Senior Test and Telemetry Engineering Lead

What You Will Do

• Lead test event and telemetry activities across laboratory and field environments, managing preparation, execution, data collection, analysis, and report generation.
• Support missile build and delivery activities by collaborating with cross‑functional teams to ensure successful integration and delivery milestones.
• Coordinate test readiness activities, aligning equipment, configurations, and processes with program schedules and requirements.
• Own and manage telemetry test equipment lifecycle activities, including repairs, hardware utilization tracking, replacement planning, and testing.
• Coordinate compliance activities with Cyber Security to ensure test equipment meets program requirements.
• Implement and manage software upgrades for telemetry tools and associated test systems.
• Interpret and work from test equipment engineering drawings to support integration and troubleshooting activities.
• Provide hands‑on support during lab and field test events, including acceptance test planning and execution.
• Interpret and analyze telemetry data, clearly communicating results to engineering teams, REAs, and customers.
• Read and understand Unit Under Test (UUT) engineering drawings and requirements to ensure proper telemetry configuration and verification alignment.
• Proactively coordinate cross‑functionally to ensure hardware availability, software builds, and lab readiness for integration and test events.
• Maintain organized documentation of equipment status, telemetry configurations, test data, and formal test reports.
• Support customer coordination activities, including equipment shipment and test planning alignment.
• Utilize configuration/data management tools (e.g., cPDM preferred) to maintain traceability and documentation control.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical, Computer, Mechanical, Software, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience.
• At least four (4) years of applied work experience in integration and verification.
• Experience working with telemetry data, reading and interpreting engineering drawings and system requirements.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government‑issued security clearance (Secret) and U.S. citizenship.
• Preferred:
  Advanced degree in a STEM field.
• Hands‑on experience with missile systems/host platforms, telemetry and test equipment integration in lab/field environments, and telemetry data analysis tools.
• Experience leading a team in planning, executing, and reporting on test activities within a laboratory environment.
• Experience in collecting and evaluating data to diagnose and solve technical issues.
• Experience presenting technical data to stakeholders and customer communities in design reviews and technical interchange meetings.
• Experience using Agile framework development methods/processes.

• Competitive salary range: $86,800 – $165,200 USD.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short‑term and long‑term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts.
• Flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays.
• Annual incentive compensation programs (short‑term and long‑term) where applicable.

Travel required (20%). This position requires onsite work – no remote work available.

Location:

Tucson, AZ (810 ~ 1151 E Hermans Rd, BLDG 810).

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 or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.