Full-Time
Validation & Verification and Hardware Engineering Manager
Posted on 12/10/2025
RTX
10,001+ employees
Aerospace, defense, and avionics manufacturer
No salary listed
Sydney NSW, Australia
In Person
US Citizenship, US Top Secret Clearance, Canada Citizenship, Canada Top Secret Clearance, UK Citizenship, UK Top Secret Clearance Required
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- Bachelor of Engineering, Bachelor of Science degree or relevant applicable Degree.
- Prior technical leadership of engineering projects that involve product development across the broad spectrum of complex systems, including full system integration.
- Proven ability and experience representing the company as a technical expert across all stakeholder environments, including formal and informal presentations at both frontline and senior executive levels.
- Proven background and experience mentoring, supporting and leading a team; making programmatic and technical decisions with accuracy and within set timeframes.
- Team Leadership: model leadership behaviours to grow and develop team members - supporting their career development, as they work to meet project and customer requirements aligned with our company Values.
- Subject Matter Expert: apply verification and validation, and hardware engineering expertise to deliver timely project outcomes; delivering superior quality of technical documentation to produce clear and concise content to meet required engineering and client standards.
- Resource Management: Regularly review capabilities, performance, capacity, process, and system requirements against current and future needs, to identify and address gaps in conjunction with the management of the departmental budget.
- Innovation: Lead and champion the development of new engineering practices, plans, techniques and technologies, systems and processes to deliver continuous improvement.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Work collaboratively and communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders to influence and ensure that programs are delivered on time and in full. Plan and deliver associated products and services to meet assigned objectives.
- Exemplify Leadership: by example, as a technical contributor, produces engineering work of a high standard to meet project parameters; in a professional and collaborative manner.
- Experience and knowledge of command, control and communications systems in a Defence environment. Experience involving tactical data links will be highly regarded.
- An experienced systems engineer, with proven background involving the entirety of systems development processes, including requirements capture, design, decomposition, integration, and verification/validation, as well as transition to production.
- Experience in hardware design leadership, and verification and validation during product development in an Australian Defence environment including familiarity with AUSDEFCON requirements.
- Familiarity with engineering development in an agile and DEVSECOPS environment.
RTX designs and builds products for both civilian aviation and national defense. Its main units are Collins Aerospace (avionics, interiors, flight systems, and other aircraft technologies), Pratt & Whitney (aircraft engines and propulsion systems), and Raytheon (missiles, sensors, cybersecurity, and other defense technologies). The products work by integrating advanced propulsion, avionics, and defense systems into airplanes and military platforms to improve performance, safety, and security. RTX differs from competitors by combining a broad, integrated portfolio across commercial aviation and defense under one company, with a long history from two historic aerospace and defense groups and a strategy focused on providing end-to-end aerospace and defense solutions. Its goal is to be a leading supplier of reliable, high-performance systems and services for civil aircraft, military platforms, and national security missions.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Arlington, Virginia
Founded
2022
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Pratt & Whitney's $100M Poland plant boosts engine production 30% by 2028 amid surging demand.
- $3.7B Ukraine Patriot GEM-T contract drives Raytheon 10% Q1 sales growth from geopolitical tensions.
- Commercial aftermarket sales rise 19% as airlines extend older aircraft operations.
What critics are saying
- Pratt & Whitney GTF durability issues ground A320neo fleets, slashing aftermarket revenue 20-30%.
- Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman capture 40% hypersonic interceptor market in 12-24 months.
- SpaceX Starshield wins $4B NRO contract, obsoleting Raytheon OPIR satellites in 18-24 months.
What makes RTX unique
- RTX integrates Pratt & Whitney engines, Collins Aerospace avionics, and Raytheon missiles under one 2020 merger.
- Raytheon delivers NGG satellite sensors detecting hypersonic missile heat signatures for US Space Force.
- RTX maintains 90-year consecutive cash dividends with $271B Q1 2026 backlog across commercial and defense.
