Research Engineer II - Chemical Sciences
About The Position
The Physical Sciences Department at RTX Technology Research Center is seeking a Research Engineer in the Chemical Sciences Discipline, focusing on materials development and electrochemical systems research. The engineer will join a team responsible for synthesizing, manufacturing, and evaluating the performance of advanced coating materials for RTX applications. Research may also involve electrochemical systems and chemical sensing, including building, testing, and analyzing sub-scale and full-format batteries, fuel cells, and sensing systems. The successful candidate will contribute to interdisciplinary chemical engineering and chemistry research projects at RTRC and work with RTX business units. The team also collaborates with materials, electrochemical, and sensing experts at universities, national laboratories, and start-up companies. This is an onsite role in East Hartford, Connecticut, and U.S. citizenship is required to access program information.
Requirements
- Typically, a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemistry, or a related technical field.
- Previous experience operating safely and independently in a research laboratory environment.
- Ability to execute on multiple projects in a given day and prioritize tasks to meet project deadlines.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and effectively with leaders, team members, and researchers from other disciplines.
- Familiarity with advanced data analysis or collection software tools such as Python, Matlab, R, or LabView.
- U.S. citizenship is required.
Nice To Haves
- Prior experience with thin-film coating methods, including Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) and Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD).
- Prior experience with one or more of test rig setup and operation, materials synthesis, materials performance characterization, and experimental planning.
- A record of technical publications or presentations, such as a thesis, journal articles, conference presentations, or poster presentations.
- Fluency with advanced data analysis or collection software tools such as Python, Matlab, R, or LabView, or specialized engineering software such as Aspen or Comsol.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to innovative chemical engineering and chemistry research projects as part of an interdisciplinary team.
- Synthesize, manufacture, and evaluate advanced coating materials for RTX applications.
- Depending on project needs, build, test, and analyze sub-scale and full-format electrochemical systems, such as batteries and fuel cells, and chemical sensing systems.
- Collaborate with RTX business units and external experts at universities, national laboratories, and start-up companies.
- Operate safely and independently in a research laboratory, manage multiple projects and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines, and communicate effectively with leaders, team members, and researchers from other disciplines.
Benefits
- Compensation, healthcare, wellness, retirement, and work/life benefits.
- Parental leave, including paternal leave.
- Flexible work schedules.
- Achievement awards.
- Educational assistance.
- Child/adult backup care.
- Medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance.
- 401(k) match.
- Flexible spending accounts.
- Employee assistance program.
- Employee Scholar Program.
- Paid time off and holidays.
- Potential eligibility for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs; payments are not guaranteed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
