Full-Time

Associate Director

Requirements and Capabilities, Future Operations

Posted on 10/3/2025

RTX

RTX

10,001+ employees

Aerospace, defense, and avionics manufacturer

Compensation Overview

$147k - $295k/yr

No H1B Sponsorship

Concord, NH, USA

Remote

Candidates must reside and work from one of the 50 U.S. states.

US Citizenship, US Top Secret Clearance Required

Category
Business & Strategy (3)
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Required Skills
Public Policy
Requirements
  • Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 12 years' experience working with Department of Defense, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and 10 years’ experience
  • Minimum of 10 years’ experience in business development or program management with Army and/or Air Force acquisition
  • Former US Military Officer with experience supporting Pentagon and/or Legislative Affairs
  • Experience with US Military requirements development process
Responsibilities
  • Serve as the Land & Air Defense Systems lead for customer messaging providing a focal point for the R&C, SSBUs and Strategic Captures to ensure alignment with external messaging, capability requirements and increase capture success
  • Lead white paper development, talking point development, and customer-facing information content. Must continuously listen to the customer, collaborating with business units associates to offer discriminators, solutions and strategies that address the most important requirements and priorities, providing integrated solutions to improve system-of-system capabilities and mission performance.
  • Spearhead the preparation of senior leadership engagements by deriving potential customer positions, asks and offers, toplines, redlines and refined talking points
  • Ensure consistent messaging and themes across the SBU. Strategizes across LADS SSBUs while communicating with the customer to meet the customers’ mission needs and gaps
  • Provide targeted research to formulate a better understanding of the customer challenges and potential positions, for example Policy changes, organizational changes and potential USG portfolio risks
  • Develop concepts and manage sensitive projects that require close coordination with senior leaders and multiple staff and overall provide a deeper cycle preparation for our senior leaders
  • Serves as the focal point for R&C task management, knowledge management, concept development and consultant task management. Contributes strong knowledge on Army and Joint Requirements and Force Modernization processes to facilitate Raytheon efforts
  • Act as R&C lead for cross-SBU integrated assessments, market assessments and competitive assessments
  • Support the LADS R&C team to identify, and develop new business opportunities, and position new business resources to achieve LADS growth objectives
  • Support development and marketing strategies to achieve business goals aligned with customer plans and programs
  • Focus on the customer, understand strategic environment, threat capabilities, problems, priorities, limitations, and requirements. Understand how the customer perceives Precision Fires and Maneuver, Short to Medium Range Air Defense and Ground Based Air Defense
  • Develop and implement internal and external customer contact plans
  • Collaborate with RTX Global Government Relations (GGR) at Federal, State, and Local levels on Public Policy to advocate and develop new technologies and solutions
  • Approximately 50% annual domestic and international travel for customer engagements and tradeshows
Desired Qualifications
  • A good teammate with excellent leadership, team building, and networking skills
  • Knowledge of cross site and enterprise level planning and implementation practices
  • Experience with Raytheon Capture Manager and Gating practices
  • Experience with US Government Planning, Programming, Budget and/or Execution (PPBE) process
  • Ability to identify potential Raytheon growth opportunities and proven ability to develop effective professional relationships through personal influence

RTX designs and builds products for both civilian aviation and national defense. Its main units are Collins Aerospace (avionics, interiors, flight systems, and other aircraft technologies), Pratt & Whitney (aircraft engines and propulsion systems), and Raytheon (missiles, sensors, cybersecurity, and other defense technologies). The products work by integrating advanced propulsion, avionics, and defense systems into airplanes and military platforms to improve performance, safety, and security. RTX differs from competitors by combining a broad, integrated portfolio across commercial aviation and defense under one company, with a long history from two historic aerospace and defense groups and a strategy focused on providing end-to-end aerospace and defense solutions. Its goal is to be a leading supplier of reliable, high-performance systems and services for civil aircraft, military platforms, and national security missions.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Arlington, Virginia

Founded

2022

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Record backlog supports multiyear revenue visibility across defense and commercial programs.
  • Pratt & Whitney capacity investments expand engine production and aftermarket servicing.
  • Missile, space, and secure communications programs deepen defense customer relationships.

What critics are saying

  • GTF reliability issues can force more inspections, removals, and customer compensation.
  • Defense backlog depends on government budgets, protests, and program approvals.
  • Heavy capital spending raises execution risk if factory ramps slip or quality falters.

