Environmental Test Sr. Support Engineer

RTX•Tucson, AZ

15d•$68,900 - $131,100•Onsite

About The Position

The Environmental Test (ET) organization is an engineering organization that supports all programs across Raytheon. The ET organization provides testing capability for every phase of the product life cycle from prototype to production. Environmental testing includes mechanical shock, electrodynamic vibration, salt fog, climatic environments such as temperature, altitude, and humidity, high temperature quartz lamp testing, structural testing, test fixture design, and custom instrumentation installations and data acquisition support. Environmental Test is seeking a Sr. Support Engineer in the field of environmental testing. The Sr. Support Engineer is responsible for executing a variety of environmental tests while collaborating in an integrated product (IP) team environment with Test Engineers, other Support Engineers, and internal engineering customers. The Sr. Support Engineer will work within the IP team to implement tests to meet customer requirements and is responsible for test setup, equipment control and monitoring, data collection and data verification. The Sr. Support Engineer is responsible for performing troubleshooting and adjustment of both the test equipment and test setup when technical issues arise. This position is an onsite role located in Tucson, AZ.

Requirements

A University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 2 years of prior relevant experience.
Experience setting up and troubleshooting either mechanical hardware, electrical instruments, or computer systems.
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.
Ability to obtain INTERIM U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering Technology and two or more years of equivalent experience in a test engineering support capacity
Experience with instrumentation to include accelerometers, thermocouples, strain gages, load cells, and displacement transducers.
Experience setting up and troubleshooting signal conditioners and data acquisition system hardware and software.
Experience working with vibration control systems and software.
Demonstrated strong problem-solving skills.
Strong communication skills including effective written, verbal, and listening.
High situational awareness and ability to effectively work multiple projects simultaneously.
Current DoD secret or TS/SSBI clearance

Responsibilities

Perform set-up and operation of mechanical shock test and electrodynamic vibration test systems.
Perform set-up and operation of climatic environmental chambers in support of testing for temperature, altitude, and humidity and highly accelerated life tests.
Perform set-up and programming of all control and data acquisition systems as well as the placement, and operation of all instrumentation, signal conditioning, and data acquisition systems.
Perform the execution of various vibration test methods including random, sine, shock, sine-on-random, random-on-random and drop shock, as defined in Mil-Std-810.
Collect thermal, vibration, and shock test data and verify for accuracy.
Safeguarding of classified/proprietary material, hardware, and documentation.
Ability to work in closed/proprietary/classified areas.