Air Dominance Technical Lead
About The Position
The Air Dominance Technical Lead manages a cross-functional team of 7–10 Responsible Engineering Authorities (REAs), including mechanical and electrical engineers, and supports production throughput, yield, qualification, and improvement efforts across multiple factories. The role works with program and factory chief engineers, Value Stream Managers and Leads, subject matter experts, product test engineers, manufacturing engineers, suppliers, and other stakeholders to ensure engineering alignment and production support. The position maintains the Integrated Product Team’s material and labor budgets, reports deviations weekly, and maintains a project tracking system with regular reviews of REA projects. The lead develops improvement projects, recognizes team achievements, executes qualification efforts, and manages Scope Board Projects. The role is primarily onsite in Tucson, Arizona, follows a 9/80 schedule, and is eligible for relocation. An active, transferable U.S. government Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship are required before starting.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, Physics, Mathematics, or a related STEM field.
- At least 10 years of relevant experience.
- At least 10 years of engineering experience with progressively increasing leadership responsibilities.
- Experience in integration, verification, validation, and/or maintenance activities within production, manufacturing, and/or product qualification environments.
- Active and transferable U.S. government-issued security clearance required before the start date; the specified clearance is DoD Secret and must be active on day one.
- U.S. citizenship is required because only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
Nice To Haves
- Experience managing multidisciplinary teams.
- EVMS certification, Program Management certification, or an equivalent to Raytheon PM Level 6 certification.
- Experience collaborating with program offices, cross-functional teams, and internal or external customers.
- Strong influential communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to present analytic and performance results to program and functional leadership.
- Experience in small- or medium-program execution.
- Demonstrated understanding of engineering development and transition to production.
Responsibilities
- Manage a cross-functional team of 7–10 Responsible Engineering Authorities, including mechanical and electrical engineers.
- Analyze factory throughput and yield data and recommend improvements.
- Interface with program and factory chief engineers to align engineering with constraints, improvements, and routine changes.
- Partner with Value Stream Managers and Value Stream Leads to ensure the factory has the program support needed to maintain desired throughput and yield.
- Collaborate with subject matter experts, product test engineers, and manufacturing engineers to coordinate their work with the REA team.
- Communicate with suppliers and travel as necessary to support critical constraints and important reviews.
- Maintain Integrated Product Team material and labor budgets and report deviations weekly to peers and the Program Manager.
- Maintain a project tracking system, hold REAs accountable for projects, and review the list with each REA at least weekly.
- Create improvement projects to increase throughput and yield across multiple factories, including the Andover CCA factory and Tucson RF/EI factory.
- Recognize team members for project wins and excellence among peers and leadership.
- Execute qualification efforts.
- Manage and execute Scope Board Projects.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 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
- Holidays
- Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation may be available, depending on position level and applicable agreement coverage.
- Relocation eligibility
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