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Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
401(k) Company Match
401(k) Retirement Plan
Flexible Work Hours
Remote Work Options
Paid Vacation
Paid Sick Leave
Paid Holidays
Parental Leave
Family Planning Benefits
Fertility Treatment Support
Adoption Assistance
Employee Assistance Plan
Wellness Program
Gym Membership
Tuition Reimbursement
Student Loan Assistance
Home Office Stipend
Phone/Internet Stipend
Short-term Disability
Long-term Disability
Employee Scholar Program
Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds
Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
Company News
Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, and Air Canada have announced that Air Canada's new Airbus A321XLR fleet will feature Collins seating throughout. Each aircraft will have 14 Aurora business class suites and 168 Meridian+ economy seats. The custom lie-flat Aurora suites, unveiled at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, are designed to provide a widebody business class experience on single-aisle aircraft. The suites' proprietary shape maximises passenger living space whilst expanding galley capacity for long-haul service. The Meridian+ economy seats incorporate widebody design principles with contoured architecture to provide additional space for passengers. Air Canada has selected enhanced seatback options for improved stowage, inflight entertainment and power supply. The first of 30 Air Canada A321XLRs will enter service this spring.
Raytheon, an RTX business, has successfully demonstrated a first-of-its-kind event-based mid-wave infrared camera that tracks high-speed objects in real time whilst reducing processing and power demands. Unlike traditional cameras that capture full frames, the event-based camera tracks only pixel-level motion, producing a continuous stream of events. During a demonstration in Northern California, the camera tracked multiple targets including ground vehicles, aircraft and live fires by capturing rapid motion unachievable with conventional infrared cameras. By reporting only changes in motion rather than full image frames, it delivered near-instantaneous activity views. Developed under DARPA's FENCE programme, the technology has potential applications in battlefield awareness, missile guidance and surveillance. Raytheon is now exploring follow-on demonstrations across broader mission scenarios.
RTX has secured a multibillion-dollar contract for F135 engine production supporting the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter programme, whilst its subsidiary BBN Technologies released Maude-HCS, an open-source cyber defence toolkit funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The F135 award, valued at approximately $3.8 billion under one modification and referenced as a $6.6 billion package across lots 18 and 19, reinforces Pratt & Whitney's position on the F-35 programme. The Maude-HCS toolkit enables modelling and validation of covert communication networks for cyber defence efforts. RTX shares last closed at $196.21, returning 69.9% over the past year. The announcements deepen RTX's involvement in both software-centric and hardware-heavy defence missions, adding to the company's existing backlog alongside peers including Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman.
RTX's BBN Technologies has released Maude-HCS, an open-source toolkit that enables cyber defence teams to model, test and validate covert communication networks. Funded by DARPA under its PWND2 program, the toolkit is now available on GitHub. Maude-HCS predicts latency, data rate and detection timelines with just 1% to 9% error compared to experimental deployments. The system replaces weeks of trial-and-error testing with automated analysis delivering results in hours, running on standard eight-core servers. Hidden communication systems are critical for national security and internet freedom, allowing journalists and armed forces to exchange information safely in high-risk environments. The toolkit enables rigorous validation of covert channels before deployment, helping ensure they remain both effective and undetectable whilst meeting mission requirements.
Pratt & Whitney, an RTX business, has been awarded a $6.6 billion contract for lots 18-19 of the F135 engine, which powers all F-35 Lightning II variants. The contract modification includes $3.8 billion for production, engines, spares, modules and support services. The company is investing heavily to increase production capacity, having committed over $1 billion in the past five years to expand and modernise facilities. These investments have increased current F135 production rates by 20% over previous contract rates. The F135 programme supports over 66,000 jobs across 47 US states and generated more than $9 billion in domestic economic impact in 2025. Pratt & Whitney has delivered over 1,400 production F135 engines for the F-35 programme, which serves 20 allied nations worldwide.