Raytheon Technologies

Advanced Programs Cross Product Team Lead (CPTL)

Raytheon Technologies$132K — $251K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in STEM with 10+ years of experience or relevant master's with 8+ years.
  • Experience with risk oversight in aerospace or defense programs.
  • Must be a U.S. citizen eligible for a government security clearance.
  • Active DoD Secret clearance preferred.
  • Leadership experience in an Integrated Product Team or similar role.

Responsibilities

  • Own cost, schedule, and technical execution for assigned program.
  • Lead EAC reviews and develop staffing projections and planning artifacts.
  • Establish technical baselines with effective change management practices.
  • Drive Risk and Opportunity Management processes across engineering teams.
  • Serve as communication conduit to executive leadership and multidisciplinary teams.
  • Ensure execution of systems engineering tasks within budget and schedule.
  • Engage with program management and engineering leadership throughout contract execution.

Benefits

  • Relocation assistance available for this position.
  • Values of safety, trust, respect, accountability, collaboration, and innovation.
  • Eligible for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits.
  • 401(k) match and flexible spending accounts.
  • Access to an Employee Scholar Program and paid parental leave.
Full Job Description
Date Posted:
2026-09-10
Country:
United States of America
Location:
US-TX-MCKINNEY-513WM ~ 2501 W University Dr ~ WING M BLDG
Position Role Type:
Onsite
U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:
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
Security Clearance Type:
DoD Clearance: Secret
Security Clearance Status:
Active and existing security clearance required after day 1

Job summary:

The Advanced Airborne RF Sensors department within the Space and Airborne Systems Engineering and Test Capability (SE&TC) Center is seeking a Cross Product Team Lead (CPTL) to support and execute Advanced Programs contracts. This is an onsite position located in McKinney, Texas.

What You Will Do:
  • Own all cost, schedule, and technical execution responsibilities for assigned program scope
  • Lead Estimate at Completion (EAC) reviews, proposal inputs, staffing projections, and planning artifacts
  • Establish and maintain a disciplined technical baseline with effective change management practices
  • Develop, monitor, and manage technical performance measures and engineering metrics
  • Drive a rigorous Risk and Opportunity Management process across engineering teams
  • Serve as the primary communication conduit to executive leadership, customers, and multidisciplinary engineering IPTs
  • Ensure systems engineering tasks are executed within allocated budget and schedule constraints
  • Lead proposal development efforts, including technical volume creation, BOEs, and bid strategies
  • Coordinate across multiple engineering disciplines to ensure alignment, integration, and technical consistency
  • Make data-driven decisions that balance cost, schedule, risk, and mission needs
  • Engage with program management, engineering leadership, and support teams throughout contract execution
  • Ensure product end-result quality meets customer expectations and contractual commitments


Qualifications You Must Have:
  • Typically requires a bachelor's degree in science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM preferred) and 10+ years of relevant experience; OR advanced degree with 8+ years of relevant experience with Systems Engineering that includes program execution and integration
  • Experience overseeing risk and identifying opportunities within complex aerospace or defense programs
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance


Qualifications We Prefer:
  • Active DoD Secret clearance
  • Advanced degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM preferred)
  • Earned Value Management System (EVMS) principles
  • CPTL, Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead, or equivalent leadership role
  • Airborne RF systems, radar, or surveillance systems
  • Experience influencing technical, schedule, and financial outcomes on large, multi-year programs
  • Guide engineering teams through scheduled program reviews and critical technical milestones.
  • Proposal development, cost modeling, bid strategies, and technical volumes
  • Experience applying data-driven practices to facilitate complex team decision processes


What We Offer:
  • Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.
  • Relocation Eligible - relocation assistance available for this position


Learn More & Apply Now!
  • Please consider the following role type definition as you apply for this role
  • Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products
  • McKinney, Texas: Raytheon North Texas Location


As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.

The salary range for this role is 132,400 USD - 251,600 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, 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, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company's performance.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

About Raytheon Technologies

Raytheon Solipsys, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Raytheon Company, is an industry leader in the development of integrated Command and Control (C2) Network-Centric solutions for the Domestic and International DoD and Homeland Security. Through proven systems and software engineering practices, built on the invention and application of innovative technologies, they deliver the C2 infrastructure necessary to effectively control security/military forces in any environment. Their reliable solutions assure information superiority, increased shared awareness, deep sensor reach, aircraft control, air defense, disaster management, and time-critical decision making.

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