Section Leader CONOPS Analysis, Visualization & Mission Planning

RTX (Raytheon); Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 130,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

RTX (Raytheon) in Tucson, AZ is seeking a Section Leader for the Senior Staff Section within CONOPS Analysis, Visualization and Mission Planning. The role centers on guiding a team of experienced engineers, shaping mission concepts, and delivering analysis across programs and IRADs.

The position emphasizes leadership, collaboration with Capture Teams and Mission Areas, and active involvement in talent development, performance reviews, and career growth. Onsite in Tucson with travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) required.
• 10+ years of relevant engineering and leadership experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of senior engineers and staff members.
• Execute your own portfolio of project work for programs, captures and IRADs.
• Provide guidance, mentoring and influence to a team of approximately 8–10 engineers.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Mission engineering

Program planning

Education

Bachelors in STEM

Job description

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

Location: US-AZ-TUCSON-805 ~ 1151 E Hermans Rd ~ BLDG 805

Position Role Type: Onsite

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.

Raytheon's newly elevated Mission Engineering organization is entering a transformative phase - and this role sits at the center of that evolution. Mission Engineering is integrating threat expertise, mission decomposition, architectures, technology evaluation, modeling & simulation, operations analysis, mission planners, and world‑class visualization into a unified mission thread shaping programs, pursuits, investments, and strategy.

This is an opportunity to join a team at a pivotal moment - one where your analysis, insight, and leadership can directly influence how Raytheon understands missions, builds capability roadmaps, and supports the warfighter. The team emphasizes collaboration, technical rigor, and mission-first thinking. You will be part of a high-impact organization gaining visibility, integration, and enterprise-wide influence as Raytheon strengthens its commitment to Mission Engineering, Modeling & simulation, and Operations Analysis.

We are looking for a Section Leader for the Senior Staff Section in the CONOPS Analysis, Visualization and Mission Planning Department. The applicant for this position would have team leadership responsibilities above the typical normal technical work. This Department's goal is to assist in developing system Concept of Operation from mission planning to weapon employment, support, drive, and enable key business captures/current programs, special projects, and corporation-wide business opportunities. Section Leaders provide guidance and management to a team of approximately 10 Engineers. The section leader's responsibilities do not cover a full work week. The candidate selected for this role will build and execute their own portfolio of technical work that will cover most of their work week hours. This specific section is composed of senior engineers, each with their individual portfolios. The section leader primarily provides functional management for this team of experienced engineers.

This position is onsite in Tucson, AZ.

What You Will Do

• Lead a team of senior engineers and staff members
• Execute your own portfolio of project work for programs, Captures and IRADs
• Provide guidance, direction, mentoring and influencing skills along with fostering teamwork, interdependent execution, and growth for approximately 8 -10 Engineers
• Participate in talent acquisition, goal setting, performance development, and appraisal for your team
• Ensure each direct report has suitable work assignments and opportunities for growth and career advancement
• Execute direct line management activities for the team, including performance development and appraisal (including salary planning), career development, staffing allocation, and ensuring adherence to company policies and administrative requirements.
• Collaborate with Capture Teams, Technology Directors, Mission Areas, Engineering and Business Development leaders to improve proposal outcomes.
• Collaborate with the other Department and Section Leaders in ME to support overall system-of-system product lifecycles
• Travel will be required - anticipated 10% domestic, more frequent between various sites in Tucson.

What You Will Learn

• How Mission Engineering contributes to developing and understanding mission threads.
• How functional management builds strong teams that support programs, pursuits, and IRADs.
• How to manage teams, plan for training, execute budgets, conduct performance discussions, and promote team member career development.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Bachelor's degree in science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited b