Tech Lead / Solution Architect Connected Factory

Overview

Lead technical delivery and solution architecture for Connected Factory applications and shared platform capabilities deployed across RTX factories, as part of RTX Enterprise Services-Apps.

What you'll do

• Lead technical delivery for Connected Factory applications and shared platform capabilities.
• Translate product requirements into implementable solution designs, technical plans, and delivery increments.
• Guide React, Ignition, API, event, data, and integration development.
• Establish reusable application patterns, components, services, and deployment approaches.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, supportable, and reusable across multiple factories and Business Units.
• Partner with the Technical Product Owner, UX, data, DevOps, cybersecurity, platform, and BU teams.
• Define technical standards for application development, testing, integration, observability, and release management.
• Review designs and code, resolve technical issues, and mentor developers.
• Lead technical planning, estimation, dependency management, and delivery risk resolution.
• Support CI/CD, environment management, release execution, production monitoring, and incident resolution.
• Ensure factory applications integrate effectively with data platforms, enterprise systems, event brokers, and common services.
• Balance enterprise standards with site and BU requirements without creating one-off solutions.
• Support Agile ceremonies, technical backlog refinement, sprint planning, demos, and retrospectives.
• Maintain technical documentation, architecture decisions, integration contracts, and operational runbooks in Jira and Confluence.
• Support adoption of Tier Boards, Actions Tracker, Factory Hierarchy, common visuals, WIP / Andon / Flow, Workforce Management, KPI automation, and related capabilities.

What you'll need

• Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 12+ years of experience in software engineering, application development, solution delivery, or technical leadership.
• Experience leading development of enterprise applications or shared digital platforms.
• Strong experience with modern application development, APIs, integrations, data services, and Agile delivery.
• Experience translating business and product requirements into technical designs and executable delivery plans.
• Experience leading cross-functional technical teams and managing dependencies across product, engineering, data, UX, and operations.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle, testing, deployment, production support, and application reliability with the ability to communicate technical decisions clearly to executives, product leaders, developers, and factory stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Experience with React, TypeScript, JavaScript, APIs, event-driven architecture, and cloud-native delivery.
• Experience with Ignition, industrial applications, manufacturing systems, or factory visual-management solutions.
• Experience with Azure or AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD, observability, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Experience with data platforms, event brokers, data lakes, Snowflake, hierarchy models, or KPI automation.
• Experience supporting manufacturing, supply chain, shop-floor, or operations transformation.
• Knowledge of Tier Management, CORE Operating System practices, factory hierarchy, WIP, Andon, flow, or Workforce Management.
• Experience scaling applications across multiple sites or Business Units.

Details

• Work location: Remote (primarily offsite; manager will discuss any onsite presence if near an RTX site).
• Candidates may be asked to attend select interview steps in person at an RTX office.
• U.S.-based role; U.S. Person requirement applies.
• No security clearance required.