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Principal Test Development Engineer
| Company | RTX |
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| Location | Tewksbury, MA, USA |
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| Salary | $101000 – $203000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- Typically requires a Bachelor’s in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of eight (8) years of prior relevant experience, or an advanced degree and 5 years of prior relevant experience
- Experience in an engineering design and development environment with 4+ years of direct experience with Test Equipment design and development tasks
- Experience leading technical teams and projects
- The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government issued Secret security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. Citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
Responsibilities
- Work with internal and external partners on the design and deployment of complex factory test systems
- Lead development of test hardware, software, and/or firmware through its development cycle, from requirements definition through deployment at manufacturing or customer facilities
- Work with Prime Engineering, Production, and Operations teams early in development cycle to identify capability and capacity needs for manufacturing test and ensure smooth deployment to manufacturing facilities
- Actively identify test readiness issues and optimizations through the development lifecycle
- Lead medium-to-large sized teams to meet project budget, schedule, and performance commitments
- Provide technical leadership to employees in support of their specific work assignments
- Engage in personal technical growth and encourage technical growth in peers and junior engineers through mentoring activities
- Prepare and clearly present project status to functional and program leadership
- Understand and report financial & earned value status for monthly reporting cycle
- Proactively manage and mitigate Risks and Opportunities
- Support Manufacturing operations, including on-site troubleshooting and debugging, both independently and in collaboration with design engineering teams
- Contribute to cost, schedule, and technical solutions for bid and proposal development
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with project management tools such as MS Project, Jira/Confluence, and Earned Value Management System (EVMS) tracking software
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Good decision-making and problem-solving skills
- Experience with National Instruments’ TestStand, LabWindows/CVI, and/or LabVIEW
- Digital, and/or Analog, and/or RF, and/or power supply test hardware design experience
- Experience with the routine use and/or automation of commercial test and measurement equipment, i.e. Oscilloscopes, DMMs, network analyzers, power supplies, etc.
