Freelance Rf Drive Test Engineer Jobs in Houston, TX

 At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. We bring the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world. 

In this role, you will be supporting the successful completion of flight test events, platform integration laboratory testing events, and the associated analysis of test data. The position is located in Tucson Arizona. 

We value diverse skills and experience, so don’t hold back. Your qualification could add tremendous value to our team. Our customers come from all different backgrounds, and so do our employees. If you’re passionate about what you could accomplish here, we’d love to hear from you. 

Responsibilities to Anticipate: 

• Perform integration, verification, and testing to ensure the system under test performs according to design, specs and/or requirements 

• Perform data collection activities, including review and assessment of data elements, and provide detailed reports of results 

• Trace and/or correct faults in mechanical or electronic systems. Familiarity with failure reporting, analysis, corrective action and/or fault tree analysis 

• Create/modify documentation in support of reviews associated with formal testing, which include Test Readiness Review (TRR), Consent to Ship (CTS), and Test Data Review (TDR) packages 

• Support field testing for land and shipboard testing 

• Able to work in a high-paced environment 

• Generate CR, CN, or VARs, complete data package and take to board (ERB/CCB) 

• Monitor / manage upcoming tasks; assign resources (working knowledge on MS Project) 

• Collaborate actively with CAM, IPT, TA, CE, attend weekly meetings to provide status, needs 

Qualifications You Must Have: 

• Typically requires Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of ten (10) years of relevant experience OR a Master’s Degree and a minimum of eight (8) years of relevant experience 

• Hardware Systems Integration experience, with preference for integration on shipboard platforms 

• Experience supporting field tests, or systems deployed in the field 

• Telemetry Analysis experience 

• Experience performing maintenance and repair of weapons platforms, including troubleshooting, fault isolation, and resolution activities 

• Experience using Earned Value Management systems 

Qualifications We Value: 

• Technician experience working on military platforms, such as Fixed Wing, Rotary Wing, Ground Based, and ship-based platforms 

• Experience in integration with test equipment, telemetry data analysis tools, and missile systems host platforms. 

• Experience managing and presenting technical data to Stakeholders and Customer community, in design reviews and technical interchange meetings. 

• Technical leadership with capture/pursuit experience, including contribution or authoring of white papers, RFI responses, proposal of technical volumes, or related experience 

• Experience with RF spectral and temporal effects for sensor and backgrounds, including clutter, multipath, self-interference, grounding and shielding, and mitigation factors. 

• Experience in integrating RF/EO sensor output, either modulated waveforms or streams of digital samples used for real-time representation of RF/EO scenes data collection / analysis (including Telemetry) 

• Test Systems design experience and collaborating across multiple engineering disciplines, such as electrical, electronics, mechanical, software, and computer engineering. 

• Experience in RF/EO integration of hardware systems with high level of understanding of digital signal processing algorithms, advanced waveforms, antenna patterns, and techniques used in resource-constrained missile systems. 

• CAMEO experience 

What We Offer 

• Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation. 

• Relocation Eligible – Relocation assistance available for this position 

Learn More & Apply Now! 

• Please consider the following role type definition as you apply for this role. 

• Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products