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RTX Attorney Position

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world's most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

The following position is to join our RTX Corporate, RTX Technology Research Center and RTX BBN technologies Team:

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.

What You Will Do

• 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.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• 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.

Qualifications We Prefer:

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

This position is classified as:

Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

Candidates will learn more about role type and current site status throughout the recruiting process. For onsite and hybrid roles, commuting to and from the assigned site is the employee's personal responsibility.

As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.

The salary range for this role is 157,200 USD - 298,800 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.