Software Foundations Lead (Onsite)

RTX•Aurora, CO

22h•$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 freedom and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense. Raytheon Software Engineering is seeking a seasoned software engineering leader to join our organization as the Software Foundations Lead. In this critical role, you will drive the establishment and continuous improvement of software development processes, implement comprehensive metrics frameworks, and lead cost estimation methodologies across our engineering organization. You will serve as an advisor and expert to engineering teams, product managers, and executive leadership, providing insights to optimize software development, improve software quality, and increase estimation accuracy. This role will also support and drive the use of new bidding practices working with other engineering disciplines, engineering execution and business leaders. This is a strategic role that requires deep technical expertise combined with strong analytical and leadership skills. You will work closely with cross-functional teams across the business and other functions to align software delivery practices with business objectives while ensuring effectiveness and efficiency across the software engineering organization. This role is also responsible for working across the Engineering SBU teams, RLPM and Engineering Execution to drive the adoption and use of Flow-based measures for use across our development programs. These measures provide early and predictive feedback to program leaders to drive corrective action early and derisk program execution. Note This position will be filled onsite at the RTX Facility Tewksbury, MA

Requirements

Typically requires BS/BA Degree in Science, Technology Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum 12 years of prior experience
Experience with all phases of the software development lifecycle, including proposal, requirements, design, implementation, testing, and delivery
Experience with Agile (Scrum, SAFe, Scrum Scale) and DevOps
Experience with Software project management or program management (e.g., Chief Engineer)
Experience with Software project cost and schedule in government contracting environments
Active and Current Secret security clearance is required Day 1. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Nice To Haves

Expertise in software metrics collection, analysis, and improvement
Familiarity with industry and government software process standards
Software process modeling using value stream maps
Measurement system design, statistical analysis, and data visualization techniques
Knowledge of software estimation methods and cost models
Software quality, assessment, and auditing practices
Familiarity with software tools and automated testing frameworks
Knowledge of the various RTX business process and measurement systems
Experience mentoring and coaching engineers at all levels
Experience developing software using GenAI tools

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and continuously refine software development processes (Agile, DevOps, CI/CD) aligned with organizational goals
Establish engineering standards, best practices, and governance frameworks for code quality, testing, and deployment
Lead process improvement initiatives using methodologies such as CORE
Work with chief engineers, business leaders, and forward deployed engineers on process adoption to drive application of software best practices across projects
Collaborate with Engineering Execution and other disciplines / functions to ensure process alignment & Cost Estimation
Define standard software metrics and dashboards for software effectiveness
Develop and maintain cost estimation standards for software projects, including units of estimation and application of productivities, parametric models, sizing, risk and opportunity identification, historical data, basis of estimation documentation, and leadership review and approval processes
Implement measurement frameworks for key measures such as cycle time, lead time, deployment frequency, change failure rate, and MTTR
Develop automation to the extent possible, including coordination of automated reporting efforts, to provide visibility into performance
Analyze metrics trends to identify bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and improvement opportunities and present actionable insights to executive leadership through compelling data visualizations
Establish feedback loops to close the gap between measurement and improvement