Aegis Development Chief Engineer

RTX • Marlborough, MA

8d • Onsite

About The Position

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. Raytheon brings 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. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense. The Aegis Development Chief Engineer (CE) is responsible for leading the Engineering team in the design and development of an upgrade to the transmitter of the Aegis MK 99 Continuous Wave Illuminator. This work is being executed on Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract for the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) and their KDX-II class destroyers. Primary technical scope of the initial effort is design through PDR of a modernization to the Control Touch Panel and VME-based Control Logic Assembly and incorporation of a Digital Exciter. Follow-on scope will include completion of the technical design, hardware qualification, and transition to production. The Aegis Development CE is the primary technical representative within the program and with the US Navy and Republic of Korea NAVY (ROKN) customers. The Aegis Development CE reports to the Ship Systems Integration and Sustainment (SSIS) Portfolio Chief Engineer within the Naval Systems and Sustainment SSBU of Naval Power.

Requirements

• Typically requires a Bachelor's of Science Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited by local laws/regulations.
• Prior technical cross-functional team/project leadership experience.
• Experience in radar digital exciter systems development and test to ensure adequate technical oversight.
• Experience balancing technical, cost, and schedule priorities on programmatically impactful tasks/issues and pursuits.
• Ability to travel to other Raytheon and customer locations across the country and internationally.
• Experience with Risk and Opportunity identification, management, and mitigation/capture plan development and execution.
• Experience interacting and collaborating with senior external technical customers and representatives.
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued Secret security clearance is required prior to start date.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in the development, production, and maintenance of military high-voltage, high-electrical-power, and high-RF-power transmitter equipment.
• Familiarity with the Raytheon SPY-1/MK15/MK99 products.
• Excellent communication, technical writing, oral presentation, and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Generate and deploy the Design Development Execution Plan.
• Develop and maintain the Technical Baseline and technical execution strategy.
• Accountable for the planning, organization, and administration of technical reviews, day-to-day engineering execution, adjudication of technical decisions, and technical baseline control.
• Partner with the Program Management Office (PMO) and key stakeholders to develop deliverable packages and support customer meetings.
• Support Operations and Supply Chain in procurement and production of POD, POM, and LRIP deliverables.
• Conduct technical planning for follow-on contract scope to complete the system design, and qualification and transition to production.

Benefits

• 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.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees