Aegis Development Chief Engineer

Aegis Development Chief Engineer

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The Aegis Development Chief Engineer (CE) is responsible for leading the Engineering team in the design and development of an upgrade to the transmitter of the Aegis MK 99 Continuous Wave Illuminator. This work is being executed on Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract for the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) and their KDX-II class destroyers. Primary technical scope of the initial effort is design through PDR of a modernization to the Control Touch Panel and VME-based Control Logic Assembly and incorporation of a Digital Exciter. Follow-on scope will include completion of the technical design, hardware qualification, and transition to production.

The Aegis Development CE is the primary technical representative within the program and with the US Navy and Republic of Korea NAVY (ROKN) customers. The Aegis Development CE reports to the Ship Systems Integration and Sustainment (SSIS) Portfolio Chief Engineer within the Naval Systems and Sustainment SSBU of Naval Power.

What You Will Do

• Generate and deploy the Design Development Execution Plan.
• Develop and maintain the Technical Baseline and technical execution strategy.
• Accountable for the planning, organization, and administration of technical reviews, day-to-day engineering execution, adjudication of technical decisions, and technical baseline control.
• Partner with the Program Management Office (PMO) and key stakeholders to develop deliverable packages and support customer meetings.
• Support Operations and Supply Chain in procurement and production of POD, POM, and LRIP deliverables.
• Conduct technical planning for follow-on contract scope to complete the system design, and qualification and transition to production.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a Bachelor's 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.
• Prior technical cross-functional team/project leadership experience.
• Experience in radar digital exciter systems development and test to ensure adequate technical oversight.
• Experience balancing technical, cost, and schedule priorities on programmatically impactful tasks/issues and pursuits.
• Ability to travel to other Raytheon and customer locations across the country and internationally.
• Experience with Risk and Opportunity identification, management, and mitigation/capture plan development and execution.
• Experience interacting and collaborating with senior external technical customers and representatives.
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued Secret security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Experience in the development, production, and maintenance of military high-voltage, high-electrical-power, and high-RF-power transmitter equipment.
• Familiarity with the Raytheon SPY-1/MK15/MK99 products.
• Excellent communication, technical writing, oral presentation, and interpersonal skills.

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.