Software Section Leader for Defense Programs (Onsite)

Raytheon; Portsmouth (RI); On-site; USD 108,000 - 205,000; Full time

Job summary

RTX is seeking a Software Section Leader for the Maritime Systems and Platforms Software Department onsite at the Portsmouth facility. You will provide technical leadership, staff management, and strategic direction to a software engineering section, ensuring delivery of reliable, secure, and maintainable software.

Required: STEM degree and 8+ years of software engineering experience with leadership; active interim Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with leadership responsibility
• Experience leading technical teams or engineering staff
• Active and transferable interim Secret clearance; U.S. citizenship required for clearance eligibility

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor software engineers across multiple projects
• Manage staffing, workload balancing, and succession planning
• Coordinate priorities with Program and Engineering leadership to ensure execution
• Drive adherence to engineering processes, security requirements, and compliance standards
• Support hiring, onboarding, performance evaluations, and salary planning

Skills

Team leadership

Security clearance

Staffing planning

Education

STEM degree

Tools

Agile

DevSecOps

Cloud-native

Job description

RTX is seeking a Software Section Leader for the Maritime Systems and Platforms Software Department onsite at the Portsmouth facility. You will provide technical leadership, staff management, and strategic direction to a software engineering section, ensuring delivery of reliable, secure, and maintainable software.

Required: STEM degree and 8+ years of software engineering experience with leadership; active interim Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship.