Software Foundations Lead; Onsite

US-MA-TEWKSBURY-TB3 ~ 50 Apple Hill Dr ~ CONCORD BLDG, Tewksbury Tb3 300 Concord

United States of America

Onsite

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

Secret - Current

Active and existing security clearance required on day 1

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

Raytheon brings 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. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedom and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

Raytheon Software Engineering is seeking a seasoned software engineering leader to join our organization as the Software Foundations Lead. In this critical role, you will drive the establishment and continuous improvement of software development processes, implement comprehensive metrics frameworks, and lead cost estimation methodologies across our engineering organization.

You will serve as an advisor and expert to engineering teams, product managers, and executive leadership, providing insights to optimize software development, improve software quality, and increase estimation accuracy. This role will also support and drive the use of new bidding practices working with other engineering disciplines, engineering execution and business leaders.

This is a strategic role that requires deep technical expertise combined with strong analytical and leadership skills. You will work closely with cross-functional teams across the business and other functions to align software delivery practices with business objectives while ensuring effectiveness and efficiency across the software engineering organization.

This role is also responsible for working across the Engineering SBU teams, RLPM and Engineering Execution to drive the adoption and use of Flow-based measures for use across our development programs. These measures provide early and predictive feedback to program leaders to drive corrective action early and derisk program execution.

This position will be filled onsite at the RTX Facility Tewksbury, MA

• Software Process Leadership, Design, implement, and continuously refine software development processes (Agile, Dev Ops, CI/CD) aligned with organizational goals
• Establish engineering standards, best practices, and governance frameworks for code quality, testing, and deployment
• Lead process improvement initiatives using methodologies such as CORE
• Work with chief engineers, business leaders, and forward deployed engineers on process adoption to drive application of software best practices across projects
• Collaborate with Engineering Execution and other disciplines / functions to ensure process alignment & Cost Estimation
• Define standard software metrics and dashboards for software effectiveness
• Develop and maintain cost estimation standards for software projects, including units of estimation and application of productivities, parametric models, sizing, risk and opportunity…