RTX Corporation is an Aerospace and Defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It comprises three industry-leading businesses - Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. Its 185,000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics, electric propulsion, directed energy, hypersonics, avionics and cybersecurity. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, VA. The following position is to join our RTX Corporate, Enterprise Services, Research Center or BBN team: RTRC is seeking a highly motivated individual for the position of Advanced Manufacturing Automation & Intelligence Research Engineer. The candidate will join the Advanced Manufacturing Team which specializes in the development, testing, optimization, and demonstration of novel manufacturing technologies for internal deployment as well as for external research programs across a variety of technical areas including additive manufacturing, robotic automation, machining, repair, surface treatment, sensing, amongst many others. The successful candidate will lead and support programs with a focus on large platform metal additive manufacturing and directed energy deposition technologies. They will be responsible for integration of sensors and data acquisition, improvement of system performance, reduction of manufacturing time & cost, repeatability/reliability, amongst other topics. The individual will capture data from process equipment as well as identify and deploy sensors to gain process insight, optimize process parameters, and enable integration and automation across a wide variety of manufacturing technologies.