Associate Director, Program Manager - RF Sensor System

Date Posted:

2024-11-07

Country:

United States of America

Location:

VA111: 1300 N 17th Street, Arlington 1300 North 17th Street Suite 400, Arlington, VA, 22209 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

At Raytheon BBN Technologies, our scientists and engineers in diverse disciplines collaborate to solve real-world problems through research, exploration, development and prototyping. We partner with the best technical talent in academia and industry to challenge the status quo, pioneer new technologies, and create transformative solutions.

The Emerging RF Technologies (ERFT) portfolio in the Network & Cyber Technologies (NCT) group within BBN seeks a well-qualified technical Program Manager to support our advanced research and development projects and pursuits in our Arlington, VA office. Our team specializes in prototyping next-generation RF sensor system technologies by combining a fundamental understanding of the underlying EM physics and propagation phenomenology with a deep expertise in analysis, statistical signal processing, and optimization. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong organizational and detail-oriented skills, the ability to efficiently handle complex program management issues, and an aptitude for helping researchers focus on the technical work to be achieved within a high-intensity environment.

What you will do

• Drive cutting edge technical work and innovative research through program execution, new pursuits, and technology transition
• Interact with the technical and project support staff on multiple projects
• Advise and collaborate with the technical staff on strategic customer interactions
• Be responsible for monitoring spending, staffing, contract schedule, subcontracts, material purchases, and deliverables
• Help the team stay on task and on budget
• Work with a motivated, engaged, and exciting group of peers

Qualification You Must Have

• BS degree with minimum of 12 years of experience, or an advanced degree and minimum of 10 years in Engineering, Math or Physics
• 10 years of project management / program management
• Understanding of signal processing and RF sensing domains
• Expertise in creating technical documents and presentations using Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
• Experience with task planning, staffing, and tracking of multiple projects with multiple personnel
• Position may require some amount of overnight travel

• Active and transferable Secret U.S. government security clearance is required prior to start date. 

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Qualifications We Prefer - Familiar with all, Expert in some

• Experience field testing prototype systems (up to TRL 6)
• Experience with software development and integration with novel hardware
• Experience with financial tracking
• Experience managing Government-funded contracts, including classified contracts
• Experience writing proposals for Government funding
• Experience with managing subcontractors and consultants
• Creativity and a people-centered attitude
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

What We Offer

Benefits (focus on unique benefits vs. standard).  You may use your current requisition benefits content provided they have been reviewed by your HR Bus. Partner and Recruiter.  Or you may use - 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 Arlington, VA headquarters

To help you achieve your goals, BBN will provide:

• A strong leadership team well-versed in government R&D.
• A collaborative and collegial environment to push state-of-the-art research.
• A diverse and technically competent pool of research scientists who are willing to mentor, listen, and help you refine your research vision and goals.
• Business development, programmatic, contracting, finance, and HR support.
• Access, through RTX, to opportunities that help transition your research and ultimately see it fielded.

About us

Our team members are passionate about growth, innovation and collaboration. We are constantly striving to improve and better ourselves so that we can better support our clients, and our culture enables all employees to fi