Patriot Capital Test Execution Lead - Onsite Andover, MA

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of ten (10) years of relevant experience
• Minimum ten (10) years experience with hardware and/or software design, development, or production
• Minimum of four (4) years of experience developing, deploying, or sustaining production or depot‑level test capabilities
• Leadership experience (e.g., CPT Lead, Program Technical Lead, Section Lead, or similar) and leading engineering or cross‑functional teams responsible for delivery, performance, or production‑ready solutions
• Experience with Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) or certification
• Experience developing and/or assessing technical or cost proposals

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

Raytheon brings the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world.

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This position is for a Patriot GEMT / Ground Capital Test Execution Lead responsible for leading the execution, deployment, sustainment, and modernization of approximately $100M in critical factory test capital supporting Patriot production.  

The position reports into Test Solutions within the Hardware Engineering Discipline in Raytheon Engineering.

This role provides strategic and tactical leadership across engineering, programs, operations, and factories to ensure production‑ready test capability keeps pace with accelerating Patriot build rates.  The Patriot franchise is undergoing rapid production acceleration, requiring coordinated planning, capital deployment, and test readiness aligned with factory throughput goals.

The GEMT / Ground Capital Test Execution Lead ensures that test systems remain qualified, capable, and available to support rate increases (e.g., path to 50 and 100 systems per year).

The position focuses on test system execution and delivery, partnering with program leadership, engineering teams, factory stakeholders, and operations to ensure timely deployment, modernization, and sustainment of the test architecture.  This role is critical to preventing bottlenecks, maintaining test readiness, and ensuring uninterrupted product flow across multiple domestic and international Patriot contracts.  

This role supports both legacy GEMT test systems and emerging next‑generation platforms, ensuring that mature equipment remains reliable while new test capabilities are developed, qualified, and deployed into production.

This role is 100% onsite in Andover, Massachusetts.

• →Lead execution, deployment, sustainment, and modernization of Patriot GEMT and ground test systems supporting factory production rate increases
• →Oversee and manage approximately $100M in factory test capital, ensuring sequencing, prioritization, and on‑time delivery of test equipment
• →Drive modernization and sustainment strategies for critical legacy GEMT test equipment while transitioning toward newer, more scalable test platforms
• →Ensure test readiness for production ramps by aligning capital deployment plans with near‑term factory milestones
• →Partner with program leaders, IPTs, and engineering to ensure Design for Testability (DFT) and Transition to Production (TTP) requirements are integrated early
• →Direct multi‑discipline teams delivering hardware, software, fixturing, and integration for production test capabilities
• →Collaborate with factory leadership on readiness, test process improvements, and capacity‑driven initiatives

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This position offers relocation.

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