Capacity Growth Office Test Solutions Lead - Onsite Tucson, AZ

Raytheon; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 212,000 - 354,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation

Job summary

RTX in Tucson, AZ seeks a senior leader to own enterprise-wide production test strategy and execution across programs and factories. You will drive scalable test architectures, guide capital and automation roadmaps, and ensure production-ready test capabilities meet contractual rate and acceptance requirements.

This role requires a STEM degree and extensive hands-on experience in hardware/software test, EVMS, and leading engineering teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM).
• 14+ years hardware and/or software design, development, or production test.
• 6+ years production or depot-level test capabilities development/implementation.
• Experience leading engineering teams with performance and staffing responsibility.
• Experience with EVMS.
• Experience evaluating technical and/or cost proposals.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-wide production test strategy and execution across programs and factories to meet takt, yield, and throughput goals.
• Deliver scalable, common test architectures aligned with factory acceleration and supplier readiness.
• Drive capital and automation roadmaps and deploy test equipment upgrades.
• Serve as technical authority for test architecture commonality and feasibility.
• Coordinate with Operations, Supply Chain, factories, and program teams to ensure production-ready test capability.
• Direct cross-site multi-discipline test teams responsible for design, deployment, and sustainment of production test solutions.
• Guide enterprise test roadmap decisions prioritizing automation and technology upgrades.
• Drive alignment across factories and programs on test planning and capital investment.

Skills

Leadership

Test architecture

Production testing

Cross-functional coordination

EVMS experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Tools

Test equipment

Automation tools

Capital deployment

Job description

Date Posted: 2026-10-06
Country: United States of America
Location: US-AZ-TUCSON-805 ~ 1151 E Hermans Rd ~ BLDG 805
Position Role Type: Onsite
U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements: 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
Security Clearance Type: DoD Clearance: Secret
Security Clearance Status: Active and existing security clearance required on day 1

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.

What You Will Do

• Lead enterprise‑wide production test strategy and execution across programs and factories to meet takt, yield, and throughput goals
• Deliver scalable, composable, and common test architectures aligned with CGO factory acceleration and supplier readiness needs
• Drive capital and automation roadmaps, ensuring sequenced deployment of test equipment, modernization, and infrastructure upgrades
• Serve as technical authority for test architecture commonality, composability, and feasibility, influencing long‑range planning and cross‑program alignment
• Coordinate with Operations, Supply Chain, factories, and program teams to ensure production‑ready test capability meets contractual rate and acceptance requirements
• Direct and influence multi‑discipline test teams responsible for design, deployment, and sustainment of production test solutions across multiple sites
• Guide enterprise test roadmap decisions, prioritizing automation, outsourcing, and technology upgrades while sustaining critical legacy systems
• Drive strategic alignment across factories and programs, ensuring consistency in test planning, capability development, and capital investment

Qualifications You Must Have

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM)
• Minimum of fourteen (14) years of hardware and/or software design, development, or production test experience
• Minimum of six (6) years of experience in development and implementation of production or depot‑level test capabilities
• Experience leading engineering teams with responsibility for performance, staffing, and delivering production‑ready solutions
• Experience with Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS)
• Experience developing and/or evaluating technical and/or cost proposals

Qualifications We Prefer

• Technical background with demonstrated progression of management responsibilities
• Communication skills capable of influencing senior/executive leadership and presenting strategy, cost, and schedule impacts
• Experience with hardware or software development in DoD or defense production environments
• Experience driving alignment across multiple factories, production lines, and development teams
• BOE developer/approver certification and/or Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) certification
• Experience with automation, test equipment architecture, and capital deployment strategies

What We Offer

Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.

This position offers relocation.

Clearance Information

This position requires a security clearance. DCSA Consolidated Adjudication Services (DCSA CAS), an agency of the Department of Defense, handles and adjudicates the security clearance process. More information about Security Clearances can be found on the US Department of State government website here: https://www.state.gov/m/ds/clearances/c10978.htm

As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.

The salary range for this role is 186,200 USD - 353,800 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective‑bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective‑bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.