EW Systems Portfolio Chief Engineer — Lead Strategy

Raytheon; McKinney (TX); On-site; USD 173,000 - 329,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation Eligibility

Job summary

RTX’s Electronics Warfare Systems (EWS) is seeking a Portfolio Area Chief Engineer (PACE) to provide technical leadership across the EW portfolio. This onsite role can be based in Goleta, CA or McKinney, TX, with occasional travel.

You will oversee engineering cost, schedule, and technical execution for all programs within the portfolio and interact with senior customers to align requirements and delivery expectations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM and 12+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience in airborne systems design, use‑case development, operational analysis, integration and test, and system qualification.
• Experience as a technical lead on major proposals, with strong briefing skills for senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience leading across multidisciplinary roles across multiple sites, including design engineering, technical supplier management, business development, and program leadership.
• Ability to obtain 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.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the single engineering leadership point of contact, responsible for engineering execution across the entire portfolio, including technical, schedule, and financial performance.
• Establish and manage a portfolio-level engineering vision, strategy, and goals aligned with customer needs and internal execution plans.
• Ensure technical integrity and engineering discipline across all Chief Engineers, Inter‑Product Technical Leads, Cross‑Product Technical Leads, and engineering functional areas.
• Act as the primary technical point of contact for senior customer technical counterparts.
• Ensure system designs meet required performance within program cost and schedule constraints, and that production execution aligns with technical and operational plans.
• Independently interact with senior customers and lead high‑level technical engagements.
• Lead across multidisciplinary domains across multiple sites, including design engineering, supplier technical management, business development, and program leadership.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Customer engagement

Technical briefing

Multisite leadership

EW knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Advanced STEM degree preferred

Job description

RTX’s Electronics Warfare Systems (EWS) is seeking a Portfolio Area Chief Engineer (PACE) to provide technical leadership across the EW portfolio. This onsite role can be based in Goleta, CA or McKinney, TX, with occasional travel.

You will oversee engineering cost, schedule, and technical execution for all programs within the portfolio and interact with senior customers to align requirements and delivery expectations.