Program Chief Engineer

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About Us:

At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression.  We bring the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat.  Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world.

Raytheon Electronic Warfare Systems (EWS) is seeking a motivated, Program Chief Engineer (PCE) within the Electronic Warfare Systems (EWS) / Emerging Programs (EP) product line. This new position is responsible for engineering cost, schedule, and technical execution of the program within the EP product line. The PCE reports to the EP Program Area Chief Engineer (PACE), and directly oversees the IPT Leads and engineering leadership on the program.  The individual will lead a team to through hardware development and production lifecycle and will interface with customers and vendors to ensure requirements and schedule compliance.  This position is an onsite role and may require occasional business-related travel.

Responsibilities to Anticipate:

• The Program PCE is the single engineering leadership point of contact and is responsible for the engineering execution of an entire program, overseeing all technical, schedule, and financial aspects.
• Establish and manage a program vision, strategy and goals to align the Program with the Customer and facilitate conflict resolution.
• Ensure technical integrity and engineering execution across all IPTs, CPTs, and disciplines within the Programs.
• Primary product line technical POC with the customer senior technical counterparts.
• Authority to manage all program engineering related activities across the program.  Authority over and direct management of the lead engineers to ensure that the overall system design is optimized to meet the required performance within the project constraints (cost and schedule), and production efforts execute as planned.
• Ability to independently interact and lead engagement with senior customers.
• Systems and design engineering experience, with demonstrated ability to establish a strong technical baseline with disciplined change management, while operating in a rapid development environment.
• Demonstrated ability to lead across a highly multi-disciplinary role, requiring experience across all design engineering disciplines, technical supplier management, business development, and program leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to lead across a highly multi-disciplinary role, requiring experience across all design engineering disciplines, technical supplier management, business development, and program leadership.
• Ability to brief internally and externally at the senior executive level.

Basic Qualifications:

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM).
• Minimum of 12 years experience in one or more of the following:  Airborne and electronic warfare (Electronic Support & Electronic Attack) systems design, use-case development and operational analysis, integration and test and system qualification.
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
• Experience as a Lead Design Engineer, Lead Systems Engineer, Program Chief Engineer or Integrated Product Team Lead.
• Experience as Technical Lead on proposals.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in STEM. M.S. in Math, Physics, or Engineering or related technical major required, although not required.
• Factory establishment and production experience.
• Design experience with the Electronic Support (ES), Radar Warning Receivers (RWR), and Electronic Attack (EA) systems, or other Electronic Warfare systems of similar complexity.
• Ability to facilitate and coordinate activities across multiple facilities and locations.
• Results-oriented work ethic and able to communicate effectively with senior leadership and other engineering disciplines.
• Capture effort coordination and developing proposals to obtain funding, spanning technical proposal development, work breakdown structures and cost estimation.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a diverse team

What We Offer:

Whether you’re just starting out on your career journey or are an experienced professional, we offer a total rewards package that goes above and beyond with compensation; healthcare, wellness, retirement, and work/life benefits; career development and recognition programs. Some of the benefits we offer include parental (including paternal) leave, flexible work schedules, achievement awards, educational assistance and child/adult backup care.

Additional Information:

* Please consider the following role type definitions as you apply for this role.

• Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

This position requires a security clearance. DCSA Consolidated Adjudication Services (DCSA CAS), an agency of the Department of Defense, handles and adjudicates the security clearance process. More information about Security Clearances can be found on the US Department of State government website here: https://www.state.gov/m/ds/clearances/c10978.htm 

The salary range for this role is 158,000 USD - 316,000 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 program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

RTX is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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