Tom Sarama Chief Engineer, Raytheon Missiles Systems Raytheon

Tom Sarama is the Chief Engineer for Raytheon, an RTX business.  Sarama’s 40-year career has included progressively responsible positions in both military and commercial aircraft programs, which gave him a remarkably broad range of experience in engineering, manufacturing, and business development. 

Sarama joined Raytheon Aircraft Company in 2000 as Engineering Vice President, focused on engineering processes and tools, and developing aircraft and people. In 2003, he transitioned to Strategic Programs Vice President to help lead the company’s business transformation, developing and implementing programs that aligned with the organization’s strategic vision to create a lean, agile commercial-aircraft company. This work included defining the company’s core competencies and promoting continuous improvement while developing outside strategic alliances for non-core activities. 

In 2004, he joined RMS as manager of the Advanced Air Vehicles Product Center, which he developed to support the enterprise’s entry into new markets such as unmanned aerial vehicles. Later that year, he was promoted to lead the Mechanical Subsystems directorate. 

In 2007, Sarama was named RMS Chief Hardware Engineer. He helped teams across the enterprise to solve highly visible complex problems, ultimately providing a path to start or continue product deliveries. This role accelerated his exposure to the company’s broad technology applications, uniquely preparing him for the Raytheon Chief Engineer position. 

He earned a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Florida and a master’s degree in business administration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.