What makes RTX unique

  • RTX combines Pratt & Whitney, Collins Aerospace, and Raytheon under one roof.
  • Its portfolio spans commercial engines, avionics, missiles, and defense electronics.
  • It emerged from the 2020 UTC-Raytheon merger and rebranded in 2023.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401(k) Company Match

401(k) Retirement Plan

Flexible Work Hours

Remote Work Options

Paid Vacation

Paid Sick Leave

Paid Holidays

Parental Leave

Family Planning Benefits

Fertility Treatment Support

Adoption Assistance

Employee Assistance Plan

Wellness Program

Gym Membership

Tuition Reimbursement

Student Loan Assistance

Home Office Stipend

Phone/Internet Stipend

Short-term Disability

Long-term Disability

Employee Scholar Program

Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees

Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds

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Headcount

6 month growth

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1 year growth

-3%

2 year growth

-3%
PR Newswire
Apr 14th, 2026
Air Canada's A321XLR fleet to feature Collins Aerospace Aurora suites and economy seats

Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, and Air Canada have announced that Air Canada's new Airbus A321XLR fleet will feature Collins seating throughout. Each aircraft will have 14 Aurora business class suites and 168 Meridian+ economy seats. The custom lie-flat Aurora suites, unveiled at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, are designed to provide a widebody business class experience on single-aisle aircraft. The suites' proprietary shape maximises passenger living space whilst expanding galley capacity for long-haul service. The Meridian+ economy seats incorporate widebody design principles with contoured architecture to provide additional space for passengers. Air Canada has selected enhanced seatback options for improved stowage, inflight entertainment and power supply. The first of 30 Air Canada A321XLRs will enter service this spring.

PR Newswire
Apr 13th, 2026
RTX's Raytheon unveils event-based mid-wave infrared camera for real-time high-speed threat tracking

Raytheon, an RTX business, has successfully demonstrated a first-of-its-kind event-based mid-wave infrared camera that tracks high-speed objects in real time whilst reducing processing and power demands. Unlike traditional cameras that capture full frames, the event-based camera tracks only pixel-level motion, producing a continuous stream of events. During a demonstration in Northern California, the camera tracked multiple targets including ground vehicles, aircraft and live fires by capturing rapid motion unachievable with conventional infrared cameras. By reporting only changes in motion rather than full image frames, it delivered near-instantaneous activity views. Developed under DARPA's FENCE programme, the technology has potential applications in battlefield awareness, missile guidance and surveillance. Raytheon is now exploring follow-on demonstrations across broader mission scenarios.

Yahoo Finance
Apr 4th, 2026
RTX secures $6.6B F-35 engine contract and releases open-source cyber defense toolkit

RTX has secured a multibillion-dollar contract for F135 engine production supporting the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter programme, whilst its subsidiary BBN Technologies released Maude-HCS, an open-source cyber defence toolkit funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The F135 award, valued at approximately $3.8 billion under one modification and referenced as a $6.6 billion package across lots 18 and 19, reinforces Pratt & Whitney's position on the F-35 programme. The Maude-HCS toolkit enables modelling and validation of covert communication networks for cyber defence efforts. RTX shares last closed at $196.21, returning 69.9% over the past year. The announcements deepen RTX's involvement in both software-centric and hardware-heavy defence missions, adding to the company's existing backlog alongside peers including Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman.

PR Newswire
Apr 1st, 2026
RTX's BBN Technologies releases open-source Maude-HCS toolkit to validate covert cyber networks

RTX's BBN Technologies has released Maude-HCS, an open-source toolkit that enables cyber defence teams to model, test and validate covert communication networks. Funded by DARPA under its PWND2 program, the toolkit is now available on GitHub. Maude-HCS predicts latency, data rate and detection timelines with just 1% to 9% error compared to experimental deployments. The system replaces weeks of trial-and-error testing with automated analysis delivering results in hours, running on standard eight-core servers. Hidden communication systems are critical for national security and internet freedom, allowing journalists and armed forces to exchange information safely in high-risk environments. The toolkit enables rigorous validation of covert channels before deployment, helping ensure they remain both effective and undetectable whilst meeting mission requirements.

PR Newswire
Mar 31st, 2026
Pratt & Whitney wins $6.6B F135 engine contract to boost F-35 production

Pratt & Whitney, an RTX business, has been awarded a $6.6 billion contract for lots 18-19 of the F135 engine, which powers all F-35 Lightning II variants. The contract modification includes $3.8 billion for production, engines, spares, modules and support services. The company is investing heavily to increase production capacity, having committed over $1 billion in the past five years to expand and modernise facilities. These investments have increased current F135 production rates by 20% over previous contract rates. The F135 programme supports over 66,000 jobs across 47 US states and generated more than $9 billion in domestic economic impact in 2025. Pratt & Whitney has delivered over 1,400 production F135 engines for the F-35 programme, which serves 20 allied nations worldwide.

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