Aerospace Engineer; Weapons; Wilmington, MA

Job Description - 2027 Aerospace Engineer (Weapons) - Wilmington, MA (342600)

2027 Aerospace Engineer (Weapons) - Wilmington, MA (342600)

About the Entry Level Role

As a Textron employee, you’ll take on meaningful work from day one—contributing to real projects and collaborating with experienced team members across the business. This entry-level opportunity is designed to help you build your skills, gain exposure across functions, and grow through hands‑on experience, mentorship, and development opportunities.

Who We Are

Textron Systems serves defense and commercial customers with the combined expertise of its family of brands:
Textron Systems, Howe & Howe, Lycoming Engines and ATAC. These segments offer specialized products and services that fall into several capability areas:
Air;
Land;
Sea;
Propulsion;
Weapon Systems;
Electronic Systems; and Test, Training & Simulation. We tap into these capabilities to deliver exceptional solutions, including product development and manufacturing, training, operations and support.

All efforts are backed by the strength of our parent company — Textron Inc. — which includes prominent brands such as Bell, Cessna and Beechcraft. Drawing from our diverse teams of experts and harnessing the unlimited power of teamwork, we put tomorrow’s technology in the world’s hands today.

We believe people should love what they do – in this role, you will be responsible for:

Providing engineering support on both next generation technologies and proven platforms that support and protect our deployed warfighter

Participating in development of new products across all phases of the hardware design lifecycle from concept development to test and evaluation concepts

Supporting hands‑on ground and flight test events through test planning, test execution, and data reduction in a dynamic environment

Working with multidisciplinary systems and accomplishing tasks that cover a wide range of design activities on air, sea, and/or land vehicles

Conducting in‑depth structural, stability and control, and aerodynamic analysis

Using, updating, and writing aircraft performance simulation and predictive tools

Qualifications

Currently pursuing or have completed a bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering or a related field

Bachelor’s OR Masters in Aerospace OR Mechanical Engineering

Ability to obtain security clearance

Experience in using, updating, and writing code in MATLAB or related software language

Willingness to apply aerospace principles, theories, and concepts

Why Build Your Career at Textron

Textron offers a supportive workplace where employees are encouraged to grow, contribute, and innovate.

Our benefits include:

Competitive compensation

Day‑one health and wellness benefits

Retirement savings options

Alternative work schedules at select locations

Relocation assistance for eligible candidates

About Textron

Textron is a global Fortune 500 company with a diverse portfolio of industry leading brands, including Bell, Beechcraft, Cessna, Pipistrel, Jacobsen, Kautex, Lycoming, E‑Z‑GO, and Textron Systems. We foster a culture where curiosity is encouraged, ideas are valued, and innovation drives real‑world solutions.

Join Textron and build a career where your work makes an impact, your ideas are valued, and your growth is supported.

Textron’s compensation package includes competitive base pay and provides eligible employees with benefit programs. Benefits may include health insurance and prescription plan coverage, dental insurance, family building benefits, vision insurance, mental health resources, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and programs that provide employees time away from work. The pay range for this position is 95000 - 95000 per year.

EEO Statement

Textron is committed to providing Equal Opportunity in Employment, to all applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, age, national origin, military status, veteran status, disability, sex (including pregnancy and sexual orientation), genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.

Classified Information Statement Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements, including US Citizenship, for access to classified information.