Engineer II - Electrical Fuze & Initiation Systems

Job Overview

Engineer II – Fuze & Initiation Systems.

Location:

Tucson, AZ.Type:
Onsite.

Citizenship: U.S. citizen required.

Security Clearance:
Active DoD Secret security clearance required.

• Apply advanced technologies, scientific principles, theories, and concepts to integrate fuzing, ignition, and safety devices into missile and space vehicle systems.
• Support the Systems Safety Engineering Organization.
• Interface with the customer to identify user needs.
• Work with customers, subcontractors, and suppliers to resolve engineering issues, develop new products, and hold technical reviews.
• Develop initial fuzing and initiation systems architectures and top‑level designs.
• Design, analyze, test, and evaluate fuzing and initiation systems.
• Develop Statements of Work (SOWs).
• Develop Critical Item Development Specifications (CIDS) and electrical logic and interface requirements.
• Support fact‑finding and contract negotiations.
• Ensure technical rigor and depth of all deliverables.
• Develop and present technical fuzing designs and updates to DoD safety review boards.
• Travel periodically to government and subcontractor facilities.

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM).
• Minimum two (2) years of prior relevant experience in electronics circuit design, analysis, or fuzing and initiation system design, or an advanced degree that substitutes for two (2) years of experience.
• Project management experience as applied to team interaction and deliverables.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance before start date.
• U.S. citizenship required.

• Advanced degree in a related field.
• Four (4) or more years of directly related experience in electronics design, analysis, and development from conceptual design through final test and assembly.
• Experience with fuzing devices design, manufacturing, testing, safety certification, and/or compliance.
• Experience performing electrical stress analysis, electrical thermal analysis, and environment survivability assessment.
• Ability to analyze analog, digital, mixed‑signal, and power conversion circuits using simulation and computational skills.
• Experience interfacing with missile systems engineering groups for analyses and subject matter support.
• Experience preparing and presenting technical papers for customer safety review boards.
• Experience developing fuzing, safe‑and‑arm products that meet MIL‑STD‑1316, MIL‑STD‑1901, and MIL‑STD‑464.
• Working knowledge of JOTP‑051, JOTP‑052, and JOTP‑053.
• Experience with energetic and pyrotechnic initiators, exploding foil deflagrating initiators (EFDI), and low‑energy exploding foil initiators (LEEFI).
• Technical writing skills in detailed design requirements, test requirements, statements of work, white papers, and technical presentations.
• Supplier collaboration experience and oversight in generating specifications and statements of work.
• Experience with missile design, development, production support, and integration.
• Experience with DoD customers or associated contractor executives and technical leadership.
• Active Secret or Top Secret clearance (Department of Defense).

• Competitive salary in the range of 68,900 – 131,100 USD.
• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Retirement and 401(k) match.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Paid time off, holidays, and parental leave (including paternal leave).
• Flexible work schedules.
• Employee assistance program and employee scholar program.
• Child and adult backup care support.
• Educational assistance.
• Short‑term and long‑term incentive compensation programs (as applicable).

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 protected class.