Chief Engineer in Advanced EO (Onsite)
About The Position
Raytheon is seeking a Chief Engineer to provide engineering program execution and technical leadership for contract research and development programs in its Advanced Electro-Optics portfolio. The programs focus on maturing technology into viable products for the war fighter and span product concept, proposal development, build, and test. The position is onsite in McKinney, Texas, in the Advanced Tactical Programs area. The Chief Engineer facilitates communication among external customers, Raytheon leadership, and the program engineering team. The role includes forecasting program staffing; managing risks, opportunities, EVMS, IPT coordination, subcontracts, and issues; and maintaining the technical baseline through documentation, reviews, and chairing the Engineering Review Board. The Chief Engineer also supports new-business proposals and technical roadmaps, mentors colleagues, and contributes to Engineering continuous process improvement.
Requirements
- A STEM degree and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience.
- Experience with EO system operational concepts, functional and operational gap analysis, proposal development, Design to Cost and Design to Specification concepts, analysis and trade studies, and link budgets and margins.
- Experience with EO systems, including system integration, test, verification, and validation.
- Experience communicating and presenting complex topics across organizational levels and to customers.
- Experience with team leadership, program staffing, EVMS, risk management, subcontract management, and quality controls, including process tailoring and audits.
- Active and transferable U.S. government-issued Secret security clearance before the start date; active clearance is required on day one.
- U.S. citizenship, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for the required security clearance.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced understanding of EO hardware, firmware, and software development, with the ability to troubleshoot EO hardware and software and recommend solutions.
- Practical knowledge of EOIR system development disciplines, including systems engineering; electrical engineering (analog, power/P-Spice, and digital); mechanical engineering (structural, thermal, and drawings); software engineering (structured analysis, object-oriented methods, and coding); reliability; and operational engineering.
- Experience with microfabrication and modeling of microfabricated devices, including MEMS and photonics.
- Understanding of optical material properties and their measurement.
- Experience testing optical systems, including lasers.
- Proposal development leadership and technical volume leadership.
- Firm understanding of the system life cycle, including logistics, reliability, maintainability, and depot management.
- Top Secret security clearance.
Responsibilities
- Provide engineering program execution and technical leadership for Advanced Electro-Optics programs from product concept and proposal development through build and test.
- Facilitate communication among external customers, internal Raytheon leadership, and the program engineering team.
- Create, analyze, and forecast program staffing.
- Manage program risks and opportunities, EVMS, IPT coordination, subcontracts, and issues.
- Manage the program technical baseline through documentation and internal and independent reviews; chair the Engineering Review Board.
- Support new-business activities and lead technical responses to RFIs and RFPs.
- Support business technical roadmaps and provide technical mentoring.
- Support Engineering continuous process improvement efforts.
Benefits
- Relocation assistance is available to eligible hires.
- 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
- Applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs, subject to position eligibility and other factors.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
