Senior Environmental Test Engineer - Vibration & Structures

RTX; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 108,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) match

Relocation assistance

Job summary

RTX is seeking a Principal Environmental Test Engineer for onsite work in Tucson, AZ. The role focuses on vibration and structural testing within a cross-functional IP team, with responsibilities from test design to data analysis and reporting.

Candidates should have a STEM degree, 8+ years in a product development lab with vibration/shaker systems, and be eligible for U.S. security clearance. The position offers comprehensive benefits and annual incentive programs.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited by local laws/ regulations.
• 5 years of 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

• 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

Structural testing

Data acquisition

CREO Parametric

Ansys Workbench

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

Dewetron

DeweSoft

LabVIEW

Keysight

Job description

RTX is seeking a Principal Environmental Test Engineer for onsite work in Tucson, AZ. The role focuses on vibration and structural testing within a cross-functional IP team, with responsibilities from test design to data analysis and reporting.

Candidates should have a STEM degree, 8+ years in a product development lab with vibration/shaker systems, and be eligible for U.S. security clearance. The position offers comprehensive benefits and annual incentive programs.