Leadership Development Program - Engineering, Materials & Chemistry Discipline (Starts June 2027)

RTX Corporation is an Aerospace and Defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It comprises three industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. Its 185,000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics, electric propulsion, directed energy, hypersonic, avionics and cybersecurity. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, VA. 

What You Will Do:

Discover an extraordinary opportunity to accelerate your engineering career and develop into a future technical leader at RTX. Our two-year rotational Engineering Leadership Development Program (ELDP) – Materials & Chemistry Discipline provides challenging, high-visibility assignments across the enterprise, allowing you to build a powerful global network. You will receive high-caliber training, professional mentoring, and frontline, hands-on experience directly within our cutting-edge laboratories, research and development centers, and manufacturing facilities. This fast-paced path expands your business acumen, sharpens your functional expertise, and prepares you to make a lasting impact on our global technology organization. Actively recruiting for the next cohort and program that begins June 2027. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Complete three 8-month rotational assignments across various U.S. locations, adapting quickly to new technology centers, business units, and engineering teams. 

• Execute core engineering milestones within one or more specialized program tracks, including materials research and development, destructive and non-destructive testing, chemical analysis, material specification definition, processing, and quality control. 

• Stretch your professional and technical capabilities by taking ownership of frontline, hands-on chemical and materials engineering deliverables and comprehensive technical documentation. 

• Collaborate cross-functionally with manufacturing, mechanical, systems, and quality engineering teams to evaluate material performance and optimize component processing. 

• Present technical data, failure analysis findings, and strategic material review updates clearly and effectively to varied stakeholders and leadership teams. 

Qualifications You Must Have: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Materials Engineering, Materials Science, Chemistry, or a related Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) major. Degree must be obtained by start date. 

• Willing and able to operationally relocate to various RTX geographic locations across the United States for three distinct 8-month program assignments. 

• Experience or academic coursework in destructive or non-destructive material evaluation techniques, such as metallography, microscopy (SEM/optical), mechanical testing (tensile,