Raytheon

Senior Principal Systems Engineer - Chief Engineer

Posted on: 1 Mar 2021

Largo, FL

Job Description

By any measure, Raytheon Technologies is an exciting and rewarding place to work. 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.

Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RI&S) specializes in developing advanced sensors, training, and cyber and software solutions delivering the disruptive technologies its customers need to succeed in any domain, against any challenge.

The Protected Communication Systems Department within RI&S is involved all aspects of Systems Engineering across the program lifecycle of Protected Communication Systems programs within the Communications and Airspace Management (CAMS) mission Area. The systems engineering activities include architecture development, CONOPS development, trade studies, modeling and simulation, systems/software/hardware requirements analysis, as well as integration, validation and verification. The PCS department supports a variety of communications systems including SATCOM (including AEHF, EHF, X-Band, Ka-Band, Ku-Band, C-Band, and PTW), line of sight, and networking for ground based, ship, submarine, and airborne platforms.

JOB SUMMARY

Raytheon Intelligence and Space (RIS) is seeking a talented engineer to join the SEC Department as a Program Chief Engineer. The Chief Engineer (CE) is the single engineering leadership point of contact and is responsible for all engineering execution of a program including technical, schedule, and financial performance.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

* Primary program engineering leadership POC with the customer counterpart
* Establish and manage a product vision, strategy and goals to align the Program with the Customer and facilitate conflict resolution
* Support growth opportunities to turn into captured new business
* Responsible for the entirety of engineering execution including technical budget, cost, schedule and metrics
* Determines & monitors technical priorities to meet cost, schedule & performance for the entire program
* Establishes and maintains the program technical baseline, ensuring the product is optimized to meet the contractual needs and can be executed within program budget and schedule
* Monitor and trend staffing against planned work; proactively engage with Engineering functions to ensure adequate resource assignment.
* Ensure effective use of independent reviews and achieve on-time completion of all Program Engineering reviews
* Responsible for the Earned Value and/or financial management of the engineering content on a program.
* Ensures proper Engineering Risk and Opportunity management (ensures Eng risks are captured, mitigation plans in place across IPTs)
* Provide cross-IPT technical leadership and coordination - Ensure Engineering leads assigned to program are engaged in all aspects of their program
* Encourage a diverse workforce by promoting diverse opinions and thought processes and through staffing

Required Skills

* Minimum 10 years of experience in Systems, Software or Hardware engineering
* Minimum 5 years demonstrated Engineering Leadership experience and proven track record
* Working knowledge of Earned Value Management System (EVMS), IMS, & IMP tools or equivalent for managing programs
* Demonstrated ability to interact effectively with multidisciplinary teams of system design professionals including electrical, mechanical, software and logistics engineers
* U.S. Citizenship status as this position requires an active DoD Secret U.S. Security Clearance day one of employment and will require the ability to access US only data systems

Desired Skills

* Engineering experience on development or integration programs
* Capability in leading an IPT or cross-function teams in program execution
* Strong knowledge in proposal development, particularly Basis of Estimate development, and other contract deliverable artifacts
* Skilled presenter with prior responsibility for dealing with customers, management, technical staff, and internal / external organizations
* Experience with accountability; responsibility for prioritizing work tasks and customer requirements across multiple teams
* Team building and motivational skills - training and developing team in disciplined engineering processes,
* Proven leadership skills and behaviors
* Self-motivated and capable of performing tasks with minimal oversight.
* Strong communication, time management, and interpersonal skills
* Risk and opportunity management, scope management,
* Knowledge of Raytheon Intelligence and Space (RIS) Engineering products, technologies, and processes
* Active DOD Secret security clearance

Required Education

* Bachelor of Science degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) from an accredited educational institution (i.e. Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, etc.)

Desired Education

* Master of Science degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) from an accredited educational institution (i.e. Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, etc.)

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Raytheon

Waltham, MA

Raytheon Company develops integrated products, services, and solutions for the defense and other government markets worldwide. It operates through five segments: Integrated Defense Systems (IDS); Intelligence, Information and Services (IIS); Missile Systems (MS); Space and Airborne Systems (SAS); and Forcepoint. The IDS segment offers integrated air and missile defense; land-and sea-based radar solutions; command, control, communications, computers, cyber, and intelligence solutions; naval combat and ship electronic and sensing systems; and undersea sensing and effects solutions.

The IIS segment provides technical and professional services, such as navigation, DoD space and weather solutions, cybersecurity, analytics, training, logistics, mission support, software-based systems, automation and sustainment solutions, and air traffic management systems, as well as intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance solutions. The MS segment develops and supports weapon systems comprising missiles, smart munitions, close-in weapon systems, projectiles, kinetic kill vehicles, directed energy effectors, and combat sensor solutions.

The SAS segment provides civil and military electro-optical/infrared sensors; airborne radars for surveillance and fire control applications; lasers; precision guidance systems; signals intelligence systems; processors; electronic warfare systems; tactical and strategic communications; and space-qualified systems. The Forcepoint segment offers cyber security products that include risk adaptive data loss prevention; user and entity behavior analytics and cloud access security broker capabilities; insider threat solutions; firewall technology; cloud and on premise Web and email security; and cross domain transfer products.

Raytheon Company has a strategic agreement with AirMap to collaborate on future projects to safely integrate drones into the national airspace system. The company was founded in 1922 and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.

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