Senior Technical Fellow, Materials Engineering

• Provide technical and strategic leadership across Collins Aerospace and RTX in Materials Engineering
• Lead strategic technology roadmaps and advance materials engineering capabilities
• Transition disruptive technologies and early-stage research into operational and production environments
• Collaborate with senior leadership, stakeholders, subject matter experts, cross-functional leaders, and executive leaders
• Identify strategic customer and business initiatives, improvement opportunities, and projects
• Develop new approaches to qualification, design, and automated manufacturing
• Build and maintain relationships across departments, business units, regulatory bodies, customers, universities, and government stakeholders
• Present to internal and external audiences and lead proposal and white paper activities
• Represent Collins Aerospace at technical conferences, working groups, standards committees, and external technical communities
• Promote development projects and align them with customer, program, business, and engineering objectives
• Provide enterprise-level mentorship and technical leadership across engineering disciplines
• Support TRL/MRL reviews, PDRs, and CDRs
• Lead strategic plans advancing product technology and organizational capability
• Identify external technology disruptors and evaluate strategic applications
• Travel up to 25% to customers, company sites, conferences, laboratories, and other business locations

• Experience creating and maintaining organizational- or directorate-level strategic technology roadmaps, customer trend analyses, and disruptive technology assessments
• Expert-level knowledge and mastery across multiple Materials Engineering disciplines
• Expertise in materials design, qualification, alloy development, coatings, automated synthesis, additive manufacturing, and/or related advanced materials technologies
• Experience establishing or modifying customer requirements, processes, and procedures
• Experience advancing new materials capabilities, manufacturing processes, and/or system-level design methodologies
• Exceptional executive-level communication and influencing skills
• Technical leadership demonstrated through patents, publications, technical presentations, and engagement with industry and government stakeholders
• Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 14 years of relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree and minimum 12 years of relevant experience
• Active and transferable DoD Secret clearance required prior to start date
• U.S. citizenship required
• Preferred: experience with cost accounting structures and financial systems
• Preferred: experience with DARPA, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, NASA, or similar government research agencies
• Preferred: knowledge of machine learning applications for materials engineering and digital engineering workflows
• Preferred: experience leading, mentoring, and developing technical teams
• Preferred: active participation in external technical communities, government standards committees, and industry organizations

Demonstrates expertise in Materials Engineering, including materials design, qualification, and advanced manufacturing processes, while providing strategic leadership and mentorship across engineering disciplines. Capable of developing and executing technology roadmaps and collaborating with diverse stakeholders to drive innovation and operational excellence.

• Materials Engineering Expertise
• Strategic Technology Roadmaps
• Technical Leadership
• Executive-Level Communication
• DoD Secret Clearance

• Materials Design
• Qualification
• Alloy Development
• Coatings
• Automated Synthesis
• Additive Manufacturing
• System-Level Design Methodologies
• Cost Accounting Structures
• Financial Systems
• Machine Learning Applications

• Influencing Skills
• Mentoring
• Collaboration
• Relationship Building
• Presentation Skills

• DoD Secret Clearance

• Collins Aerospace
• RTX
• DARPA
• Department of Defense
• Department of Energy
• NASA
• Technical Conferences
• Standards Committees
• Government Research Agencies
• External Technical Communities