AMRAAM C9/D4 Data Link Electronics (DLE) Integrated Product Team Lead (IPTL)

About the role

The Senior Principal Engineer for the Data Link Electronics (DLE) Integrated Product Team Lead for the AMRAAM® C9/D4 program will lead a cross-functional engineering team in delivering a fully modernized DLE solution. They will also serve as the Control Account Manager, define and prioritize capabilities in the DLE backlog, and maintain an integrated product roadmap.

Responsibilities

• Lead a cross-functional engineering team in delivering a fully modernized DLE solution, driving technical direction across software re-hosting, architecture updates, and hardware integration.
• Serve as Control Account Manager, accountable for planning, budgeting, earned value performance, forecasting, and variance management across all DLE activities.
• Define and prioritize capabilities in the DLE backlog and maintain an integrated product roadmap that aligns with program objectives, modernization strategy, and mission needs.
• Interpret and translate contractual and customer requirements into executable engineering plans while ensuring adherence to system-level performance expectations.
• Partner with System Architects, Product Owners, and Cross-Product Team Leads to ensure architectural alignment, interface integrity, and seamless integration within the broader system.
• Support Agile execution by clarifying capabilities, shaping MVPs, contributing to Epic development, and representing the DLE product within Agile Release Train events to maintain cadence and cross-team alignment.
• Proactively manage technical debt, program risks, and mitigation plans to preserve technical integrity and delivery performance.
• Ensure compliance with EVMS processes, engineering standards, quality requirements, and safety policies across all DLE product activities.
• Recognize team members for project wins and excellence.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelor's Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of ten (10) years’ prior relevant experience.
• Earned Value Management System (EVMS) certification.
• Experience with program management tools including the Integrated Master Plan (IMP), Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), Baseline Change Requests (BCR), and Risk and Opportunity Management systems.
• Experience with budget, schedule, Estimate at Complete (EAC) process, and financial performance report generation with Engineering programs.
• Experience with Agile development on a large program.
• Active and transferable Secret U.S. government-issued security clearance is required before the start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
• Experience managing a multi-disciplinary team of sub-IPT leads and engineers.
• Experience directing remote and on-site teams to achieve unified program objectives.
• Experience with AMRAAM® development programs.
• Strong influential communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to present analytic and performance results from the program to executive and/or functional leadership.
• Experience with proposal capture and contract processes from receipt of Requests for Proposal (RFP), preparing Basis of Estimates (BOE), proposal submittal, preparing Statements of Work (SOW), contract startup, and contract close-out.
• Program Management certification, or equivalent to Raytheon PM Level 5 certification.