diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/job.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/job.ts
index 6c6a1d5168f5d..d6f9a954861cd 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/job.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/lib/job.ts
@@ -738,6 +738,17 @@ export class Job extends JobBase {
       }
     }
 
+    // Validate Ray job properties
+    // See https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/29612
+    if (executable.type.name === JobType.RAY.name) {
+      if (props.workerType !== WorkerType.Z_2X) {
+        throw new Error(`WorkerType must be Z_2X for Ray jobs, got: ${props.workerType}`);
+      }
+      if (props.timeout !== undefined) {
+        throw new Error('Timeout cannot be set for Ray jobs');
+      }
+    }
+
     let maxCapacity = props.maxCapacity;
     if (maxCapacity !== undefined && (props.workerType && props.workerCount !== undefined)) {
       throw new Error('maxCapacity cannot be used when setting workerType and workerCount');
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/test/job.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/test/job.test.ts
index c8df118da127c..dd5d92fd7c3bf 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/test/job.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha/test/job.test.ts
@@ -896,6 +896,38 @@ describe('Job', () => {
           workerCount: 2,
         })).toThrow('Runtime is required for Ray jobs');
       });
+
+      test.each([
+        glue.WorkerType.G_025X,
+        glue.WorkerType.G_1X,
+        glue.WorkerType.G_2X,
+        glue.WorkerType.G_4X,
+        glue.WorkerType.G_8X,
+      ])('throw error for unsupported worker type', (workerType) => {
+        expect(() => new glue.Job(stack, 'Job', {
+          executable: glue.JobExecutable.pythonRay({
+            glueVersion: glue.GlueVersion.V4_0,
+            pythonVersion: glue.PythonVersion.THREE_NINE,
+            runtime: glue.Runtime.RAY_TWO_FOUR,
+            script,
+          }),
+          workerType,
+          workerCount: 2,
+        })).toThrow(`WorkerType must be Z_2X for Ray jobs, got: ${workerType}`);
+      });
+    });
+
+    test('throw error for specifying timeout', () => {
+      expect(() => new glue.Job(stack, 'Job', {
+        executable: glue.JobExecutable.pythonRay({
+          glueVersion: glue.GlueVersion.V4_0,
+          pythonVersion: glue.PythonVersion.THREE_NINE,
+          runtime: glue.Runtime.RAY_TWO_FOUR,
+          script,
+        }),
+        workerType: glue.WorkerType.Z_2X,
+        timeout: cdk.Duration.minutes(5),
+      })).toThrow('Timeout cannot be set for Ray jobs');
     });
 
     test('etl job with all props should synthesize correctly', () => {