Principal Software Metrics Lead

RTX•Tewksbury, TX

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Raytheon Software Team is seeking someone interested in making a difference at Raytheon through all aspects of software engineering measurement and cost estimation activities. The Principal Software Metrics Lead will partner with Software Centers, Engineering Excellence, and programs to enable efficient software development execution, predictability, and continuous improvement. Core responsibilities include development, deployment, and maintenance of discipline metrics, processes, templates, and measurement and estimation tools, along with collaboration with other engineering and discipline leaders on measurement projects and initiatives. More specifically, the Measurement and Cost Estimation Lead responsibilities include working on a small team of engineers supporting the business measurement strategy and implementation, mentoring engineering leaders and program personnel on measurement and cost estimation techniques, aggregation and analysis of organizational data to identify trends and needs for improvements, validation of program basis of estimates and historical data selection, and representing Software Engineering considerations in broader organizational measurement activities. Candidates should be able to communicate recommended approaches, constraints, and rational for strategy development and implementation for metrics and cost estimation, including presentations to senior leadership.

Requirements

BS/BA Degree in Science, Technology Engineering or Mathematics (STEM)
A minimum of 8 years of prior engineering experience
Experience with performance measurement, analysis, and data aggregation
Experience with data visualization and presentation techniques
Experience with project or engineering cost estimation
Experience working effectively across multiple levels and functions in an organization
Ability to obtain a Secret security clearance is required after Day 1.
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Nice To Haves

Experience in Business Analytics / Data Science, particularly using GenAI
Knowledge of the various Raytheon Business Measurement Systems
Experience with PowerBI, Grafana, or other metrics visualization tools

Responsibilities

Development, deployment, and maintenance of discipline metrics, processes, templates, and measurement and estimation tools.
Collaboration with other engineering and discipline leaders on measurement projects and initiatives.
Works on a small team of engineers supporting the business measurement strategy and implementation.
Mentoring engineering leaders and program personnel on measurement and cost estimation techniques.
Aggregation and analysis of organizational data to identify trends and needs for improvements.
Validation of program basis of estimates and historical data selection.
Represents Software Engineering considerations in broader organizational measurement activities.
Communicate recommended approaches, constraints and rational for strategy development and implementation for metrics and cost estimation, including presentations to senior leadership.