Associate Director of Systems Engineering
RTX
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: California • United States
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Salary
💰 $157,200 - $298,800 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Build, lead, and develop a multi-level systems engineering organization supporting the SAOC program
- Mentor and grow systems engineering managers and technical leads; establish clear expectations, accountability, and succession plans
- Partner with program, engineering, and functional leadership to align staffing, skills, and capacity to program demand
- Establish and reinforce disciplined systems engineering practices, processes, and standards across the portfolio
- Drive workforce planning, hiring strategy, onboarding, and talent development to ensure long-term organizational health
- Provide leadership oversight for execution across the full development lifecycle, ensuring commitments are met on cost, schedule, and performance
- Foster a culture of technical rigor, collaboration, and continuous improvement in support of mission-critical delivery
Requirements
- Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 12 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 10 years of experience
- Strong understanding of systems engineering lifecycle processes and integration within large, complex programs
- Minimum of 5+ years experience leading engineering teams of 20+ employees, including mentoring, task delegation, and cross-functional collaboration in a technical development environment
- Minimum of 5+ years experience in program execution, including bidding, project planning, Earned Value Management (EVM), and risk and opportunity management
- Active and transferable U.S. government issued Secret security clearance is required prior to start date
- U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
- Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Student Loan Repayment Program
- Life insurance and disability coverage
- Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
- Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
- Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
- Adoption Assistance
- Autism Benefit
- Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
- Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
- Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
- Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
- Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
- And more!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
systems engineeringprogram executionproject planningEarned Value Managementrisk managementopportunity managementstaffingcapacity planningtechnical developmentmentoring
Soft Skills
leadershipcollaborationcommunicationaccountabilitysuccession planningtalent developmentorganizational healthcontinuous improvementtechnical rigorcross-functional collaboration
Certifications
U.S. government issued Secret security clearance