Senior Engineer - Energetic Devices

Prattwhitney; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 86,800 - 165,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Retirement plans with company match

Parental leave and flexible work schedules

Job summary

Prattwhitney in Tucson, Arizona, seeks a talented engineer to develop and manage one-shot device technologies as part of its Energetics and Propulsion Department. The selected candidate will lead cross-functional teams and ensure project timelines and budgets are met while providing technical oversight.

Applicants must hold a bachelor’s degree in a STEM field (or a related advanced degree) and possess at least 5 years of engineering experience. A U.S. citizenship and an active security clearance are required for this role.

Qualifications

• 5 years of relevant experience in engineering technology.
• Active and transferable U.S. government-issued security clearance required.
• U.S. citizenship is required.

Responsibilities

• Develop architectures and design concepts for one-shot devices.
• Manage subcontract suppliers and specify required components.
• Ensure technical rigor of all deliverables.

Skills

Fuzing/one-shots/battery technology

Engineering design

Technical oversight

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in STEM

Job description

Position Overview

Onsite position located in Tucson, Arizona. The role is part of the Energetics and Propulsion Department of the Hardware Engineering Directorate. The selected candidate will work with a product team and functional subject matter experts to develop architectures, design concepts, requirements, and manage production efforts for a variety of one‑shot devices (initiators, gas generators, pyroswitches, explosive bolts). The position requires U.S. citizenship and an active, transferable, U.S. government‑issued security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Apply and/or develop advanced one‑shot and/or battery technologies using scientific principles, theories, and concepts implementation into products.
• Provide technical oversight to various subcontractors.
• Manage subcontract suppliers to specify and deliver required subsystem components on schedule and on budget.
• Frequently interface with the customer to identify user needs.
• Commit to program schedule and budget.
• Provide technical oversight of power source battery development programs.
• Ensure two‑way communication management; serve as day‑to‑day liaison to the programs concerning resource technical assignments.
• Contribute to technology development roadmaps.
• Support failure analysis and corrective action through redesign of failed one‑shot device components or systems.
• Present one‑shot device design models and supporting analyses/test results to internal and customer review meetings.
• Support proposals requiring one‑shot technologies.
• Support development of Critical Item Development Specifications (CIDS).
• Oversee fact‑finding and contract negotiations.
• Test data reduction.
• Ensure technical rigor and depth of all deliverables.
• Be willing to travel to suppliers and government facilities.
• Technical management of subcontracts on government program.
• Proposal and cost preparation, requirements definition, and one‑shot device subsystem analysis, test and verification; operational test support; supplier collaboration.

Core Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and 5 years of prior relevant experience OR an advanced degree and 3 years of relevant experience.
• Five (5) years of experience in fuzing/one‑shots/battery/engineering technology and/or engineering design.
• Active and transferable U.S. government‑issued security clearance is required prior to start date.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree.
• Eight (8) or more years of directly related experience in one‑shot devices and their applications.
• Directly related experience in one‑shot subsystems design, development, and test.
• Experience in working with and managing one‑shot suppliers.
• Willingness to travel, including international, to provide supplier support.
• Supplier collaboration experience and oversight generating specifications and statements of work (SOW).
• Experience in one‑shot component designs, ability to evaluate performance data, capable of evaluating MIL‑DTL‑23659 compliance, and creation of technical data packages.
• Experience in business development and technology road mapping.
• Excellent written and verbal skills; strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple and competing priorities.
• Working knowledge or experience with missile design or development, production support and integration.
• Experience with DoD customers and/or associated contractor executives and technical leadership.
• Active Secret or Top Secret clearance (Department of Defense).

Benefits

• Competitive base salary ranging from USD86,800 to USD165,200.
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Retirement plans with company match.
• Flexible spending accounts and other wellness benefits.
• Parental (including paternal) leave and flexible work schedules.
• Recognition awards and educational assistance.
• Child/adult backup care options.

Equal Opportunity Employer

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified individuals with a disability and protected veterans in compliance with Section503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.