Composites Structural Engineer; Onsite

About the Role

Position:
Composites Engineer – Commercial Composites Team, Compression Systems Engineering (CSE).

Location:

140 ~ Aircraft Rd ~ BLDG
140, Middletown, CT.

Employment Type:

Onsite. Citizenship: U.S. citizen required. Travel: ~10%.

• Participate on an Integrated Product Team (IPT) collaborating across disciplines to provide design solutions that balance customer requirements for durability, performance, cost, and weight.
• Provide structural analysis support throughout conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design phases, including validation, certification, manufacturing, and operational service.
• Execute a gated structures process leading to part validation via sub‑element, component, rig, and engine testing.
• Perform finite element analysis of homogeneous solid, layered shell, and layered solid (ply‑by‑ply) models to ensure compliance with engine hardware requirements and structural testing correlation/validation.
• Assist in manufacturing process development at suppliers, ensuring manufacturability of component designs, documenting and presenting results to management and external customers.
• Mentor and coach developing engineers on the team.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with 8+ years of relevant experience in Defense/Aerospace or related industries, OR Advanced degree with 5+ years of experience.
• Active U.S. citizenship and compliance with program/contract access restrictions.
• Strong knowledge of structural analysis, non‑linear static and dynamic analysis, and life/damage tolerance analysis, including user material subroutines.
• Experience with composite design and analysis technology.
• Familiarity with finite element analysis tools (ANSYS MAPDL, Workbench, ACP, NASTRAN, Abaqus, LS‑DYNA, Hypermesh).
• Knowledge of non‑destructive testing methods for composites.
• Hands‑on composites manufacturing experience using hand lay‑up/autoclave, compression molding, or RTM techniques.
• Familiarity with advanced textile design and manufacturing.
• Excellent communication skills with customers, co‑workers, suppliers, and management across disciplines.
• Strong engineering problem‑solving ability that drives organizational transformation.

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering.
• Advanced degree in Engineering.
• Active US Security Clearance.

• Salary range: 107,500 USD – 204,500 USD.
• Relocation eligibility for qualifying candidates.
• Health, dental, vision, life insurance, short‑term and long‑term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts.
• Flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, holidays.
• Annual short‑term and/or long‑term incentive compensation programs based on performance.

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other applicable protected class.