Senior Principal Systems Engineer - Munitions Acceleration Lead (Onsite)

RTX•Tucson, AZ

12d•$132,400 - $251,600•Onsite

About The Position

The Systems Engineering and Test Capabilities (SETC) organization is looking to hire a Principal Systems Engineer, for the Effectors team, to serve as the ESSM Agile Solution Train Engineer to join our Tucson, AZ location. SETC is an exciting and challenging environment where you will have the opportunity to design, develop and partner with multi-disciplines to shape innovative solutions for our customers. As part of the ESSM program, you will be an integral part of helping Raytheon further our vision to be the global leader in core and next-generation weapon and security solutions. We pride ourselves on developing world-class talent in an inclusive atmosphere. The result is a workforce that takes pride in the company and consistently delivers superior solutions. The Agile Solution Train Engineer (STE) is a leadership position that reports to program leadership. This person is responsible for steering the large-scale solution alignment and value delivery of large, complex solutions across multiple Agile Release Trains (ARTs) and shared services under the ESSM program. They are responsible for program execution, dependency management, risk management, and driving continuous improvement across the entire value stream in Scaled Agile practices. The STE is the facilitator and agile coach of program-level solution train events, execution, metrics and tools as they pertain to Agile Product Development, production and sustainment, recommending and implementing best practices. The STE works in close collaboration with ARTs, Release Train Engineers (RTE), Chief Product Owners, and shared services to ensure the coordination and facilitation of an established program cadence, ensure continuous value delivery, and drive continuous improvement. The STE must have lean-agile expertise and a strong understanding of scaling Lean-Agile in order to continuously maintain alignment of a large development, production and sustainment program. Together with the Office of the Chief Engineer, the STE manages and ensures that program technical execution delivers value iteratively and incrementally. The STE coaches all layers of the program organization in a long-term sustainable Lean-Agile culture.

Requirements

Typically requires a Bachelor’s in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM preferred) and a minimum of 10 years of prior engineering experience.
Experience leading system design, requirements development, management, and verification, system integration and test, and/or production of complex system architectures
Experience working with leaders and customer community stakeholders to influence and guide the development of production program projects
Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
Secret - Current Security Clearance Status: Active and existing security clearance required on day 1

Nice To Haves

Proven abilities as a technical leader developing work plans and driving program/team execution
An advanced degree in Engineering, Science, Mathematics, or related discipline
Prior experience as a Release Train Engineer, Value Stream Engineer, Scrum Master, Product Owner, Project or Program Manager
Scaled Agile certification (eg. SAFe SPC) or other equivalent certifications
Experience with Earned Value, Agile EV preferred
Experience working in a multi-disciplined product development environment.
Demonstrated mastery of Agile ALM tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps Server
Able to network/influence both internal and externally to Engineering
Understand and articulate the difference between “being Agile” and “doing Agile”
Demonstrated ability to independently complete complex assignments and develop creative cross team area solutions

Responsibilities

Develop and refine data-driven models of the production system to identify and champion projects to demonstrably and incrementally improve the SM-3 production rate and capacity
Guide production improvements and the production SM-3 missile from a technical perspective across multiple integrated Product Teams and Cross Product Teams (IPTs & CPTs)
Interpret missile requirements and objectives into actionable direction to the program and supplier teams to maintain a balance of margin and producibility
Provide program leadership to the Cross Product Teams and Integrated Product Teams and many collaborative partners from Engineering, Operations, Mission Assurance, and Global Supply Chain