Principal Env Test Engineer – Vibration & Structures

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

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Flexible work schedules

Employee Scholar Program

Parental leave

Paid time off

Job summary

RTX in Tucson, AZ seeks a Principal Environmental Test Engineer to lead vibration and structural test activities for product development. You will design, run and troubleshoot tests within an IP team, develop test methods, and ensure data integrity to meet customer requirements.

The role requires a STEM degree with 8+ years in vibration/shaker testing and data acquisition. Active DoD clearance is preferred; onsite work in Tucson is expected.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience.

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

Vibration testing

Data acquisition

Test planning

Education

B.S. degree in STEM

Advanced degree in EE/ Aerospace/ Mechanical

Tools

CREO Parametric

Ansys Workbench

Dewetron

DeweSoft

LabView

Job description

RTX in Tucson, AZ seeks a Principal Environmental Test Engineer to lead vibration and structural test activities for product development. You will design, run and troubleshoot tests within an IP team, develop test methods, and ensure data integrity to meet customer requirements.

The role requires a STEM degree with 8+ years in vibration/shaker testing and data acquisition. Active DoD clearance is preferred; onsite work in Tucson is expected.