, and field qualification testing to ensure the system under test performs according to specifications/requirements. This includes lab testing, van testing, tower testing, and manned flight testing as part of an engineering flight test crew.
• Lead a team of up to 10 flight test engineers to execute across multiple test programs.
• Perform data collection activities, including review and analysis of data elements, and provide detailed reports of results.
• Work with specialized performance/navigation experts to design test events.
• Trace and/or correct faults in mechanical or electronic systems. Familiarity with failure reporting, analysis, corrective action and/or fault tree analysis
• Create/modify documentation in support of reviews associated with formal testing, which will include Test Plans and Procedures, Test Readiness Review (TRR), Consent to Ship (CTS), and Test Data Review (TDR) packages
• Have direct and frequent interactions with government customers
• 25% travel required

Skills

Flight test leadership

Data analysis

Team coordination

Test planning

Stakeholder communication

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's in STEM

Tools

Test equipment

Telemetry data analysis tools

Flight test environments

Job description

RTX in Tucson is seeking a Flight Test Engineer to join the Systems Engineering & Test Capabilities team. You will lead flight test programs, oversee data collection, and interact with government customers to ensure mission readiness.

The role demands a Bachelor's in a STEM field, five years of experience, and the ability to travel up to 25% while working onsite at multiple Tucson facilities. A DoD security clearance is required or ability to obtain one.