Sr Principal Engineer, Chief Engineer (ONSITE)

Prattwhitney; McKinney (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

401(k) match

Flexible spending accounts

Flexible work schedules

Employee Scholar Program

Parental leave

Paid time off

Holidays

Relocation assistance

Job summary

RTX's Electronics Warfare Systems group in McKinney, TX seeks a Program Chief Engineer to lead engineering execution for a major program across multiple disciplines. You will oversee technical, schedule, and cost performance and serve as the primary technical contact with the customer. Required is a STEM degree with 10+ years of relevant experience, plus expertise in airborne EW, RF arrays, and IPT leadership.

A Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship are required.

Qualifications

• Typically requires STEM degree and 10+ years of experience.
• Experience in airborne and electronic warfare systems design, use-case development, operational analysis, integration/test and/or system qualification.
• Experience in RF arrays.
• Experience as a Lead Design Engineer or other Engineering Lead role.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Secret security clearance; U.S. citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the single engineering leadership point of contact and manage engineering execution of the program.
• Establish program vision, strategy, and goals aligned with customer requirements.
• Act as primary technical POC with customer senior counterparts.
• Manage engineering activities to ensure design meets performance, cost, and schedule constraints.
• Guide Digital Engineering / Model-Based strategy for the product/program.
• Lead multi-disciplinary teams and coordinate with vendors and other functions.
• Travel up to ~10% to support program/customer.

Skills

Program leadership

Technical coordination

RF arrays

Airborne EW systems

Customer liaison

Risk management

Digital engineering

Education

STEM degree

Advanced STEM degree

Job description

Date Posted: 2026-08-20 Country: United States of America Location: US-TX-MCKINNEY-513WD ~ 2501 W University Dr ~ WING D BLDG Position Role Type: Onsite U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements: The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. 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 after day 1

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's Advanced Products & Solutions (APS) strategic business unit (SBU) is a product focused, merchant-supplier business that leverages scale and technology commonality to provide leading-edge, reliable, and cost-competitive products in both the high- and low-end segments. APS supplies mission equipment directly to original equipment manufacturers and government entities for integration on larger systems.

Raytheon's Electronic Warfare Systems (EWS) is seeking a motivated, Program Chief Engineer (PCE), for their Electronic Warfare Systems (EWS) / Advanced Systems product line. The Program Chief Engineer is responsible for engineering cost, schedule, and technical execution of the program within the Advanced Systems product line. The Chief Engineer reports to the Advanced Systems Program Area Chief Engineer (PACE) and oversees the IPT Leads and engineering leadership on the program. This individual will lead a product team through the system and project lifecycles, which includes technology maturation, development, verification, production, and sustainment. The Chief Engineer will be the technical focal point of the program to the customer, functional organizations, and leadership. This role will also provide technical oversight and guidance to external vendors to ensure requirements and schedule compliance along with providing leadership and guidance to the test architect and lead systems engineer. This position is an onsite role in McKinney, TX.

This position requires a security clearance.

DCSA Consolidated Adjudication Services (DCSA), an agency of the Department of Defense, handles and adjudicates the security clearance process.

More information about Security Clearances can be found on the US Department of State government website here: https://www.state.gov/m/ds/clearances/c10978.htm

What You Will Do

Perform as the Program Chief Engineer who is the single engineering leadership point of contact and is responsible for the engineering execution of an entire program, overseeing all technical, schedule, and financial aspects.

Help establish and manage a program vision, strategy, and goals to align the Program with Customer expectations / requirements.

Perform as the primary technical POC with customer senior technical counterparts.

Manage all engineering related activities across the Program to ensure that the overall system design meets the required performance within the project constraints (cost and schedule), and production efforts execute as planned.

Partner with Engineering Discipline leaders to define the engineering skills required for successful program execution.

Ensure technical integrity and engineering execution across all IPTs, CPTs, and disciplines within the Program.

Lead Technical risk and opportunity management for the Program.

Establish and guide the Digital Engineering / Model-Based strategy for the product / program.

Lead across a highly multi-disciplinary team, requiring experience across all design engineering disciplines, technical supplier management, business development, and program leadership.

Travel as needed to support Program / Customer (~10%).

Qualifications

You Must Have

Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience.

Experience in airborne and electronic warfare systems design, use-case development, operational analysis, integration/test and/or system qualification.

Experience in RF arrays.

Experience as a Lead Design Engineer, Lead Systems Engineer, Integrated Product Team Lead, Cross Product Team lead, or other, related Engineering Lead.

The ability to obtain and maintain a Secret U.S. government issued security clearance is required after start, with the ability to obtain special program access after start.

U.S. Citizenship is required as only U.S. Citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

We Prefer

Advanced degree in STEM.

Experience in factory establishment, production experience, and ability to facilitate and coordinate activities across multiple facilities and locations.

Systems Architecture experience.

Experience with capture effort coordination and developing proposals to obtain funding, spanning technical proposal development, work breakdown structures and cost estimation.

Ability to communicate effectively with senior leadership, other engineering disciplines and external customers / stakeholders.

What We Offer

Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.

Relocation Eligible – Relocation assistance is available.

• medical
• dental
• vision
• life insurance
• short-term disability
• long-term disability
• 401(k) match
• flexible spending accounts
• flexible work schedules
• employee assistance program
• Employee Scholar Program
• parental leave
• paid time off
• holidays

• annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on level
• Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to