Sr. Production Hardware Team Lead

Date Posted: 2026-07-16 | Location: Tucson, AZ | Onsite role requiring U.S. citizenship and an active, transferable DoD Secret security clearance on day one.

About the Role

Function as a Production Electrical Team Lead on a Production Program, leading a team of 5–10 engineers while supporting cross-functional teams in a matrixed organization. Provide technical oversight, mentorship, and training, and coordinate priorities with the Electrical Team Lead. Engage in design reviews, schedule risk management, supplier coordination, documentation, compliance, testing, validation, and continuous improvement. Collaborate with Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, and other Engineering disciplines to resolve production, testing, and integration issues.

Travel: less than 25% annually. Shift: 1st shift, onsite.

Responsibilities

• Lead and provide technical support to a team of 5–10 engineers, emphasizing engineering task execution and technical rigor.
• Coordinate cross-functional prioritization with the Electrical Team Lead.
• Support design reviews, schedule risk assessment, red-rack burn-down, supplier coordination, and documentation.
• Ensure compliance, testing, validation, peer reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, and other Engineering disciplines to resolve production and integration issues.
• Engage in debugging, failure investigations, and Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, Physics, Mathematics, or a related STEM field, with a minimum of 5 years’ relevant experience.
• Experience in RF, analog, digital, or mixed-signal circuit design, analysis, or digital signal processing, including debugging and failure investigations.
• Production engineering experience involving design, analysis, fabrication, or troubleshooting of missile hardware.
• Professional written and verbal communication skills for creating and presenting technical content to cross-functional teams, leaders, suppliers, and customers.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Science, Mathematics, or equivalent.
• Production process knowledge of CCA, EO, RF, Seeker Sensor, or electronic subsystems, including circuit design, CCA assembly, electrical test, and supplier support.
• Experience with FPGA integration and implementation.
• Technical support experience with test equipment, test automation scripting, sensor control, printed circuit board fabrication, and circuit card assembly processes.
• Experience with subsystems integration and test, post-test flight analysis, problem investigation, Statistical Process Control (SPC), technical writing, formal presentations, and Engineering Change Notices (ECNs).
• Familiarity with software/firmware languages such as Python, C, Basis, Java, VHDL, or Verilog.
• Leadership experience in technical teams, including technical oversight, cost estimation, tracking, reporting, and proposal support.
• Certification for Basis of Estimate (BOE) generation and Earned Value Management (EVM).

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life insurance, short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• 401(k) match.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Flexible work schedules, including a 9/80 schedule (every other Friday off).
• Employee assistance program.
• Employee Scholar Program for educational support.
• Parental leave, paid time off, and holidays.
• Relocation assistance available for this position.
• Eligibility for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs (dependent on role level and collective-bargaining agreements).

Pay

The salary range for this role is $86,800 – $165,200 USD. The range reflects all experience levels, and RTX considers factors such as role, function, responsibilities, work experience, location, education/training, and key skills when extending an offer.

Schedule

1st shift, onsite. 9/80 work schedule (every other Friday off).