Qualification Test Director

RTX•Tucson, AZ

2d•Onsite

About The Position

At RTX, the world largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world. At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. We bring the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world. In Systems Engineering and Test Capabilities (SETC) we integrate, verify, and validate our products. We put our systems together, exercise them in the lab or in the field, measure and analyze performance, and make sure our products work the first time and every time. To accomplish this, we develop plans and procedures, debug and evaluate system functions and interfaces, develop test environments, and work together with our customers. The Systems Integration and Test Air and Space Defense Systems (ASDS) Department within the SE&TC Effectors Center is seeking Systems Engineers focused on Hardware Integration and Qualification/Verification testing. In this role you will be hands- on, supporting the successful completion of test events and the associated analysis of test data.

Requirements

Typically Requires a bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline, such as Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Physics or Math and a minimum of 8 (eight) years of relevant experience.
Engineering Experience: Experience with systems hardware, systems software, systems integration, and/or systems test.
Test Experience: Experience in one or more of the following areas: Experience leading or supporting tests in a lab environment or at test ranges
Hardware Systems Integration experience, with preference for integration on military platforms.
Flight Test or Platform Integration

Nice To Haves

Experience leading teams in integration and test activities.
Experience creating integration and verification strategies.
Experience in integration with test equipment, telemetry data analysis tools, and other lab equipment
Experience collecting and evaluating data to diagnose and solve technical issues.
Experience working on military platforms, such as Aircraft, Ship-based platforms, and Ground-Based platforms.
Experience managing and presenting technical data to Stakeholders and Customer community, in design reviews and technical interchange meetings.
Experience with capture/pursuit proposals, including contribution or authoring of white papers, RFI responses, proposal of technical volumes, or related experience.

Responsibilities

Perform integration, verification, and qualification testing of Effector systems in flight and ground test environments to ensure the system under test performs according to specifications/requirements.
Manage day to day tasking of an engineering team responsible for lab testing, as well as coordinating availability and managing schedule with on-site test resources.
Responsible for delivering reliability testing artifacts to Reliability team partners and the government customer.
Develop and implement test plans, procedures, integration, and verification documentation in both simulated and real-world environments; perform integration, verification, and qualification testing of Effector systems in flight and ground test environments to ensure system performance against specifications and requirements.
Integrate hardware and software into tactical systems, evaluating their functionality and impact.
Identify and resolve hardware, software, and system issues through detailed data analysis and debugging. Familiarity with failure reporting, analysis, corrective action and/or fault tree analysis
Collect and analyze data to ensure system performance and provide detailed reports of the results.
Create/modify documentation in support of reviews associated with formal testing, which may include Test Readiness Review (TRR), Consent to Ship (CTS), and Test Data Review (TDR) packages.
Interface and coordinate across the different company functions and with the customers, suppliers, and/or sub-contractors.
Travel as needed up to 25% to support mission execution at various locations including test sites, vendor facilities, and customer locations for a one- or two-week duration.