Program Chief Engineer (Onsite)

RTX•Goleta, CA

23h•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, Program Chief Engineer (PCE), for their Electronic Warfare Systems (EWS) / Advanced Systems product line. The Program Chief Engineer shares the responsibility for engineering cost, schedule, and technical execution of the program within the Advanced Systems product line. The Chief Engineer reports to the Advanced Systems Program Area Chief Engineer (PACE) and oversees the IPT Leads and engineering leadership on the program. This individual will lead a product team through the system and project lifecycles, which includes technology maturation, development, verification, production, and sustainment. The 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 the test architect and lead systems engineer. This position is an onsite role in Goleta, CA.

Requirements

Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience.
Experience in airborne and 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 after start is required, 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 Program Chief Engineer who is the single engineering leadership point of contact and is responsible for the engineering execution of an entire program, overseeing all technical, schedule, and financial aspects.
Help establish and manage a program vision, strategy, and goals to align the Program with Customer expectations / requirements.
Ensure technical integrity and engineering execution across all IPTs, CPTs, and disciplines within the Program.
Perform as the primary Program technical POC with the customer senior technical counterparts.
Manage all program engineering related activities across the Program.
Direct management of the lead engineers to ensure that the overall system design meets the required performance within the project constraints (cost and schedule), and production efforts execute as planned.
Leverage product design engineering experience, with demonstrated ability to establish a strong technical baseline with disciplined change management, while operating in a rapid development environment.
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.
Travel as needed to support Program / Customer (~10%).