Senior Sustainment Automation Engineer – DoD Secret Clearance

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) match

Flexible schedules

Job summary

RTX in Tucson, AZ is seeking a Sustainment Automation Systems Engineer to lead the sustainment, development, and implementation of automation solutions in manufacturing. You will work with robotics, PLCs, HMIs, and vision systems to optimize production alongside business systems such as Ignition and Python.

The role requires a STEM degree and 8+ years of relevant experience, or 5+ years with an advanced STEM degree, plus the ability to obtain Interim Secret clearance.

Qualifications

• Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics with extensive relevant experience.
• Interim or full DoD Secret clearance required before start date.
• Experience integrating control systems and robotics with vision systems.
• Strong PLC/HMI programming experience, Rockwell preferred.
• Robotics programming experience (Fanuc preferred).

Responsibilities

• Provide troubleshooting and debug support for 30+ robotic systems in the factory.
• Provide technical leadership through issue resolution.
• Integrate software and hardware to create or upgrade automation solutions.
• Coordinate TPM, spares management, and production sustainment.
• Support production prove-in of new automation equipment.
• Travel up to 25% of time.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Technical leadership

Robotics & vision systems

Automation integration

Team collaboration

Education

STEM degree

Advanced STEM degree

Tools

Ignition

Python

MSSQL

Rockwell PLC/HMI

Fanuc robot programming

Keyence

Cognex

iRVision

AutoCAD Electrical

Job description

RTX in Tucson, AZ is seeking a Sustainment Automation Systems Engineer to lead the sustainment, development, and implementation of automation solutions in manufacturing. You will work with robotics, PLCs, HMIs, and vision systems to optimize production alongside business systems such as Ignition and Python.

The role requires a STEM degree and 8+ years of relevant experience, or 5+ years with an advanced STEM degree, plus the ability to obtain Interim Secret clearance.