Associate Director, Information and Communications Research Integration

Prattwhitney; Georgia; On-site; USD 157,000 - 299,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation Assistance

Onsite in Atlanta, GA

Job summary

RTX seeks a senior leader to drive Spectrum Dominance initiatives in a new Atlanta office. You will coordinate across RTX units to identify capability gaps, shape future research, and develop programs with a focus on transition to RTX product lines.

The role requires deep electromagnetic systems expertise, a record of leading interdisciplinary teams, and active TS/SCI clearance. Onsite relocation to Atlanta is expected with a comprehensive rewards package.

Qualifications

• Advanced STEM degree with at least 12 years of relevant experience.
• Proven track record building advanced research programs across disciplines.
• Experience leading interdisciplinary teams and managing technical risk.
• Experience delivering advanced R&D projects and first‑of‑kind demonstrations.
• Deep expertise in electromagnetic systems and related analyses.
• Active TS/SCI clearance and U.S. citizenship.
• Experience writing and reviewing government classified specs.

Responsibilities

• Lead efforts across Spectrum Dominance for a new Atlanta, GA office.
• Collaborate with RTX units to identify capability gaps and future needs.
• Shape research programs and write proposals/white papers for transition.
• Grow the local team through strong project execution and growth.
• Bridge management and technical staff to implement strategy and execution.

Skills

Leadership

Program management

Proposal writing

Stakeholder communication

Mentorship

Systems engineering

DoD knowledge

Education

Advanced STEM degree

PhD preferred

Job description

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. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense. For over 70 years, RTX BBN Technologies (BBN) has solved challenging problems through research, exploration, development, and prototyping. BBN’s Non‑Kinetic Capabilities and Technologies (NCT) team leverages computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, math, and physics to tackle customer challenges in electromagnetic warfare (EW), communications, cybersecurity, cyberspace operations, and networking for the U.S. Department of War (DoW) and Intelligence Community (IC) customers.

What You Will Do

• Develop and lead our efforts across the Spectrum Dominance group for a new office in Atlanta, Georgia.
• Work across the customer base, within NCT and BBN, and other RTX business units to identify capability gaps and future needs.
• Seek out opportunities to shape future research efforts to address these capability gaps.
• Propose programs to develop these technologies through the shaping of win themes, innovations, operational impact, and focus on customers’ most pressing uses cases to generate proposals and white papers.
• Lead and help to grow our team through excellent project execution while looking for opportunities to grow our footprint in Atlanta area.
• Serve as a bridge between senior management and technical staff to implement and execute strategy through detailed engineering innovation and concept development.
• Identify strengths and weaknesses of projects, deconflict and prioritize resource availability, and mentor a population of engineering staff from original requirements through to fielding operations.
• For select projects targeted for transition, will direct phases of program maturation from inception through completion.
• Will work as BBN liaison to RTX project teams to establish design concepts, criteria and engineering efforts for product research and development.
• Interface with larger RTX enterprise and associated business units (Pratt and Whitney, Collins Aerospace, Raytheon) to help shape their technology roadmaps, identify transition opportunities, and drive maturing research capabilities into RTX product lines.
• Travel may be required up to 25%.

Qualifications

• Typically requires an advanced degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 12 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited by local laws/regulations.
• Proven track record of building nationally competed advanced research and development programs spanning a range of disciplines, organizations, and missions.
• Experience managing interdisciplinary teams facing significant technical and programmatic risks.
• Experience managing and executing advanced R&D projects to include accomplishing organizational firsts or first‑known demonstrations.
• Experience in application of emerging S&T to national security challenges and deep expertise in advanced electromagnetic systems to include synthetic aperture radars, RF edge processing, digital phased arrays, Rydberg apertures, and advanced antenna design, simulation, and measurements.
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued TS/SCI 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 writing and reviewing classified government technical specifications and generating system performance requirements.

Qualifications We Prefer

• PhD degree in Engineering, or a related STEM degree.
• Experience as a planner and execution leader for complex analyses for DoD customers.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Demonstrated success in developing future principal investigators (PI’s) through technical leadership, proposal writing, sponsor engagement, and Co‑PI assignment and mentorship.
• Experience with emerging threats and familiarity with the advanced technologies and CONOPS needed to counter these threats.

What We Offer

Whether you’re just starting out on your career journey or are an experienced professional, we offer a robust total rewards package with compensation; healthcare, wellness, retirement, and work/life benefits; career development and recognition programs. Some of the benefits we offer include parental (including paternal) leave, flexible work schedules, achievement awards, educational assistance and child/adult backup care.

• Relocation Assistance available.
• This position is onsite at our Atlanta, GA Location.

As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.

The salary range for this role is 157,200 USD - 298,800 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.