[Hiring] Distributed Work Execution Engineer @RTX

Role Description

The Raytheon Capacity Growth Office (CGO) is establishing a dedicated team to support enterprise‑wide Distributed Work initiatives. This role is responsible for coordinating work migration, enabling capacity expansion, and ensuring successful project execution across programs, functions, and sites. The position requires strong cross‑functional leadership, risk management, project planning fluency, and the ability to integrate business, engineering, and operational dependencies into executable plans.

The CGO is seeking an accomplished and forward-thinking engineer to serve as a member of the CGO Engineering Distributed Work team, in direct support of the CGO’s mission to deliver the right capacity at the right time and in the right way.

The ideal candidate brings strong engineering leadership experience, a track record of executing and standardizing processes across large organizations, and the ability to coordinate solutions across engineering, supply chain, digital technology, security, programs, and customer partners.

This role supports the CGO Engineering Initiatives Leader.

What You Will Do

• Distributed Work Project Leadership
  • Lead day‑to‑day execution of distributed work projects, including migration planning, readiness, and performance tracking.
  • Use data‑driven insights on capability, capacity, and performance to support work migration decisions.
  • Develop integrated schedules, manage cross‑functional dependencies, and define work packages.
  • Partner across CGO, Programs, Functions, and Corporate to align requirements, infrastructure, timelines, and risks.
• Risk, Readiness, and Change Management
  • Identify and track risks, constraints, and resource gaps impacting distributed work execution.
  • Establish readiness criteria, mitigation plans, contingency strategies, and change impact assessments.
  • Support development and adoption of CGO’s distributed work playbook, governance, and standardized processes.
• Cross‑Functional Integration & Data‑Driven Execution
  • Collaborate with engineering, operations, supply chain, DT/ECC, GSS/Cyber, and workforce intelligence to ensure technical, security, infrastructure, and staffing needs are addressed.
  • Provide clear communication, status reporting, KPI tracking, and leadership updates.
  • Use planning tools, earned value tactics, and analytics to support capacity assessments, operational readiness, and data‑based migration decisions.
  • Capture lessons learned to refine distributed work processes and drive scalable improvements aligned with the CGO’s capacity strategy.
  • Travel up to 35% to engage with stakeholders, support initiatives, and ensure alignment across sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics or related STEM discipline
• Minimum ten (10) years of previous experience with technical and functional leadership in operations, supply chain, systems, hardware, or multidisciplinary engineering organizations
• Certification in program/project management, Lean/Six Sigma, planning/scheduling, or ERP systems
• Experience managing complex, cross‑functional projects with competing priorities in a matrixed environment across engineering, operations, supply chain, DT, cyber/security, real estate, and workforce planning.
• Experience identifying risks, build mitigations, drive readiness, and execute structured change management approaches.
• Experience preparing leadership‑level briefings, KPIs, and status reports using analytical and problem‑solving skills with experience interpreting system data to support decisions.
• Experience leading or supporting operational improvement initiatives, workflow optimization, or business transformations by building relationships, influencing without authority, and managing stakeholders across programs and functions.

Requirements

• Advanced degree in Business, MBA preferred (in process acceptable)
• Experience in commercial and defense sectors
• Experience managing budgets, schedules, materials, and capacity in support of large programs/projects.
• Leadership in production control, infrastructure, or supply chain execution with a focus on risk mitigation and system optimization.
• Background in logistics, operations, or regulatory compliance supporting distributed operational teams.

Benefits

• 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