XBR Development Integrated Product Team Lead (IPTL)

RTX•Woburn, MA

20h•Onsite

About The Position

The Air & Space Defense Systems (ASDS) organization is looking for a skilled and motivated Development Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead on the X-Band Radar (XBR) Program within the Radar Development Contract (RDC). XBR is the primary payload on the SBX system, consisting of the world's largest phased-array X-band radar carried aboard a mobile, ocean-going platform. SBX serves as a midcourse discrimination sensor for its primary mission in the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system. Further development is planned to increase SBX utilization for the Space Domain Awareness mission with the possibility of future growth. In this position, you will oversee the strategy, execution, development, and delivery of all XBR Software products for the program across a scaled agile environment. You will provide leadership to assure quality, timeliness and cost efficiency of XBR in accordance with the contract requirements, planned budget and schedule. This role will involve frequent collaboration with program management, the office of the chief engineer, IPTs, and external parties. Additionally, you will be responsible for managing costs, schedules, and execution activities, including Estimate at Completion (EAC) reviews, proposal costing and leadership reviews, staffing projections, and monthly metrics tracking. In the IPT Lead role, you will drive technical, schedule, and cost performance while delivering products compliant with contract requirements. This involves developing solutions which are the best fit for the overall program performance, supportability and long-term sustainment. The candidate must be able to clearly communicate status, issues and resolutions to leadership on matters that significantly impact program success.

Requirements

Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and 10 years of relevant experience unless prohibited by local laws/regulations.
Experience managing project or program cost, schedule and risk or experience with Earned Value Management, Risk & Opportunity, IMS tools.
Experience presenting program and technical issues to senior stakeholders.
Experience in Software Engineering, Systems Engineering and/or System Integration.
Active and transferable U.S. government issued Secret security clearance is required prior to start date.
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Nice To Haves

Strong interpersonal skills working in a team environment with positive interaction
Self-starter – proactive in determining goals and objectives and pursuing the necessary course of action
Experience with proposal or capture efforts.
Experience in preparing customer and/or management level briefings
Experience with similar radar development programs
Earned Value Management System Certification
PMX Level 6 Certification
Experience working on a development program using agile/scrum and in DevSecOps/Automation

Responsibilities

Lead engineering activities across multi-disciplinary teams supporting XBR Development.
Be proactive in identifying team execution issues, develop handling strategies and help drive selected solutions to closure.
Ensuring cost and schedule for on time delivery of software to meet the mission, contractual obligations, and customer expectations.
Support scaled agile implementation with Program Increment Planning, Sprint Reviews, and Demos to ensure execution aligns with build plans
Interaction with the customer community, the program office, functional and technical leaders.
Early identification of risks and opportunities, along with mitigation and capture plans.
Partner with engineering leads to provide cost-effective, rapid technical solutions.
Establish open and effective communication with team members, ensuring team cross training, mentoring and growth opportunities.
Frequent communications with the customer engineering group, ensuring a positive customer relationship.
Brief customer program office weekly on engineering progress.
Support strategic efforts to identify and advocate for future growth of system such as white papers, requests for information, proposals, and budgetary planning estimates.
Regular review of program status including tracking and review by both Engineering and Program Leadership.
Responsibility for development of software proposals and support to all program proposal efforts, including negotiations and reviews for any new scope and any potential contract modifications to ensure success and growth for the business.