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Sr Principal Low Observable Design – Analysis and Test Engineer
Company | RTX |
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Location | Tucson, AZ, USA |
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Salary | $124000 – $250000 |
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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
- Bachelor’s in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM)
- Ten (10) years of engineering experience, which must include Low Observable (LO) technology or Radar Cross Section or Computational Electromagnetic Codes (CEM) or 7 years relevant experience with an advance degree.
- Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
Responsibilities
- Stealth (design, analysis, computational electro-magnetics (CEM), and/or test)
- Proposal Writing and Basis of Estimate (BOE) development.
- Perform RCS predictions and should be familiar with limitations of Computational Electromagnetic Codes (CEM).
- Deliverables will include test documentation, data analysis, anomaly resolution, results documentation, and presentation of results to both internal and external customers.
- Work in integrated product teams to incorporate advanced signature control techniques into deliverable products and aid in the assessment of system performance.
- Document all activities pertaining to test preparation, data analysis, design trades, prediction results, and others.
- Work within integrated product teams and support all aspects of that team’s design efforts.
- Present results of testing, analysis, and design efforts to internal and external customers.
- Occasional travel for business, training, and conferences.
- Provide effective personal interaction and collaboration with a multi-disciplined team and customers.
- Integrated Product Team (IPT) leadership.
- Provide project management including the ability to identify links and potential impact on projects, programs, or systems.
Preferred Qualifications
- Multiple tests of LO targets on ground plane ranges and compact ranges
- Absorber material treatments / design and testing experience (coatings, paint, MAGRAM)
- Academic or applied experience utilizing RF testing techniques, terminology, and test equipment
- Understanding of electromagnetic fundamentals
- Experience with Infrared signature analysis and control
- Experience in the field of infrared signature technology is desirable (redundant to above?)
- Programming expertise in C++, MATLAB, or other technical language is desirable
- Advanced radar system development or test experience
- Presentation skills and ability to communicate with peers, executives and customers
- Working knowledge of computational electromagnetic codes to include full wave codes, as well as asymptotic techniques using industry standard tools such as XPATCH, CARLOS, SENTRi, or (note deleted codes are not CEM, add them to a new line with different skill set
- Advanced Degree: Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Math or other Engineering discipline