Principal Environmental Test Technician – Onsite Tucson

RTX; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 108,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

RTX in Tucson, AZ is seeking a Principal Environmental Test Technician to execute mechanical shock and electrodynamic vibration tests in an IP team environment. The role includes test setup, equipment control, data acquisition, and data verification to meet customer requirements.

Ideal candidates hold a university degree with 8+ years in a lab setting, experience with vibration shakers and instrumentation, and an active DoD/secret clearance is preferred.

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

Vibration testing

Data acquisition

Instrumentation

Education

University degree

Tools

Dewetron

DeweSoft

LabVIEW

Agilent/Keysight

Benchlink

Somat

Job description

RTX in Tucson, AZ is seeking a Principal Environmental Test Technician to execute mechanical shock and electrodynamic vibration tests in an IP team environment. The role includes test setup, equipment control, data acquisition, and data verification to meet customer requirements.

Ideal candidates hold a university degree with 8+ years in a lab setting, experience with vibration shakers and instrumentation, and an active DoD/secret clearance is preferred.