Discipline Program Lead

Date Posted:

2025-10-22

Country:

United States of America

Location:

MA311: Woburn MA 225 Presidential 225 Presidential Way Goddard Building 27, Woburn, MA, 01801 USA

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:

DoD Clearance: Secret

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.

Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) is responsible for ensuring our products are Safe, Reliable, Maintainable and delivered on time.  Life Cycle Engineering consists of multiple disciplines that support engineering, our program offices and our customers.  Our Life Cycle Engineering disciplines participate in the total life cycle of our products from conception to deactivation.  Our focus area is product support, including the following disciplines: Reliability System Safety and Supportability.

What You Will Do:

Raytheon Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) has an immediate need for a Discipline Program Lead (DPL)​. In this role, the DPL is the program's primary leadership point of contact for all engineering LCE execution and performance. The DPL has overall responsibility for the technical, schedule, and financial performance of the LCE teams. The DPL is accountable to the Product Support Program Manager and works with the Engineering Program Chief Engineer (PCE) and LCE Cross Product Team Lead (CPT) for program technical execution of LCE. The DPL works across Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) and is a member of other boards affecting technical execution (e.g. Risk/Opportunity Board, engineering review boards (ERB) and Configuration Control Board (CCB)).

Responsibilities to Anticipate:

• LCE new business / proposals:

• Provide clear, SOW/Spec compliant technical bidding guidance to the LCE team

• Ensure all BOEs support the scope of the program and support the price to win at an acceptable level of technical risk

• Integrate completed discipline bids, lead Engineering Bid reviews and gain required approvals from LCE management & inputs to the proposal Cost Volume

• Program Financial Data:

• Responsible for the entirety of LCE execution including technical budget, cost, schedule, performance and metrics

• Lead LCE Monthly Program Reviews

• Responsible for the Earned Value and/or financial management of the LCE content on a program including LCE content of the Estimate at Completion (EAC), Latest Revised Estimate (LRE), and monthly variance reviews

• Program Execution:

• Actively participate in developing and guiding the program risk and opportunity development. Ensure proper Engineering Risk and Opportunity management (ensure Engineering risks are captured and mitigation plans in place across IPTs)

• Monitor technical priorities to meet cost, schedule & performance for the program, including the authority to direct the IPT/Discipline Leads

• Monitor staffing against planned work - proactively engage with LCE Disciplines to project program demand in a timely manner to ensure adequate resource assignment. Document the program staffing demand and keep updated in engineering staffing tool.

• Ensure proper documentation and configuration management of LCE engineering work products; participate in ERB, CCB and other major review boards

• Ensure alignment with contractual agreements

• Participate in program reviews including Independent Reviews (IRs), Gate reviews and Program Management Reviews (PMRs)

This position is posted as Onsite and is located at Raytheon’s Woburn, MA, facility

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s and 6 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree and less than 4 years’ experience.

• Experience with budget or financial management and risk and opportunity

• Experience with proposal or capture efforts

• Leadership experience

• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued Secret security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance