Advanced Materials - Associate Director, Engineering (Hybrid)
Raytheon Technologies
- Andover, MA Essex, MA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Develop and win new opportunities in advanced materials including ceramics, metals, and coatings, for both emerging sensor and effector needs.
- Engage senior Government officials and budgetary stakeholders and commercial partners to start new science and technology opportunities that address warfighter capability gaps for Raytheon franchise programs.
- Work across the RTX enterprise to align technology with customer gaps in advanced materials, including ceramic apertures and coatings and metals.
- As part of the Raytheon AT team, directly influence long-term technical discrimination and next-generation capability roadmaps via new business (CRAD pursuits) and technical advice/inputs. The role also requires cross-mission area engagement to align CRAD and IRAD with mission area needs and accelerate transitions.
- Advise USG customers technical & programmatic roadmaps associated with new technology development. This role requires excellent communications skills and technical acumen to combat divergent internal USG and competitor views on a given technology.
- Generate new ideas for USG Contracted R&D investment, work with USG customers to build new development and demonstration programs, work internally within the RTX enterprise to train and recruit ENG and PMO staff qualified to execute these programs, and in certain strategic cases, act as overall program/technology chief engineer/architect.
- Maintain a Raytheon presence at Key technical conferences and meetings
- Travel to Raytheon laboratories and customers is required on an a periodic basis
- Remote/hybrid arrangements acceptable given travel availability
- Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum of 12 years of prior relevant experience
- Experience in advanced materials development or related Research and Development projects
- Relationship or network with US Government, Federally Funded R&D Center (FFRDC), industry, and / or academic technical and programmatic leaders in the R&D community
- Engineering lead and / or program management experience
- Experience in obtaining Intellectual Property on emerging technologies
- Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
- PhD Degree in Engineering, Chemistry or Physics disciplines
- Excellent time management skills and ability to multi-task to achieve good results across multiple priorities
- Ability to work in a team environment and effectively direct, influence, motivate and supervise team members
- Individual must be widely regarded (inside and outside Raytheon) as a technical expert in advanced materials development and resulting applications.
- Experience in a multi-discipline environment working in Contract Research & Development, specifically in new business capture, proposal development, technology evaluation, program management, and technical contribution
- Experience with DoD Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFARS)
- Experience in advanced ceramic and metal technologies, and US government and industry organizations and their test facilities and assets
- Experience in advanced materials processing, characterization and maturation for use in next generation advanced technology systems.
- Experience leading multi-disciplined team of engineers and technologists
- Active Top Secret Clearance