Senior Avionics & Guidance IPTL Lead (Secret Clearance)

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

Job summary

RTX is seeking a Principal Advanced Guidance Section/Avionics Tech Lead to manage a cross-disciplinary team developing missile guidance and flight avionics hardware. The role emphasizes architecture, requirements, integration, and testing across programs, with mentoring responsibilities and potential travel.

Ideal candidates hold a STEM degree and 8+ years of flight avionics experience, plus an active DoD security clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) required.
• Minimum 8 years of flight avionics experience with electrical hardware development, subsystems, systems engineering, requirement development/validation.
• Active and transferable U.S. government security clearance required; U.S. citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional teams through product development lifecycle.
• Architect and document subsystem requirements and test plans; perform design reviews.
• Mentor and manage suppliers; may lead proposal development and program execution.

Skills

Electrical systems

Project leadership

Systems engineering

MBSE

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in STEM

Tools

MBSE

EVMS

CAM

Job description

RTX is seeking a Principal Advanced Guidance Section/Avionics Tech Lead to manage a cross-disciplinary team developing missile guidance and flight avionics hardware. The role emphasizes architecture, requirements, integration, and testing across programs, with mentoring responsibilities and potential travel.

Ideal candidates hold a STEM degree and 8+ years of flight avionics experience, plus an active DoD security clearance.