Operations Leadership Development - Supply Chain Track

RTX (Raytheon); Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

RTX Corporation is offering an Operations Leadership Development Program (OLDP) with a Supply Chain Track designed to accelerate engineering careers through three 8‑month rotations across U.S. locations.

Participants gain hands‑on experience on manufacturing shop floors, while receiving mentoring and leadership development. The program emphasizes data analytics, quality disciplines, and cross‑functional collaboration, preparing driven individuals to become future operational leaders within RTX’s

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business Administration, Economics, Industrial Engineering, or related STEM major; degree must be obtained by start date.
• Willing to relocate to RTX geographic locations across the United States for three distinct 8-month program assignments.
• Strong analytical and data literacy skills, including proficiency with Microsoft Excel (pivot tables and lookups) or other BI/data analysis tools
• Experience presenting/communicating technical or operational data to external stakeholders, peer groups, leadership, or customers OR holding a designated leadership/coordin ator role within a student organization, design team (e.g., Formula SAE), or project group
• Relevant internship/co‑op or work experience in aerospace, defense, automotive, logistics, manufacturing or related industries
• Experience may be obtained through on‑the‑job experience, research, coursework, or projects.

Responsibilities

• Complete three 8-month rotational assignments across various U.S. locations, adapting quickly to new manufacturing facilities, business units, and operational quality teams.
• Execute core engineering duties and technical milestones within one or more specialized quality disciplines, including Operations Quality, Supplier Quality, Regulatory Compliance, Escape Management, Continuous Improvement, and Customer/Program Quality.
• Participate in frontline, hands‑on shop floor assignments to identify, analyze, and resolve technical quality challenges.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to identify and drive performance, process safety, and product quality improvements across production environments and development labs.
• Support regulatory compliance audits, escape management investigations, and root‑cause analysis to ensure product integrity and minimize operational risk.
• Leverage engineering and data analytics tools to optimize quality planning, evaluate operational metrics, and eliminate process waste.

Skills

Analytical skills

Excel proficiency

Data literacy

Presentation experience

Internship/Co‑op experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business Administration, Economics, Industrial Engineering, or related STEM

Tools

SAP

Oracle ERP

Microsoft Dynamics

Job description

RTX Corporation is offering an Operations Leadership Development Program (OLDP) with a Supply Chain Track designed to accelerate engineering careers through three 8‑month rotations across U.S. locations.

Participants gain hands‑on experience on manufacturing shop floors, while receiving mentoring and leadership development. The program emphasizes data analytics, quality disciplines, and cross‑functional collaboration, preparing driven individuals to become future operational leaders within RTX’s