Associate Director, Next-Gen RF Sensors
Raytheon Technologies
- Tewksbury, MA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Perform regular customer interactions to develop strategic and emerging hybrid electronic-photonic sensing opportunities, white papers and proposals.
- Lead technical white papers and proposal volumes through cross-organizational collaboration to deliver customer-focused and high-scoring content.
- Lead trade studies on various sensing systems and sub-systems related to wideband RF and hybrid electronic-photonic sensors.
- Lead/support modeling and simulation and requirements development.
- Lead design and hardware/software development of emerging wideband electronic-photonic signal processing solutions (e.g. photonically-enabled channelization, true-time delay lines)
- Support development and implementation of digital signal processing methodologies and algorithms in conjunction with electronics/hybrid systems.
- Interact with customers, sponsors and partners at all organizational levels to maximize probability of successful pursuit and execution of contract R&D.
- Communicate and collaborate with Program Management and Technical Leadership, Engineering Leadership, Manufacturing, Suppliers, and Customers.
- Guide, apprentice, mentor, and train employees within the RF, mixed-signal, DSP, embedded systems, and photonic technical domains.
- Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree and minimum 12 years of prior relevant experience, or an Advanced degree in a related field and minimum 10 years experience
- The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
- Experience in high-performance RF system design and high-performance mixed-signal systems
- Expert knowledge in mixed-signal and hybrid (electronic-photonic)
- Experience with state-of-the-art discrete and integrated photonic technologies (modulators, filters, detectors) for RF-over-fiber and digital applications
- Experience with high-speed DSP-based and FPGA-based signal processing using Xilinx, Intel, AMD, and / or Nvidia products
- Experience across the full product development lifecycle
- Demonstrated excellence in interacting with customers and decision makers
- Excellent communication ability in verbal, written and presentation formats
- Knowledge of DoD/Intelligence Community operational concepts
- Experience working with the DoD and Intelligence Community Science and Technology organizations/agencies
- Advanced degrees such as MS or PhD in Physics, Optics, Photonics, Circuits, Signal Processing, or other related engineering field
- Existing, or the ability to obtain, a TS/SCI Security Clearance