Program Obsolescence Lead

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🤠 Texas – Remote

🤠 Texas – Remote

💵 $107.5k - $204.5k / year

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RTX

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10,000+ employees

Founded 2020

🏭 Manufacturing

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

Manufacturing • Consulting • Logistics

RTX is a globally recognized aerospace and defense company dedicated to transformative technologies and era-defining innovation. It operates through various businesses, including Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon, with a focus on sustainable, connected flight and smarter defense systems. RTX is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion across the company and aims to solve the world’s most complex problems with cutting-edge technology and talent. Additionally, RTX is involved in significant projects like upgrading the F135 Engine Core and developing missile-defense systems. The company emphasizes corporate responsibility and sustainable practices.

📋 Description

• Understand and/or generate program statements of work and customer component application requirements • Drive creation and management of obsolescence mitigation strategies across Design Engineering, Materials and Process Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, and Program Leadership • Interface with customers, component manufacturers, brokers, and external suppliers • Develop and sustain proactive Obsolescence Management processes • Drive resolution through lifetime buys, alternate-part selection, redesign efforts, and other mitigation strategies • Support contract negotiations, basis of estimates, and supplier statements of work for proposal efforts • Brief program leadership on strategic decisions, build limitations, and risks • Communicate mitigation-strategy status to program and customer leadership through reports and presentations • Conduct trade-study analyses to identify cost-effective obsolescence-driven redesign cut-in points • Perform or assist with Parts Engineering, Components Engineering, or Applications Engineering tasks across proposal, design, production, and support phases • Interface day-to-day with Designers, Contracts, Estimating, Supply Chain, Program Management, and other disciplines • Travel to Raytheon and customer locations domestically and internationally as needed, approximately 10–20%

🎯 Requirements

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 8 years of relevant prior experience • Working knowledge of proactive and reactive component obsolescence management methodologies • Data collection, analysis, and presentation skills for discussing system impacts of component obsolescence • Experience developing and managing Bills of Material (BOMs) for developmental and production programs • Understanding of Obsolescence Management, Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, and Subsystems Design • Experience developing proposals and basis of estimates (BOEs) • Project management skills interpreting statements of work, working with schedules and costs (EVMs), and integrating stakeholder needs to deliver CDRLs • Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government-issued security clearance • U.S. citizenship required • Active and existing DoD Secret security clearance required after day 1 • Preferred: Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related science or engineering discipline • Understanding of the full product life cycle, including obsolescence mitigation, technical design/redesign, production, sustainment, end of life, and end of service • Ability to navigate multiple complex processes and tools • Understanding of technical theories and concepts as applied to electronic components and parts management • Ability to assess and prioritize obsolescence risks by production and sustainment impact • Ability to assess multiple projects and prioritize based on stakeholder and customer requirements

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • 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 • Holidays • Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be available, depending on position level and collective-bargaining coverage • Remote work arrangement