Chief Engineer in Advanced EO (Onsite)

RTX (Raytheon); McKinney (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

RTX is seeking a seasoned engineering leader to drive Advanced Electro-Optics (EO) programs from concept through build and test. You will coordinate with external customers, Raytheon leadership, and the engineering team to ensure program success.

The role requires a STEM degree with 10+ years of EO experience, strong systems integration, EVMS, risk management, and a transferable Secret clearance. You will mentor teams and contribute to process improvements in a fast-paced defense environment.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a STEM degree and at least 10 years of relevant experience.
• Experience in EO system concepts, analysis, and trade studies.
• Experience with EO systems, integration, test, verification and validation.
• Must have active and transferable Secret clearance; U.S. citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering program execution and technical leadership for Advanced Electro-Optics (EO) programs from concept through build and test.
• Facilitate communications between external customers, Raytheon leadership, and the program's engineering team.
• Create, analyze, and forecast staffing, EVMS, risk/opportunity management, IPT coordination, subcontracts management, and issue management.
• Manage program technical baseline through documentation, reviews, and chairing the Engineering Review Board.
• Support new business activities, responding to RFIs and RFPs.
• Support technical roadmaps and provide mentoring; drive process improvements in Engineering.

Skills

EO systems

EVMS

Proposal development

Leadership

System integration

Education

STEM degree

Tools

RFIs/RFPs

Job description

Date Posted: 2026-10-28

Country: United States of America

Location: US-TX-MCKINNEY-513WD ~ 2501 W University Dr ~ WING D BLDG

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: Secret - Current

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:

• Engineering program execution and technical leadership for Advanced Electro-Optics (EO) programs in the Advanced Tactical Programs area from product concept, proposal development, through build and test.
• Facilitating communications between the external customers, internal Raytheon leadership, and the program's engineering team.
• Creation, analysis, and forecasting of program staffing, risk/opportunity management, EVMS, IPT coordination, subcontracts management, and issue management.
• Managing program technical baseline through appropriate documentation, use of internal and independent reviews, and chairing of Engineering Review Board.
• Supporting new business activities, leading technical response to requests for information (RFIs) and requests for proposal (RFPs).
• Support business technical roadmaps and provide technical mentoring.
• Support the continuous process improvement efforts of Engineering.

Qualification You Must Have:

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience in EO system operational concepts, functional and operational gap analysis, proposal development, Design to Cost / Design to Specification concepts, analysis & trade studies, and link budgets & margins.
• Experience with EO systems and relevant experience with system integration, test, verification and validation.
• Experience communicating and presenting complex topics across all organizational levels and customers.
• Experience with team leadership, program staffing, EVMS, risk management, subcontract management, and quality controls (process tailoring, audit, etc.)
• 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.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Advanced understanding of EO hardware, firmware, and software development with ability to troubleshoot EO hardware & software and make recommendations on solutions.
• Practical knowledge of EOIR system development related engineering disciplines; Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering (Analog, Power/P-Spice, digital), Mechanical Engineering (structural, thermal, drawings), Software Engineering (Structured Analysis, Object Oriented, coding), Reliability, Operational, etc.
• Experience with microfabrication and modeling of microfabricated devices - MEMS and photonics.Understanding of optical material properties and their measurement.
• Experience testing optical systems including lasers.
• Proposal development leadership and technical volume leadership.
• Firm understanding of system life-cycle to include logistics, reliability, maintainability and depot management.
• Top Secret security clearance preferred.

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.

• Relocation Eligible - Relocation assistance is available.