Tomahawk Production & Recertification Engineering Deputy Lead

Position Overview

Tomahawk Production & Recertification Engineering Hardware Management Team (HMT) Deputy Lead – Tucson, Arizona. This leadership role focuses on developing, maintaining, and executing the engineering strategy to support the timely delivery of Tomahawk missiles to the U.S. Navy. U.S. citizenship and a U.S. government‑issued Secret security clearance are required. Salary range USD 132,400 – 251,600.

• Develop engineering execution strategies required to meet program contractual requirements.
• Collaborate with Tomahawk PMO and functional organizations on program execution.
• Work with the Engineering HMT Lead in task planning and execution, including financial planning and status reporting for all Tomahawk contracts.
• Lead engineering teams in supplier execution and address supplier challenges.
• Coordinate with Tomahawk Factory Engineering HMTs to meet delivery commitments from each factory.
• Plan and transition new Tomahawk configurations into production.
• Plan and execute Tomahawk Test Equipment sustainment and growth to support increased capacity.
• Coordinate reviews of required Tomahawk technical data package updates (e.g., change notices and variances).
• Monitor and manage upcoming tasks, assigning resources and using MS Project.
• Collaborate actively in weekly meetings to provide status and communicate needs.
• Communicate weekly with customer counterparts to coordinate missile builds and test events.
• Lead a team of fifty‑five to eighty‑five engineers across engineering functions to support missile builds, test support, and data analysis.
• Prepare bids and other work to support flight and field test events.
• Travel domestically, and possibly internationally, as required.

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and at least ten (10) years of relevant experience.
• Technical leadership experience.
• Experience managing cost and schedule using Earned Value Management Systems.
• Ability to collaborate across functional organizations to achieve results.
• Experience working with program management to develop and execute program strategies.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams to solve complex problems.
• Experience collaborating with supplier management, operations, and quality.
• Experience managing and presenting technical data to stakeholders and the customer community.
• Capture/pursuit experience, including contribution or authoring of white papers, RFI responses, proposal technical volumes or related experience.
• Test equipment experience and collaboration across multiple engineering disciplines (electrical, electronics, mechanical, software, computer engineering).

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life insurance, short‑term and 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.
• Annual short‑term and/or long‑term incentive compensation programs, subject to position level and business unit.

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.