Assistant IP Counsel

RTX•East Hartford, CT

6d•Onsite

About The Position

RTX is seeking an attorney to serve as IP Counsel as part of our Corporate, RTX Technology Research Center Team ("RTRC") and RTX BBN Technologies Team, reporting to the Research Center’s General Counsel. This individual will provide leadership to ensure appropriate protections are secured for the company’s intellectual property; communicates with top executives on matters of strategic importance; is recognized as a thought leader and an expert on intellectual property processes, procedures, and enforcement; and supports all intellectual property matters, as needed, for the Research Center, RTX BBN Technologies and Corporate Technology and Global Engineering (“T&GE”). It is important to emphasize that you will be required to take a visible and important role as a member of RTX’s IP team. Your ability to connect and work effectively with engineering and program personnel, win their confidence, and work as an integrated member of a cross-disciplinary team while providing effective legal advice and counsel is critical to succeeding in this position.

Requirements

Juris Doctorate (JD) and five years prior relevant intellectual property experience, in house or at a law firm, ideally both.
Member in good standing of a US state bar.
Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Multi-tasking abilities, have a client focus, adaptive, and work effectively in a time sensitive and dynamic environment.
Willing to travel 10-15% on occasion.
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Nice To Haves

Previous work experience as engineer or other technical field within aerospace or defense industries.
IP litigation and transactional experience.
U.S. Government contracts

Responsibilities

Serves as an intellectual property thought leader and expert regarding processes and procedures.
Provides leadership regarding intellectual property matters, licensing, and supports enforcement of rights and defense of the company against intellectual property claims.
Provides proactive, effective and timely guidance, with clear and concise communication skills, to senior leadership and management, general legal counsel, contract support personnel, and all levels of the engineering and business organizations, on intellectual property, digital and general legal matters.
Providing training in these areas to Research Center, RTX BBN Technologies and Corporate T&GE employees.
Independently and proactively performing all duties, including discussing or referring appropriate matters to the Research Center's General Counsel, or peers, as appropriate.
Meeting regularly and driving high level of engagement with technical, legal and management personnel, periodically participating in meetings with representatives of outside companies, and providing advice to management on intellectual property and other matters.
Ensuring the establishment and execution of appropriate domestic and foreign intellectual property protection strategies within the group and for the technological areas within area of responsibility.
Actively leading and participating in the development and implementation of intellectual property strategies for the Research Center, RTX BBN Technologies and Corporate T&GE, and its technologies and research and development projects.
Supervising outside counsel in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications, both domestic and foreign.
Drafting and negotiating various agreements, including government contracts, development agreements, technical services agreements, software licenses, non-disclosure agreements and other miscellaneous agreements and providing counsel to management, general legal counsel, and contract support personnel on other agreements, such as supply agreements, sales and service contracts and acquisition agreements.