Onsite Senior Materials Program Lead for Defense Systems

RTX; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 87,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Job summary

RTX in Tucson, AZ seeks a Senior Materials & Process Engineering Program Lead to drive M&PE technical execution across design, development, and manufacturing of missile hardware. You will coordinate cross‑functional resources, support reviews, mentor engineers, and participate in failure investigations to meet milestones. This role is onsite with a strong emphasis on data-driven decisions and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a university degree or equivalent experience and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years experience.
• Experience in materials problem solving (i.e. process improvements or choosing alternate material or protective coatings to address specific material issues)
• Experience with mechanical test methods (i.e. tensile, compression, lap shear, hardness, lap shear, viscosity) and/or chemical analysis methods ( FT-IR spectroscope, cure rate of adhesives, DMA, TMA, Gas Chromatography, etc...)

Responsibilities

• Provide M&PE support for Program’s review board meetings (i.e., CCB, MRB, PCB, ERB, PMCB)
• Ensure peer reviews are conducted and M&PE position aligned with Program deliverable and “One Voice” prior to report distribution
• Manage workload to ensure that programs and M&PE team receive the required support consistent with schedule needs
• Lead the Program Team in the following activities: The development of trade studies to identify appropriate materials, material properties, and processes; Benchmark material technologies and methods of materials testing; Document justifications for material choices
• Ensure labor costs and estimated completion schedules provided by M&PE are negotiated, understood and meet product/program commitments
• Resolution of technical and operational problems
• Mentor and/or train early career engineers
• Participate on Failure Investigation Teams to provide technical support
• Support proposal efforts that include M&PE tasks.
• Be able to present technical position or data results summary to large technical audience (example: MMSTN, TIG, or ERB)

Skills

Materials problem solving

Mechanical testing

Chemical analysis methods

Interpersonal, communication & present

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Advanced degree in related field

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

Job description

RTX in Tucson, AZ seeks a Senior Materials & Process Engineering Program Lead to drive M&PE technical execution across design, development, and manufacturing of missile hardware. You will coordinate cross‑functional resources, support reviews, mentor engineers, and participate in failure investigations to meet milestones. This role is onsite with a strong emphasis on data-driven decisions and collaboration.