Leadership Development Program - Engineering, Aerospace​/Mechanical

Engineering Leadership Development Program (ELDP) – Aerospace/Mechanical Discipline

Discover an extraordinary opportunity to accelerate your engineering career and develop into a future technical leader  two-year rotational Engineering Leadership Development Program (ELDP) – Aerospace/Mechanical Discipline provides challenging, high-visibility assignments across the enterprise, allowing you to build a powerful global network. You will receive high-caliber training, professional mentoring, and frontline, hands-on engineering experience directly within our cutting-edge manufacturing, design, and test environments.

This fast-paced path expands your business acumen, sharpens your functional expertise, and prepares you to make a lasting impact on our global technology organization. Actively recruiting for the next cohort and program that begins June 2027.

Key Responsibilities:

• Complete three 8-month rotational assignments across various U.S. locations, adapting quickly to new technology centers, business units, and engineering teams.
• Execute core engineering milestones within one or more specialized program tracks, including mechanical systems design and development, structural testing simulations, thermal and fluid calculations, validation testing, and design process documentation.
• Stretch your professional and technical capabilities by taking ownership of frontline, hands-on mechanical and aerospace engineering deliverables.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with manufacturing, systems, and program management teams to define hardware requirements and optimize physical system architectures.
• Present technical reviews, simulation data, and strategic engineering updates clearly and effectively to varied stakeholders and leadership teams.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) major. Degree must be obtained by start date.
• Willing and able to operationally relocate to various RTX geographic locations across the United States for three distinct 8-month program assignments.
• Experience or coursework utilizing mechanical design or computer-aided drafting (CAD) tools, such as SOLIDWORKS, Creo, CATIA, or Autodesk Inventor.
• Experience or academic coursework across core mechanical and aerospace engineering domains, including mechanical systems design and development, structural or thermal testing simulations, engineering calculations and validation, or design process documentation.
• Relevant internship/co-op or work experience

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Active U.S. government secret security clearance.
• Self-motivated and team-oriented work style with the agility to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic technology and engineering environment.
• Experience or academic coursework with specialized aerospace systems, gas turbine engines, propulsion systems, or flight components.
• Experience or coursework in manufacturing engineering, tooling design, or repair engineering methodologies.
• Practical exposure to systems integration, multi-disciplinary test environments, or hardware validation testing.
• Familiarity with engineering programming and simulation software tools, such as MATLAB, Python, or ANSYS.
• Familiarity with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems (e.g., Teamcenter), Jira, or structured project engineering tools.
• Experience in computational simulation, finite element analysis (FEA), or computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tools, such as ANSYS, NASTRAN, or Abaqus.
• Hands-on build, test, or assembly experience working directly with physical engineering hardware, prototypes, or laboratory systems.
• Strong academic record as demonstrated by a GPA of 3.2 or greater
• Prior experience as an engineering intern or co-op within an RTX business unit (Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, or Raytheon).

What We Offer:

• Whether you're just starting out on your career journey or are an experienced professional, we offer a robust total rewards package with compensation; healthcare, wellness, retirement and work/life benefits; career development and recognition programs. Some of the benefits we offer include parental (including paternal)…