Advanced Materials - Associate Director, Engineering (Hybrid)

Date Posted:

2024-02-29

Country:

United States of America

Location:

MA101: Andover MA 350 Lowell St Essex 350 Lowell Street Essex, Andover, MA, 01810 USA

Position Role Type:

Hybrid

At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. We bring the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world.

Job Summary:

Are you interested in joining a dynamic, inclusive, and growing high-tech team? Raytheon is looking for an Advanced Materials Research & Development Leader within our Advanced Technology (AT) organization.  Raytheon AT offers an innovative and inclusive culture; welcoming diversity and collaboration and providing numerous opportunities for career growth.

The mission of Advanced Technology is to develop and mature key technical discriminators through Contract Research and Development (CRAD) with our Science and Technology (S&T) customers, such as DARPA and Office of Naval Research (ONR).  Through teamwork and collaboration across Raytheon and with our academic, industrial and government partnerships, we develop the next generation of advanced capabilities for the warfighter and our acquisition customers.

Raytheon is a world leader in the development and maturation of next-generation electro-optic (EO)/Infrared (IR) aperture materials having introduced numerous compositions to the marketplace over the past five decades.  Our materials experts mature technologies for various sensor modalities including EO/IR, Radio-Frequency (RF) and Undersea Acoustics.  We provide key materials solutions for next-generation Effectors including Hypersonics and High-Power Microwave (HPM) applications.  AT customers require the most advanced technologies, and thus our projects require highly accomplished technical managers.  The successful candidate will be leading a team of enterprise experts in the development and maturation of advanced materials. The candidate will hold responsibility for all phases of technical, financial, and schedule performance within the portfolio. 

This role is hybrid located in Andover or Tewksbury, MA.

Responsibilities to Anticipate:

• 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

Basic Qualifications:

• 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. citize