Senior Value Stream Lead — Aerospace Manufacturing

RTX; United States; On-site; USD 146,000 - 277,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite work

Competitive benefits

Career growth

Job summary

RTX is seeking a Senior Value Stream Lead to manage and optimize our machine shop and support shops in a fast-moving environment. You will drive end-to-end value stream performance, lead cross-functional teams, and ensure on-time delivery of high-quality products.

This role requires deep manufacturing operations expertise, strategic thinking, and strong collaboration across engineering, quality, and production control.

Qualifications

• Requires university degree or advanced degree with extensive experience.
• Minimum 7–10 years in Manufacturing, Operations, Production, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Program and/or project management.

Responsibilities

• Lead all aspects of the Front-End Process aligning with strategic objectives and customer commitments.
• Develop and execute production schedules, capacity planning, and resource allocation to meet demand while controlling costs.
• Manage, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of operators, engineers, and tech staff with cross-functional collaboration.
• Identify and implement Lean principles and CORE methodologies to improve efficiency and quality.
• Ensure compliance with internal quality standards and external customer requirements.
• Collaborate with engineering, production control, quality, and other teams to resolve issues and drive process improvements.
• Monitor KPIs including safety, on-time delivery, yield, cycle time, COPQ and customer satisfaction.
• Identify and mitigate risks related to schedules, yield issues, and technical challenges.
• Serve as primary interface with internal customers to align expectations.
• Lead teams through growth, migration and capital releases to production.

Skills

Leadership

Lean

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem-solving

Data analysis

Communication

Strategic thinking

Education

University degree or advanced degree in a related field

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Production planning software

Microsoft Office

Raytheon PRISM

Excel

Job description

RTX is seeking a Senior Value Stream Lead to manage and optimize our machine shop and support shops in a fast-moving environment. You will drive end-to-end value stream performance, lead cross-functional teams, and ensure on-time delivery of high-quality products.

This role requires deep manufacturing operations expertise, strategic thinking, and strong collaboration across engineering, quality, and production control.