Associate Director, SWE/AI Platform Integration (REMOTE)

Date Posted:

2025-03-20

Country:

United States of America

Location:

UT6: 4 Farm Springs 4 Farm Springs Road, Farmington, CT, 06032 USA

Position Role Type:

Remote

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 Enterprise Services Data (ES – Data) Team:

 

RTX Enterprise Data Services Organization has an opening for an Associate Director, SWE/AI Platform Integration (Associate Director, Data Science and Analytics).

 

Exciting Opportunity!

Hands-On technology thought leader to design, build/integrate and deploy RTX-wide Platform Services and Enablers

 

Our mission is to continuously identify, test and deploy emerging capabilities that improve the daily work experience of our talented software, data and AI/ML engineers through improved collaboration, productivity, quality, process and practices. The work we do has an impact on highly visible and strategic enterprise initiatives.  The successful candidate will partner with RTX-wide stakeholders to expand XETA platform capabilities and drive adoption of technology investments.

XETA is RTX’s enterprise-wide Digital Platform Portfolio for Cloud, Data Management, Analytics, AI/ML and Software Factory.  XETA provides an E2E turnkey platform with built-in standard and guardrails so RTX practitioners can focus on delivering business value.

 

What You Will Do:

• Lead the design and build/integration of enterprise-wide platform capabilities spanning Software Factory, Data, Analytics and AI/ML.
• Automate the deployment, scalability and management of platform services.
• Design and build integrations to create composite platform services or centralized coordination services.
• Collaborate with Cloud and Cyber SMEs to design multi-cloud, multi-region COTS deployments.
• Influence decisions and drive alignment across organizational boundaries.
• Define standards and best practices.
• Foster an engineering culture and build communities around key technologies.
• Provide input/collaborate on Reference Architectures and Design Patterns.
• Continuously evaluate new technologies / services.
• Hands-on Design & Development of IaC, SDKs, CLIs, Libraries.
• Assess demand, priority, impact and synergy for new or consolidated capabilities.
• Translate business needs to new or enhanced platform capabilities.
• Balance the ease of support with the need for flexibility.
• Provide input to Product Management on XETA Roadmap and dependencies & sequencing.
• Lead a subset of cross-team PI technical goal setting and assist multiple scrum teams in identifying dependences and sequencing.
• Collaborate with product management and business stakeholders to continuously evolve the platform technical strategy.
• Lead the harmonization of technical requirements and deployments across BUs/Enterprise Services.
• Join RTX-wide Councils & Communities and represent Enterprise Data Services, Data & AI Practitioners.
• Lead planning with Cloud suppliers to maximize RTX technical investments.
• Travel 10-20% domestically.

 

Qualifications You Must Have: 

• Minimum of 1+2 years of experience in software and cloud technologies and a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM), Data Science or Data Analytics or related discipline or equivalent combination of related work experience and schooling in lieu of degree; Advanced degree and 10+ years related work experience.
• Experience with modern application design & platforms utilizing AWS, Azure and Hybrid.
• Expert in designing and deploying enterprise-wide IT services to a large and diverse set of business units.
• Expert in DevSecOps practices – ex. IaC, CI/CD, Code Scanning & Analysis.
• Expert in Agile software delivery practices and expectations.
• Expert in evaluating and implementing Software Frameworks.
• Experience coaching, mentoring and developing talent in a matrix environment without a direct reporting relationship.
• Experience working with Product Management to build business cases for multi-year investments.

 

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Working knowledge of financial analysis to forecast cloud usage costs.
• Ability to Travel 10-20% domestically

 

Learn More & Apply Now!
Work Location: Remote
Please consider the following role type definition as you apply for this role:

Remote: This position is currently designated as remote. However, the successful candidate will be required to work from one of the 50 U.S. states (excluding U.S. Territories). Employees who are working in Remote roles will work primarily offsite (from home).  An employee may be expected to travel to the site location as needed.

 

What We Offer:

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.

The salary range for this role is 147,000 USD - 295,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

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. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.

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