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# Vision Systems Senior Test Engineer

- **Company:** RTX
- **Location:** Goleta, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $95,500.0 - $181,700.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Software Engineering, Verification and Validation (Software), System Integration Testing, System Testing, Test Management, Visual Systems
- **Published:** July 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://globalhr.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/REC_RTX_Ext_Gateway/job/US-CA-GOLETA-B01--6825-Cortona-Dr--BLDG-B01/Vision-Systems-Senior-Test-Engineer_01859999

## About the Role

The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance, * Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience with airborne and, or space EOIR system test, integration verification and validation testing, product transition to production or relatable experience

 * Experience in test methodology within sensors to include optical performance, analysis, and test verification for EO/IR Focal Plane Array sensor systems and/or relatable experience in development and/or production program

Qualifications We Prefer

 * Advanced degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM)
 * Experience developing and, or executing factory test plans, procedures, and equipment to support an EO/IR Focal Plane Array sensor system and ROICs
 * Prior experience with ROIC wafer probing, fabrication, integration, verification, and validation for a complex EO/IR system
 * Ability to communicate with Test Management, IPT leaders, hardware and software development engineers, specialty engineers, program managers, and customers
 * Experience with use of basic laboratory equipment; power supplies, oscilloscopes, digital voltmeters

## Description

* You will support integration, verification and validation (IV&V), design verification testing (DVT), and production testing to support the delivery of EO/IR Focal Plane Array Sensor Systems
 * You will develop test plans and execute product test activities in support of engineering and production builds
 * You will support the Test Architect in the development and execution of the test architecture from bid through production, contribute to the test system design, and collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to achieve these goals
 * You will collaborate with operations and manufacturing teams to enable efficient product flow, provide actionable metrics, minimize cycle time, and maximize yield


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