RTX-posted 1 day ago
Full-time • Mid Level
Hybrid • Arlington, VA
5,001-10,000 employees

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. For close to 80 years, RTX BBN Technologies has solved real-world problems through research, exploration, development, and prototyping. We collaborate with top technical talent to pioneer transformative solutions. BBN’s Network & Cyber Technologies (NCT) team leverages math, engineering, and physics to tackle customer challenges in network and communications, EW, and cyber domains. We specialize in information exchange, protection, and exploitation. This is a position for candidates with research and development (R&D) program management experience. In this role, you will provide key program management and pursuit support enabling NCT technical staff to win and deliver innovative solutions to customers in the Electronic Warfare domain. As the program manager for active contracts, you will work collaboratively with our principal investigators (PI) to help coordinate resources, track progress, facilitate collaboration, and ensure on-time delivery within budget. Your leadership and organizational skills will empower our engineers and scientists to push boundaries and meet critical customer needs. For pursuit activities, you will work directly with our tech director to meet with customers, pursue new applied research concepts, and develop winning proposals as the capture manager.

  • Translate and track customer needs, and advise technical experts and senior leaders on optimal solutions
  • Coordinate extensively across technical and functional support staff to enable on-time, on-budget delivery
  • Identify, track, and escalate program risks and issues for mitigation
  • Deliver regular project updates and insights to stakeholders and Technical Director
  • Lead review meetings, inform decision making, and coordinate across complex project interdependencies
  • Lead technical staff to execute in a cohesive strategic direction across projects
  • Drive successful execution of field events and prototype demonstrations
  • Manage the pre-proposal pursuit process across multiple early-concept opportunities with various government R&D customers.
  • Lead capture on proposal responses to BAAs and RFPs to include managing the capture, coordinating with subcontractors, collaborating with the technical team to write the technical volume, working with internal contracts and finance teams to produce the cost volume.
  • Active Top Secret clearance
  • Bachelor's degree in a STEM field with 10 years of experience, or an advanced degree with 7 years experience
  • Experience shaping, pursuing, and capturing new opportunities through customer interactions and proposal development.
  • Experience executing program management practices on Government-funded R&D contracts.
  • Experience planning, staffing, and tracking multi-person projects
  • Resourceful problem-solver able to spot issues, communicate risks, and take action to solve problems
  • Collaborative team player passionate about technology
  • Proficiency with MS Office and financial tracking
  • Proficiency with collaboration tools such as Confluence and Teams
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Position will require some amount of overnight travel
  • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
  • Excellent communication and relationship building skills
  • Initiates, prioritizes, and manages multiple tasks and programs effectively
  • Prior experience managing subcontractors
  • Eager learner focused on continuous PM skills development
  • Skilled at project scheduling, reporting, and stakeholder management
  • Knowledge of the Electronic Warfare domain
  • Experience in research and development of Networking and Comms, EW, or Cyber capabilities
  • Interest in the pursuit and capture process for competitive proposals for Government funding
  • 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
  • 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 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.
  • Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays.
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