Materials Engineering Senior Technical Fellow (Remote)

Prattwhitney; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 186,000 - 354,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Generous 401(k) plan with employer‑sac

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

RTX, a leader in aerospace and defense, seeks a senior technical leader to guide strategic technology roadmaps and collaborate across business units. You will drive qualification, design, and manufacturing strategies, while aligning with engineering needs and regulatory requirements.

The role requires active DoD clearance, citizenship, and a STEM degree with extensive experience. Travel up to 25% to RTX sites and clients may be required.

Qualifications

• Experience creating and maintaining organizational or directorate-level strategic technology roadmaps and analyses.
• Active DoD Secret Clearance and U.S. citizenship required.
• Typically requires STEM degree with 14+ years of experience or advanced degree with 12+ years.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leadership, stakeholders, and SMEs to identify strategic initiatives.
• Identify improvement opportunities and drive the operations agenda.
• Lead development of new approaches to qualification, design, and automated manufacturing to reduce cost and improve manufacturability.
• Build and maintain relationships across departments and units.
• Lead transition of research to production ensuring alignment with strategy and engineering needs.

Skills

Strategic tech roadmaps

Executive communication

Technical leadership

Cross-unit collaboration

Education

STEM degree

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 by solving the world’s most complex problems.

With three market-leading businesses, world-class operations, and significant investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunities no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

Collins Aerospace is a leader in technologically advanced, intelligent solutions that help redefine the aerospace and defense industry. With a comprehensive portfolio and deep technical expertise, we help customers meet the demands of the global market.

Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

What You Will Do

• Partner with senior leadership, key stakeholders, and subject matter experts to identify and communicate strategic customer and business initiatives.
• Identify improvement opportunities and projects and help drive the business operations agenda.
• Lead development of new approaches to qualification, design, and automated manufacturing to reduce cost, improve performance, and increase manufacturability.
• Build and maintain relationships across departments and business units.
• Drive the transition of early-stage research into production environments, ensuring alignment with business strategy, engineering needs, and regulatory requirements.
• Present to internal and external audiences; lead proposal and white paper activities; and represent Collins Aerospace at technical conferences and working groups.
• Promote key development projects and ensure alignment with customer and program objectives.
• Engage across RTX Business Units and serve as a recognized technical expert with regulatory bodies, customers, and universities.
• Provide technical leadership to facilitate high-quality decisions, product competitiveness, and robust solutions.
• Share expertise across the enterprise and support TRL/MRL reviews, PDRs, and CDRs.
• Lead strategic plans to advance product technology and organizational capability.
• Identify external technology disruptors and evaluate their potential strategic applications.
• Maintain an active presence in external technical communities and government standards committees while helping shape the future of the business and emerging technologies.
• Ability to travel up to 25% to customers, Collins Aerospace and RTX sites, technical conferences, engineering laboratories, and other business locations.

Qualifications

• Experience creating and maintaining organizational or directorate-level strategic technology roadmaps, customer trend analyses, and assessments of disruptive technologies.
• Expert-level knowledge and mastery across multiple Materials Engineering disciplines, typically acquired through advanced academic qualifications and significant industry experience.
• Expertise in materials design, qualification, alloy development, coatings, automated synthesis, additive manufacturing, and/or related advanced materials technologies.
• Experience establishing or modifying customer requirements, processes, and procedures to drive positive business results.
• Experience advancing new materials capabilities, manufacturing processes, and/or system-level design methodologies.
• Exceptional executive-level communication and influencing skills, with the ability to work effectively across business units and serve as a technical point of contact for critical Engineering activities.
• Demonstrated technical leadership through patents, publications, technical presentations, and engagement with industry and government stakeholders.
• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 14 years of prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree and a minimum of 12 years of relevant experience, unless prohibited by local laws/regulations.
• Active and transferable DoD Secret Clearance is required prior to start date.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

We Prefer

• Experience with cost accounting structures and financial systems.
• Experience working with DARPA, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, NASA, or similar government research agencies.
• Knowledge of machine learning applications for materials engineering and digital engineering workflows.
• Exceptional analytical and decision-making skills, with the ability to develop creative and innovative technical solutions.
• Experience leading, mentoring, and developing technical teams ranging from junior to mid-level engineers and analysts.
• Demonstrated ability to balance near-term development priorities with long-term technology and program objectives.
• Strong business acumen and the ability to translate complex technical concepts into actionable business strategies.
• Active participation in external technical communities, government standards committees, and industry organizations.

What We Offer

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
• Adoption Assistance
• Autism Benefit Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
• Eligible for relocation assistance
• And more!

Remote: Employees who are working in Remote roles will work primarily offsite (from home). An employee may be expected to travel to the site location as needed.

The salary range for this role is 186,200 USD - 353,800 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

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.

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.

The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.