Program Chief Engineer, Emerging Programs

Date Posted:

2025-03-18

Country:

United States of America

Location:

CA601: Goleta (EW) Bldg H01 6380 Hollister Avenue Building H01, Goleta, CA, 93117 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. We bring 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. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world.

Raytheon’s Electronic Warfare Systems (EWS) / Emerging Programs (EP) product line is seeking a motivated Program Chief Engineer (PCE.) This critical role is responsible for engineering cost, schedule, and technical execution of the program within the Emerging Programs product line. The Program Chief Engineer reports to the Program Area Chief Engineer (PACE) and directly oversees the IPT Leads and engineering leadership on the program.  The individual will lead a team through the hardware development and production lifecycle phase and will interface with customers and vendors to ensure requirements and schedule compliance. 

This position is an onsite role in Goleta and may require occasional travel.

What You Will Do

• The Program Chief Engineer 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.
• Establish and manage a program vision, strategy, and goals to align the Program with the Customer and facilitate conflict resolution.
• Ensure technical integrity and engineering execution across all IPTs, CPTs, and disciplines within the Program.
• Serve as the primary product line technical POC with the customer senior technical counterparts.
• Manage all engineering related activities across the Program.  Authority over the lead engineers to ensure that the overall system design is optimized to meet the required performance within the project constraints (cost and schedule), and production efforts execute as planned.
• Champion and demonstrate Raytheon’s values of Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 12 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 as a Lead Design Engineer, Lead Systems Engineer, Program Chief Engineer or Integrated Product Team Lead.
• Experience as technical lead or subject matter expert on proposal/s.
• 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."

Qualifications We Prefer

• Advanced degree in STEM, preferably Engineering
• Active and transferable DoD clearance
• Factory establishment and production experience.
• Design experience with the Electronic Support (ES), Radar Warning Receivers (RWR), and Electronic Attack (EA) systems, or other Electronic Warfare systems of similar complexity.
• Results-oriented work ethic and able to communicate effectively with senior leadership and other engineering disciplines.
• Capture effort coordination and developing proposals to obtain funding, spanning technical proposal development, work breakdown structures and cost estimation.

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 provided for this position

Learn More & Apply Now!

Please consider the following role type definition as you apply for this role.

• Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

Location information and/or links:

• Goleta, CA: https://careers.rtx.com/global/en/raytheon-goleta-ca-location

The salary range for this role is 162,000 USD - 326,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate r