Senior Principal Manufacturing Test & Validation Engineer

Prattwhitney; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 132,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

401(k) match

Flexible spending accounts

Flexible work schedules

Employee assistance program

Employee Scholar Program

Parental leave

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

RTX in Tucson, AZ is seeking a Senior Principal Test and Validation Engineer in Manufacturing Design to drive test support from development through production across programs. You will lead manufacturing test strategies and improve producibility, influencing program decisions and ensuring tests meet required standards.

Responsibilities include defining enterprise-level test strategies, driving capacity/maturity improvements, mentoring engineers, and coordinating with multiple facilities to

Qualifications

• Typically Requires a Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) and minimum 10 years of relevant experience.
• Leadership experience in a fast paced technical or manufacturing environment.
• Experience collaborating with stakeholders to help drive decisions on manufacturing test strategy.
• Experience with factory Test Equipment development and prove-in processes.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Access (ATF) clearance.
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued Secret security clearance is required prior to start date.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Join us as a Sr. Principal Test and Validation Engineer in Manufacturing Design, where you'll drive technical test support from development through production across multiple programs.
• Serving as the manufacturing test authority across multiple programs.
• Leading the implementation and maturation of production manufacturing test solutions across the portfolio.
• Demonstrated leadership in defining enterprise-level test strategies and architecture, driving test readiness, capacity, and maturity improvements, and shaping testing practices across programs and manufacturing sites through influence and collaboration.
• Managing large scale design, control, and improvements to the manufacturing process.
• Recommending engineering design requirements tailored to manufacturing processes.
• Recommending process and procedural changes to ensure that objectives in the areas of cost, efficiency, and quality are met.
• Ensuring that quality control procedures adequately evaluate an organization's products.
• Leading Continuous Process Improvements to enhance cycle time, automate, reduce costs (both direct and indirect) using Six Sigma/CORE principles and data driven decision making.
• Applying test engineering skillsets across the extended value stream to optimize and mature the manufacturing test strategy.
• Leveraging knowledge and technical skills to influence business decisions from new designs through transition to production.
• Designing, controlling, and improving the testability of products through collaboration with a multi-disciplined team, identifying and resolving test constraints across multiple programs.
• Developing influential relationships with internal customers.
• Supporting Operational Security (OPSEC) plan execution and influencing future security strategies affecting hardware deliveries.
• Supporting the development of clear schedules, priorities and goals for each factory and key suppliers via Supply Chain partners.
• Leading, collaborating and influencing quality and performance of a mix of Manufacturing Operations and Engineering program deliverables focused on establishing and maturing manufacturing value streams across multiple factories.
• Participating in strategic planning for current development and future production.
• Leading cross-factory strategic improvement projects.
• Mentoring, coaching, and training other MDTEs and/or PTEs.
• Leading cross-functional program strategic initiatives.

Skills

Leadership experience

Stakeholders collaboration

Test Equipment development

ATF clearance

Security clearance

U.S. citizenship

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

BS or MS in Electrical/Aerospace/Manufacturing Engineering

Job description

RTX in Tucson, AZ is seeking a Senior Principal Test and Validation Engineer in Manufacturing Design to drive test support from development through production across programs. You will lead manufacturing test strategies and improve producibility, influencing program decisions and ensuring tests meet required standards.

Responsibilities include defining enterprise-level test strategies, driving capacity/maturity improvements, mentoring engineers, and coordinating with multiple facilities to