Senior Mission Planning Engineer - Onsite Tucson

RTX; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 87,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation eligibility

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

RTX is seeking a Senior Mission Planning Engineer for an onsite role in Tucson, AZ. You will join the Mission Planning Section to develop concepts of operation from planning to weapon employment, guiding projects and programs with agile delivery and cross‑functional collaboration.

The role requires a STEM degree, 5+ years in mission planning or related software engineering, and the ability to travel for flight tests. Security clearance and US citizenship are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM fields required; five+ years of relevant experience preferred.
• Software architecture, design, development, integration, verification including VMs, C#, C++, Java.
• Experience building cross‑platform .NET backend apps for cloud deployment and DevOps pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Join a team of engineers to achieve Mission Planning objectives.
• Become the go‑to source for mission planning expertise.
• Travel to witness flight tests and provide onsite support.
• Develop common mission planning solutions across programs and IRADs.
• Lead and mentor engineers; drive agile delivery and capability development.

Skills

Mission Planning

C#

C++

Java

DevOps

Python

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Advanced STEM degree (preferred)

Tools

Virtual Machines

SysML modeling

Python

Batch scripts

Job description

RTX is seeking a Senior Mission Planning Engineer for an onsite role in Tucson, AZ. You will join the Mission Planning Section to develop concepts of operation from planning to weapon employment, guiding projects and programs with agile delivery and cross‑functional collaboration.

The role requires a STEM degree, 5+ years in mission planning or related software engineering, and the ability to travel for flight tests. Security clearance and US citizenship are required.