This position is an onsite role.
The Section Leader will provide functional leadership and exhibit advanced knowledge of digital electronics CCA design. As a functional manager, the candidate will work with section members to provide career guidance, performance feedback, and technical leadership to enable the employees for success. As a digital engineer, the section leader will have a program role supporting a radar product line based in McKinney, TX. Responsibilities will be split between supporting program(s) as an engineer (~85%) and providing functional leadership to the section (~15%).
Responsibilities to Anticipate
As a functional leader, the section manager will add the following responsibilities to his or her program role:
Manage a section of 15 to 20 engineers.
Drive results with a strong work ethic
Apply active listening, empathy, and conflict resolution
Enable career development for direct reports
Develop training curricula, provide technical and process mentoring, and leadership skill development
Lead functional and cross-disciplinary teams to meet organizational goals and project needs through team leadership
Support program staffing needs working with program leadership.
Support hiring (resume reviews, interviews, etc.) and annual compensation planning
Elicit and compile performance feedback to support Performance Impact
Hold required Performance Discussions (PD) where compiled feedback, key strengths and development needs are conveyed
Work closely with other section managers, the department manager, the program management office, senior managers, senior staff engineers, systems engineers, and other development team members
Ensure labor charging accuracy compliance
The radar program responsibilities will be tailored to the applicable skillset of the candidate but may include:
Lead the design, analysis, test, and documentation of digital electronics circuit card assemblies including embedded processors, FPGAs, memories, and industry standard interfaces such as PCIe, Ethernet, I2C, SPI, and UART.
Partner with ECAD drafters through stackup definition, pre/post-route simulation (SI/PI), layout, and routing activities.
Plan and execute integration and verification activities in engineering laboratories.
Provide product test and troubleshoot support. Support root cause failure investigations.
Drive execution to the planned budget and schedule.
Identify and manage project risks and opportunities.
Lead medium sized teams to success.
Coach, review, and delegate work to junior engineers.
Serve as a subject-matter expert within discipline.
Lead internal and external technical reviews.
Support customer interactions and relations.
Interface with the factory on the build and testing of sub-assemblies
Support the sustainment team and assist SMEs in the evaluation of repaired subsystems for return to the field
Interface between program engineering and program management
Coordinate the status of the technical issues with the program technical leadership team
Qualifications You Must Have
Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience.
Demonstrated leadership experience.
Experience with one or more of the following
CCA design and test experience
Product test and troubleshoot, inclusive of dispositions in factory manufacturing execution systems,
Hardware and software test equipment development,
Project management using an execution framework such as earned value management or Agile methodologies,
Qualifications We Value
One or more advanced degrees in Electrical Engineering or a related Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) major. A suitable degree may be counted as 2 years of work experience.
Experience with factory manufacturing execution systems
Experience serving as a Hardware Architect, Control Account Manager (CAM), Cross Product Team Lead, and/or Integrated Product Team Lead (IPTL)
Experience in creating and presenting professional level design documentation to company leadership and program customers
Experience with workforce planning and staffing forecasts
A strong advocate for process improvement
Demonstrated ability to manage technical and schedule risks and to identify cost reduction opportunities
Knowledge of Earned Value Management Systems (cost/schedule development and management)
Development of technical proposals, engineering project estimates, and/or white papers
Effective oral and written communication skills
Experience designing at the circuit card stack level to meet concerns of adjacent disciplines, such as thermal, structural, mechanical, reliability, and quality.
Experience with embedded test techniques, design for test, design for manufacturing, and/or design margin analysis
Experience with a formal design process for circuit card assemblies.
Proven ability to debug and resolve complex hardware issues during integration and qualification testing.
Advanced knowledge of high-speed protocols, such as PCIe, Ethernet, and high-speed memory interfaces.
Siemens Xpedition: xDX Designer, xPCB Layout, and/or Hyperlynx signal/power integrity.
Experience with complex, multi-lamination circuit card assemblies between 16 and 32 layers
Expertise with Xpedition's Constraint Editor System (CES), routing practices for high-speed signals, and guiding Electronic Computer-Aided Design (ECAD) personnel through PCB layout and technical drawing creation.
Experience with FPGA code development or software
Experience with performing circuit card assembly-level architecture trades, and/or with system-level power architecture trades.
Experience documenting technical topics and presenting to customers and senior leadership.
Demonstrated ability to lead successful teams.
Experience managing technical, cost, and schedule risks and opportunities.
Experience with project management tools such as Earned Value and/or Agile Execution.
Experience leading a program transition from development to production.
Proposal development experience.
Experience with intellectual property generation (patents & publications).
Demonstrated mentorship of junior engineers.
What We Offer
Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.
This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.
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This position requires a security clearance. DCSA Consolidated Adjudication Services (DCSA CAS), an agency of the Department of Defense, handles and adjudicates the security clearance process. More information about Security Clearances can be found on the US Department of State government website here: https://www.state.gov/m/ds/clearances/c10978.htm
Locations
North Texas: https://careers.rtx.com/global/en/raytheon-north-texas-location
As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.
The salary range for this role is 107,500 USD - 204,500 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.
Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.
Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.
This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.
RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.
RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.
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