Systems Security Engineering Section Lead - M4 (Onsite)

About the role

The System Security Engineering (SSE) Department is seeking a Systems Security Engineering Section Lead - M4. This role is central to developing our talent, strengthening our engineering rigor, and driving secure solutions across critical defense programs.

Responsibilities

• Invest in the continuous growth of our engineers: deliver thoughtful performance feedback, guide career planning, and cultivate a strong internal pipeline of future technical leaders
• Translate business strategy into actionable direction for the section and communicate insights upward to department and directorate leaders
• Lead workforce planning to ensure programs have the right talent at the right time
• Manage tasking and ensure section members are positioned for both success and development
• Partner with HR to navigate and resolve personnel matters
• Collaborate closely with Program Managers, CAMs, and IPTLs to align technical execution with business objectives
• Engage directly with customers to define SSE requirements, evaluate solutions and trade studies, and communicate cost, system impacts, and security effectiveness
• Lead planning, estimating, execution oversight, project tracking, reporting, and risk mitigation
• Ensure robust compliance with NIST RMF controls and champion best-in-class security engineering practices
• Provide architecture expertise and guidance to programs on SSE approaches and challenges
• Support high-visibility bids and proposals that shape future business
• Guide the definition, planning, and testing of security controls across networks, databases, OSs, hardware, and software components
• Integrate SSE development activities seamlessly across the system lifecycle
• Flow down top-level security requirements to subsystems and guide implementation concepts
• Navigate and uphold DoD technology release and export licensing requirements

Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and 8 years of prior relevant experience
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued DoD Secret security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
• Experience in System Security Engineering and/or Cybersecurity Engineering
• Experience working with the NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF)
• Demonstrated experience managing, developing and motivating engineering teams
• Hands-on experience designing, developing, and fielding SSE systems
• Experience driving SSE implementation and business growth across full system lifecycles
• Experience defining solutions that meet rigorous system security requirements
• Familiarity with systems engineering processes and artifacts (A/B analyses, ConOps, architectures, SEMP, etc.)
• Experience with matrixed organizations and Systems Engineering processes (EVMS, EAC, Agile, proposal development, etc.)

Benefits

At RTX, we offer competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and a supportive work environment. The salary range for this role is $107,500 - $204,500. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit and whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.