Associate Director, Chief Engineer (ONSITE)

RTX•Fort Wayne, IN

2d•$157,200 - $298,800•Onsite

About The Position

At RTX, the world's 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. Raytheon’s Advanced Products & Solutions (APS) strategic business unit (SBU) is a product focused, merchant-supplier business that leverages scale and technology commonality to provide leading-edge, reliable, and cost-competitive products in both the high- and low-end segments. APS supplies mission equipment directly to original equipment manufacturers and government entities for integration on larger systems. Raytheon’s Electronic Warfare Systems (EWS) is seeking a motivated, Associate Director Chief Engineer, for their Electronic Warfare Systems (EWS) / Advanced Systems product line. The Associate Director Chief Engineer is responsible for engineering cost, schedule, and technical execution of multiple programs within the Advanced Systems product line. The Associate Director Chief Engineer reports to the Advanced Systems Program Area Chief Engineer and provides engineering leadership across programs and engineering disciplines. This individual will lead product teams through the system and project lifecycles, which includes technology maturation, development, verification, production, and sustainment. The Associate Director Chief Engineer will be the technical focal point of the program to the customer, functional organizations, and leadership. This role will also provide technical oversight and guidance to external vendors to ensure requirements and schedule compliance along with providing leadership and guidance to test architects and lead systems engineers. This position is an onsite role in Ft Wayne, IN.

Requirements

Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 12 years of prior relevant experience.
Experience in airborne electronic warfare systems design, use-case development, operational analysis, integration/test and/or system qualification.
Experience as a Lead Design Engineer, Lead Systems Engineer, Integrated Product Team Lead, Cross Product Team lead, or other related Engineering Lead.
The ability to obtain and maintain a Secret U.S. government issued security clearance is required after start, with the ability to obtain special program access after start. U.S. Citizenship is required as only U.S. Citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree in STEM.
Experience in factory establishment, production experience, and ability to facilitate and coordinate activities across multiple facilities and locations.
Systems Architecture experience.
Experience with capture effort coordination and developing proposals to obtain funding, spanning technical proposal development, work breakdown structures and cost estimation.
Ability to communicate effectively with senior leadership, other engineering disciplines and external customers / stakeholders.
Experience with capture effort coordination, developing proposals to obtain funding, spanning technical proposal development, work breakdown structures and cost estimation.

Responsibilities

Perform as the Associate Director Chief Engineer who is the single engineering leadership point of contact and is responsible for the engineering execution of multiple programs, overseeing all technical, schedule, and financial aspects.
Help establish and manage Program vision, strategy, and goals aligned with Customer expectations / requirements.
Perform as the primary technical POC with customer senior technical counterparts.
Manage all engineering related activities across the Program to ensure that the overall system design meets the required performance within the project constraints (cost and schedule), and production efforts execute as planned.
Partner with Engineering Discipline leaders to define the engineering skills required for successful program execution.
Ensure technical integrity and engineering execution across all IPTs, CPTs, and disciplines.
Lead Technical risk and opportunity management for the Program.
Establish and guide the Digital Engineering / Model-Based strategy for the product / program.
Lead across a highly multi-disciplinary team, requiring experience across all design engineering disciplines, technical supplier management, business development, and program leadership.
Mentor new engineers to grow the strength of your engineering team.
Travel as needed to support Program / Customer (~10%).