Chief Engineer, Air Traffic Systems Automation Portfolio (Onsite)
RTXAbout the role
Date Posted:
2025-05-27Country:
United States of AmericaLocation:
MA803: Marlborough, MA Building 3 1001 Boston Post Road Building 3, Marlborough, MA, 01752 USAPosition Role Type:
OnsiteU.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.Security Clearance:
None/Not RequiredAs a Chief Engineer, Air Traffic Systems Automation you will join our Air Traffic Solutions Chief Engineering Department. In this role, you will lead multifunction teams on products that support air traffic operations around the globe. This is a multi-faceted role where you will be a senior-level individual engineering contributor on proposals and programs with potential program assignments to include: Integrated Product Team Lead (IPTL), Control Account Manager (CAM), Product Owner, Systems Engineer, Technical Reviewer and decision maker.
What You Will Do:
- You will work onsite in Marlborough, MA
- Review the technical quality of the work products produced by those in the section while also ensuring that the work is done on schedule and within budget on the engineering portion of the program
- Build a cohesive and collaborative team able to adapt to changing customer needs
- Ensure the team is following established processes, protocols and procedures
- Support the performance of all the members on your teams, including providing open and honest feedback
- Serve as a day-to-day liaison from the programs to engineering management concerning employee job assignments, performance, and recognition for those working in the program and/or product area
- Coordinate program staffing demand needs with Engineering Management
- Lead the cost, schedule and technical activities for Engineering on new ATS pursuits
- This position requires occasional international and domestic travel.
Must Have Qualifications:
- Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience in Systems Engineering or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience in Systems Engineering
- Prior experience in proposal estimation, request for proposals and performing cost estimates
- Experience leading small teams direct or indirect
- Prior experience generating and/or reviewing technical documentation
- Prior experience preparing / facilitating customer and management level briefings
Qualifications We Value:
- Prior program management or functional engineering management experience; Lead Systems Engineer, Hardware Design Engineer, Control Account Manager (CAM), or IPTL experience
- Prior experience in earned value management tracking and reporting though finance tools such as the PMX tool suite
- Experience with Agile Development Processes
- Understanding of the Product / Program Lifecycle Management
What We Offer:
Some of our competitive benefits package includes:
- Flexible work weeks: 9/80A, 5/40; Flexible work Hours: Core hours, Modified time
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Three weeks of PTO for newly hired employees
- Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Student Loan Repayment Program
- Life insurance and disability coverage
- Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
- Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
- Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
- Adoption Assistance
- Autism Benefit
- Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
- Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
- Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
- Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
- Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
- And more!
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Avionics delivers advanced cockpit displays, vision systems, and comprehensive digital solutions for global government, commercial and business aviation customers. We provi
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