Principal Specialist, ERP S4 HANA Test Lead (Remote)

Date Posted:

2026-07-24

 Country:

United States of America

 Location:

US-NC-REMOTE

 Position Role Type:

Remote

 U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access certain necessary systems.

 Security Clearance Type:

None/Not Required

 Security Clearance Status:

Not Required

At RTX, the world largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

RTX launched oneRTX focused on leveraging the scale of our three business units to improve collaboration, cost structure, productivity, and performance. The oneRTX: Process & Systems Transformation (PST) project is one of several major, multi-year initiatives under oneRTX that align to our goals as a company and optimize how we work, how we operate and how we deliver to our customers so that we can achieve our full potential.

The intent of oneRTX: PST is to harmonize processes, tools, and metrics across RTX, while deploying a common enterprise resource management platform – SAP’s S/4 HANA. The result will be a common user experience across the businesses, real-time visibility into critical data, and automation of manual tasks to enable all employees to focus on value-add activities. With processes optimized and harmonized, we can leverage our scale so teams across RTX can share resources, leverage talent seamlessly and identify efficiencies. We will reduce cost and effort and improve performance as we break down silos and establish consistent ways of working.

What you will do:

The Test Lead will develop test strategies, test readiness evaluations, test plans, and test cases to align with program requirements. You will drive teams to execute test activities with various team members and stakeholders, track test progress, track defects and escalate issues. This position will involve developing strategic test approaches, which may include implementation of third-party solutions or tools. The Test Lead will be expected to document and adhere to test management processes and best practices to ensure all tasks, activities, and resources are aligned to meet the overall program and organizational goals.

Develop comprehensive test strategies and plans.

Oversee the creation of test cases (automated and manual).

Coordinate unit, integration, regression and UAT testing phases.

Define test scope, objectives, and success criteria in collaboration with functional and technical teams

Manage test environments, data preparation, and test execution schedules.

Lead defect triage meetings, ensuring timely resolution and retesting.

Ensure compliance with SAP best practices and organizational QA standards.

Provide status reports and metrics to stakeholders and project leadership.

Collaborate with business users, consultants, and offshore teams to ensure test coverage and readiness.

Drive test progress to adhere to overall project timeline.

Resource management and allocation, understanding test team workload, potential resource constraints, and ensure optimal resource utilization throughout the lifecycle of the test phase.

Proactive risk management: identify, assess, mitigate, and monitor potential risks with real-time alerts for critical issues.

Communicate expectations and instill accountability in test team members.

Resolve conflicts, promote work sharing, and motivate teams toward common goals.

Manage multiple test activities, tasks and resources through effective organization prioritization, and time management practices to meet program objectives.

Additional responsibilities include documentation, stakeholder communication, and identifying areas for improvement to enhance quality and efficiency of testing activities.

Ability to travel ~ 25%-50% to other major RTX US sites (ex. Farmington, Richardson, Cedar Rapids, and Charlotte).

You are the ideal candidate if you have experience managing test phases for large scale, complex programs and projects related to business process and system transformation, ideally ERP implementation using SAP’s S4 HANA solution.

Qualifications You Must Have:

Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience OR an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience OR in absence of a degree, 9 years of relevant experience.

Hands-on experience with test management tools such as qTest, ALM or similar tools.

Experience in cross-functional testing coordination across different workstreams, including management of onsite-offshore testing teams and alignment of deliverables.

Prior involvement in SAP upgrade or implementation projects.

Experience with multiple methodologies including waterfall and agile Scrum methodology.

Qualifications We Prefer:

Excellent analytical, communication and stakeholder management skills.

Experience in a matrix and team environment with ability to collaborate across lines of business process and digital.

Effectively manage multiple activities concurrently.

Work productively in a fast-paced, demanding environment (virtually as well as in-person).

Guide and influence at multiple levels of the organization to include executive leadership

What We Offer:

Some of our competitive benefits package includes:

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees

Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option

Tuition reimbursement program

Student Loan Repayment Program

Life insurance and disability coverage

Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection

Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits

Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning

Adoption Assistance

Autism Benefit

Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions

Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program

Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits

Bright Horizons, child and elder care services

Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program

And more!

Learn More & Apply Now!

Role Type: Remote

This position is currently designated as remote. However, the successful candidate will be required to work from one of the 50 U.S. states (excluding U.S. Territories). Employees who are working in Remote roles will work primarily offsite (from home). An employee may be expected to travel to the site location as needed.

As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.

The salary range for this role is 86,800 USD - 165,200 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance