Undersea Production Chief Engineer

RTX (Raytheon); Portsmouth (NH); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

RTX in Portsmouth, RI is seeking an Undersea Production Chief Engineer to lead multi-disciplinary teams and drive technical strategy for complex naval programs onsite. You will chair reviews, manage risks, and ensure contract compliance while coordinating with government customers and Raytheon leadership to align staffing, technical performance, and cost/schedule targets.

The role requires a STEM degree with 10+ years of relevant experience, strong leadership, and proven ability to balance

Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelor of Science Degree in STEM and 10+ years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience leading a large, multi-disciplined technical team with ability to empower and monitor the team.
• Experience with production contracts and understanding of program office business acumen.
• Experience interfacing with senior internal leadership and external customers.
• Experience representing Raytheon to senior Government and customer leadership.
• Willingness to travel to other Raytheon and customer locations.

Responsibilities

• Function as Undersea Production Chief Engineer in the Office of the Chief Engineer, coordinating with leadership across programs.
• Act as the primary Program Technical Executive balancing Raytheon priorities with customer contract requirements.
• Ensure technical, regulatory, cost and schedule objectives and product performance.
• Chair engineering reviews, risk reviews, readiness reviews, design reviews, safety reviews and CCBs.
• Ensure staffing and technical integrity, root-cause investigations and corrective actions.
• Identify risks and opportunities and maintain a robust management plan.

Skills

Leadership

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

DoD contract experience

Customer engagement

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor of Science in STEM

Job description

Date Posted: 2026-09-10

Country: United States of America

Location: US-RI-PORTSMOUTH-PS2 ~ 1847 W Main Rd ~ NIMITZ SOUTH BLDG

Position Role Type: Onsite

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

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.

This position is located onsite in Portsmouth, RI.

What You Will Do

• Function as Undersea Production Chief Engineer (CE) in the Office of the Chief Engineer interacting with the Portfolio Chief Engineer, Program Manager and the cross-functional Leadership Team, addressing the following production programs:
  Mk 54 Mod 0/1 Lightweight Torpedo
  AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS)
  AN/ALQ-235 Airborne Mine Neutralization System (AMNS)
  Submarine Legacy Weapon Launcher Systems (LWLS)
  Turkey New Type Submarine Project (NTSP)
  Outpost Arrays
• Act as the primary Program Technical Executive, responsible for communicating and deploying the program technical strategy that balances Raytheon business priorities and satisfies Customer contract requirements.
• Responsible for program technical, regulatory, cost and schedule, product performance, manufacturability and affordability, and compliance objectives.
• Ensuring the technical integrity of program work products including the TDP. Owns the tailoring and implementation of Raytheon processes (eg; RLPM) into the program based on the program execution strategy and contract requirements.
• Responsible to chair all program engineering review boards, including but not limited to risk reviews, failure reviews, readiness reviews, design reviews, safety reviews, and Configuration Control Boards (CCB).
• Accountable to ensure product performance meets contract requirements. Ensures the program "definition of compliant" is clearly understood by the customer and program team.
• Act as the primary Program technical contact with the customer, Raytheon Program Leadership, and Engineering Leadership. Accountable to ensure critical technical staffing needs are met and coordinated with engineering functional managers, Chief Technologists and Office of the Chief Engineer to ensure effective program performance. Ensuring that all system and component failures are appropriately identified and investigated to determine root cause, that affected hardware is dispositioned accordingly, and that effective corrective actions are implemented.
• Responsible to ensure all program execution risks and opportunities (e.g.; learning points, firsts, uncontrolled conditions) are identified and a robust management and handling plan is in place.
• Accountable to support program EACs to ensure EAC reflects an executable program plan with a managed risk and opportunity plan. Is responsible to maintain Team of X (engineering, contracts, operations, supply chain, qualify, finance, other.) alignment to encourage cross functional alignment and collaboration on program execution priorities.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a Bachelor of Science Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited by local laws/regulations.
• Experience leading a large, multi-disciplined technical team with the ability to develop, empower, motivate, and monitor the team.
• Experience with production contracts and general understanding of the business acumen of the program office, finance, contracts, operations, supply chain and quality.
• Experience interfacing with senior internal leadership and external customers representing Engineering and the Office of the Chief Engineer.
• Experience interacting with and collaborating with and representing Raytheon to senior Government and customer leadership and technical experts.
• Experience balancing technical, cost, and schedule priorities on programmatically impactful tasks/issues and pursuits.
• Willingness to travel to other Raytheon and customer locations across t