Senior Chief Engineer – Commercial Engines
RTX
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Windsor Locks • Connecticut • United States
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Salary
💰 $132,400 - $251,600 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Represent the engineering organization on the Small Commercial Engines Integrated Program Management Team, ensuring technical priorities are aligned with broader program goals
- Provide strategic guidance and technical direction to Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), empowering them to deliver innovative, high-quality solutions
- Oversee key milestones and deliverables by tracking IPT progress, identifying risks early, and driving teams to meet commitments
- Ensure all program technical requirements, performance targets, and engineering budgets are tracked, managed, and achieved
- Serve as the central hub for technical communication, internally across engineering and leadership teams, and externally with customers like Pratt & Whitney
- Coordinate all technical scope changes, ensuring alignment with program leadership and seamless integration into program plans
- Deliver clear, concise updates to senior leadership, cross-functional teams, and customer stakeholders, both written and verbal
- Lead the charge on fleet monitoring and field investigations to proactively identify and resolve issues
- Drive root cause and corrective action (RRCA) efforts with a relentless commitment to reliability
- Maintain and improve fleet reliability metrics to support long-term program success and customer satisfaction
Requirements
- Requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM)
- Minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience
- Working experience in Project Engineering, Program Management, or similar field
- Proven background in Project Engineering or Program Management, with a strong track record of leading cross-functional teams within a matrixed organization
- Familiarity with control systems for commercial turbofan engines is highly desired, including system-level integration and performance
- Hands-on experience in the design, development, and certification of control system hardware, with an understanding of regulatory and industry standards
- Solid foundation in systems engineering principles, including requirements development, validation, and verification
- Ability to effectively communicate complex technical information across all levels of the organization from engineering teams to executive leadership and external customers
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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
Project EngineeringProgram Managementcontrol systemssystem-level integrationperformancedesigndevelopmentcertificationrequirements developmentsystems engineering
Soft Skills
strategic guidancetechnical directioncommunicationleadershiprisk identificationproblem-solvingteam empowermentcross-functional collaborationclear updatescustomer engagement