Aaron M. Maxwell
Summary
Senior Aerospace Sustainment and Integrated Product Support Leader with an active Top Secret (TS) clearance and 20+ years of experience leading lifecycle support, fleet sustainment, logistics, depot operations, reliability improvement, technical data development, and product support strategy across complex defense aviation programs. Proven success building and leading cross-functional teams, standing up depot and sustainment capabilities, executing Performance-Based Logistics (PBL) programs, and driving aircraft readiness through supportability engineering, maintenance planning, spares management, and lifecycle cost optimization. Experienced managing multi-million-dollar budgets, developing sustainment strategies for fielded systems, and partnering with engineering, operations, supply chain, and customers to improve operational availability and long-term sustainment outcomes.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Product Support and Sustainment Program Manager
RTX
Dallas, USA
02.2024 - Current
- Product Support and Sustainment Program Manager responsible for standing up depot-level maintenance capabilities, support equipment strategy, sustainment planning, and operational readiness for the Next Generation Jammer program.
- Developed sustainment strategies supporting long-term fleet readiness, depot operations, repair capability development, and lifecycle support planning.
- Led cross-functional teams across engineering, logistics, operations, reliability, and supply chain functions to ensure supportability requirements were integrated into system design and sustainment planning.
- Directed multiple proposal efforts involving 4 business units and technologies, focusing on customer engagement for Statement of Work (SOW) development and redlines.
- Worked with multiple functional leads to quickly build a team of over 20 personnel to support rapid technology insertion program to produce a supportable, maintainable system.
- Led several logistics footprint reduction initiatives to include6 development of Lithium Ion charging system that increased charging capacity by 8X and reduced charging time by 50%.
- Cost account manager for ~$20M within a $1B acquisition and production program
Life Cycle engineering – Mission Logistics Engineering Leads Section Manager
RTX
Dallas, USA
06.2018 - 01.2025
- Supportability and Logistics Technical Lead responsible for the development, growth, staffing needs, and mentoring of up to 22 logisticians working across multiple sites and programs within Raytheon.
- Developed a logistics/supportability skills assessment model to identify growth, training, and staffing needs and to assist the Section managers with assigning resources more efficiently.
- Assigned personnel to programs and provided technical guidance, peer reviews and oversight for Basis of Estimates, Contract deliverables, and Systems Engineering Technical Review materials.
- Mentored multiple team members on the various LCE career paths, disciplines, and their interrelationships.
- Adjunct instructor for six (6) Raytheon Advanced Technical Education Program (ATEP) Supportability/logistics Engineering course modules.
- Conducted Annual and Semi-Annual performance and compensation reviews and mentored employees on goal development and accomplishments.
Principal Systems Engineer – Next Generation Jammer Supportability Lead
Raytheon Technologies
Dallas, USA
01.2014 - 04.2024
- Led Integrated Product Support activities for a $3.5B ACAT ID Navy aviation program, directing sustainment planning, support equipment development, provisioning, technical data, and fleet support initiatives to improve operational readiness and lifecycle affordability.
- Responsible for development, review, and on time submission of over 170 data/documents with no rejections.
- Directed product support operations for developmental and flight test across four operational locations, leading maintenance execution, 21 field support personnel, support equipment development, and readiness planning.
- Product Support Proposal Lead and Basis of Estimate Author for two (2) Major Engineering Change Proposals, 2 Low Rate Initial Production contracts, and 1 Foreign Military Sale contract valued at over $1B, to include up to $100M of new product support business.
- Responsible for the design, development, build and testing of 8 new pieces of fleet support equipment worth over $10M to include leading, preparation and conduct of multiple Systems Engineering Technical Review (SETR) events
- Led a team Responsible for $720M+ Life Cycle Cost savings/avoidance by participating in design trades, Configuration Control Boards, and Technical Review Boards to ensure a reliable, maintainable, and cost efficient design for the Navy customer.
- Established engineering feedback loops that translated supportability, maintenance, and operational requirements into system design improvements, reducing lifecycle cost and enhancing maintainability.
Sr. Multi-Disciplined Engineer II – MTS Whole Life Engineering CPTL
Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems
McKinney, USA
01.2010 - 01.2014
- Responsible for the development and execution of over $8M budget for multiple large Multi-Spectral Targeting Electro-Optical Infrared upgrade programs.
- Coordinated and authored the development of over 70 WLE CDRLs.
- Participated in daily program leadership meetings to ensure design changes or decisions were not impacting supportability of the system.
- Coordinated the development and presentation of multiple WLE Preliminary Design Review and Critical Design Review presentations.
- WLE proposal lead and BOE author for a $100M EMD contract with over $5M of WLE content.
- Coordinated the development of first set of Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETMs) for the MTS family of systems.
Sr. Multi-Disciplined Engineer I – Performance Based Logistics Lead
Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems
McKinney, USA
03.2007 - 01.2010
- Managed Performance-Based Logistics operations supporting airborne sensor systems, achieving 100% supply availability against a 90% contractual requirement across more than 1,000 fleet demands.
- Directed spares forecasting, repair flow management, and supply support activities to ensure operational readiness and minimize fleet downtime.
- Led the development of monthly and quarterly CDRL deliveries with 100% on time delivery.
- Led depot activation efforts supporting Naval Fleet Readiness Center Southeast certification, including training, maintenance planning, support equipment, technical documentation, and sustainment analysis.
- Lead team member in the development of the first MTS Third Party Logistics (3PL) contract to include the development of the SSOW, Request for Proposal, proposal review, source selection and development of a transition strategy for moving supply and warehousing activities.
Multi-Disciplined Engineer – AFSOC TF/TA Radar Depot Repair Manager
Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems
McKinney, USA
03.2005 - 03.2007
- Led daily factory meetings to prioritize work flow of assets to meet customer demands.
- Developed monthly and quarterly WIP CDRLs.
- Worked with engineering, operations, and test engineering to reduce the number of repair traveler steps from 34 to 17 and removed over 150 records and checks that were non value added.
- Performed sparing analysis to meet repair demands.
- Performed inventory control and item management functions through Government tracking systems.
- Developed cost tracking and repair tracking tools for easier reporting to program management.
- Developed EACs for program management.
- Participated in paperless factory transition team to automate repair procedures and track repair progress virtually.
Education
Masters of Science - Systems Engineering with Logistics & Supply Chain Focus
Southern Methodist University
Bachelors of Science - Logistics, Marketing
University of North Texas
Denton, TXSkills
- Integrated Product Support (IPS)
- Performance-Based Logistics (PBL)
- Contractor Logistics Support (CLS)
- Fleet Sustainment and Readiness
- Depot Activation & Certification
- Maintenance Planning
- Technical Data Development
- Spares Provisioning
- Supply Support Analysis
- Lifecycle Cost Management
- Support Equipment Development
- Proposal and Basis of Estimate (BOE) Development
- Program Execution
- Cross-Functional Leadership
- Sustainment Analytics
- Customer Support Operations
Volunteering Activities
- Guest Instructor for 7 Raytheon Advanced Technical Education Program (ATEP) Supportability Engineering course modules.
- Head coach for multiple girls softball teams with the Prosper Baseball and Softball Association for over 3 years.
- Participate in multiple volunteering activities for the National Charity League (NCL) including delivery and pickup of American flags to homes on all applicable holidays, packing food boxes and school supplies for homeless and low income families in the Dallas Fort Worth area.
Awards Recognition
- 30+ Individual and Team Achievement Awards for outstanding performance
- Excellence in Operations Award for Six Sigma Project reducing $1M to operating cost
- Recognized as a Technical Pillar lead for Sustainment within the product support directorate
Certification
- Certified Transportation and Logistics (CTL)
Timeline
Product Support and Sustainment Program Manager
RTX
02.2024 - Current
Life Cycle engineering – Mission Logistics Engineering Leads Section Manager
RTX
06.2018 - 01.2025
Principal Systems Engineer – Next Generation Jammer Supportability Lead
Raytheon Technologies
01.2014 - 04.2024
Sr. Multi-Disciplined Engineer II – MTS Whole Life Engineering CPTL
Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems
01.2010 - 01.2014
Sr. Multi-Disciplined Engineer I – Performance Based Logistics Lead
Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems
03.2007 - 01.2010
Multi-Disciplined Engineer – AFSOC TF/TA Radar Depot Repair Manager
Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems
03.2005 - 03.2007
Masters of Science - Systems Engineering with Logistics & Supply Chain Focus
Southern Methodist University
Bachelors of Science - Logistics, Marketing
University of North Texas