Assoc Dir, Electrical Engineering - Sigint/Elint - Top Secret Required - Onsite - Salt Lake City, UT - (Ast-Sl)

Date Posted:

2024-03-20

Country:

United States of America

Location:

UT207: 1127 West 2320 South , West Valley City, UT, 84119 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

Applied Signal Technology (AST), a national asset in the SIGINT domain, is seeking an Associate Director of Electrical & Electronics Engineering in our Signal Processing Department. In this role you will be responsible for guiding and working on unusually complex technical problems and overseeing a diverse team of engineers to provide highly innovative and ingenious hardware and software solutions and products. AST offers a collaborative workplace, one in which you will be inspired to innovate in an inclusive environment where work-life balance is an elegant solution, not a slogan. If you strive for excellence, seek a highly mission focused environment, & have a passion to be part of a team that protects your family, strengthens our nation, & improves the security of our world, consider exploring this unique & rewarding opportunity.

This role is a full-time, on-site, technical leadership position located in our Salt Lake City office where you will collaborate with industry leading engineering talent strategically located throughout the country. You will lead teams of engineers in the development of advanced systems that provide integrated sensor and signal processing capability in support of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance. Our work in areas such as high-capacity broadband communications, signal processing & analysis, tactical SIGINT, & wireless communications continually challenges our extraordinary engineers to solve problems & make the world a safer place.

Primary Responsibilities:

In this position you will collaborate closely with other technical leaders across AST and with customers and partner organizations as you pursue strategic and technical objectives. You will apply advanced technical principles, theories, and concepts to develop industry leading solutions, and contribute to the development of new and innovative principles and concepts. You will provide the technical leadership to maintain vibrancy in AST's products as AST continues to demonstrate thought leadership to the Intelligence Community (IC).

As an Associate Director you will be a key member of the Engineering Center Technical Leadership Team and will collaborate with other Engineering Center Leaders as you pursue and implement AST technical objectives. You will ensure technical integrity and effective engineering implementation across all levels of project execution. You will advise development teams, management, and customers on product and system solutions that satisfy their needs. You will also provide mentorship and leadership to other engineers within the organization with a focus on the continual development of engineering talent.

This is an ONSITE position at our Salt Lake City, UT location.

Qualifications/Experience Needed:

• Minimum of 12 years of experience developing high-speed processing hardware, embedded systems, using industry standard FPGA architectures

• Minimum of 5 years of program or product technical leadership managing engineering teams throughout the entire Systems lifecycle

• Experience in a lead role on a geographically dispersed team or program

• Experience in defining and scoping system-level technical efforts for bidding, proposal, or program execution activities

• Experience in system-level integration and testing of advanced, custom processing systems, testbeds, and software

• Experience implementing complex high-speed synthesizable algorithms using VHDL and/or SystemVerilog

• Experience in all aspects of FPGA development using industry standard FPGA tools such as Vitis, Vivado, and Quartus

• Demonstrated excellence in communication, presentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills with an attention to details

• Current and Active Top Secret clearance with ability to obtain higher DoD clearances

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations and minimum 12 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 10 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 16 years of relevant experience

Security Clearance:

• Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date

• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

• Must have or be capable of obtaining a US Department of Defense (DoD) security clearance. Candidate selected will be subject to a government security investigation/reinstatement and must meet eligibility requirements

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with and/or general understanding of microwave RF design concepts

• Experience with and/or general understanding of optical signal processing

• Experience with or understanding of modern FEC algorithms

• Experience interpreting Standards

• Experience working with bit-level data

• Experience and/or knowledge of network protocols, such as TCP/IP

• Experience with or basic understanding of telecommunications systems concepts and/or signal processing

• Experience with Configuration Management tools, such as git

• Existing TS/SCI clearance (Active within the last 24 months)

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers' toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.

Do you want to be a part of something bigger? A team whose impact stretches across the world, and even beyond? At Collins Aerospace, our Mission Systems team helps civilian, military and government customers complete their most complex missions - whatever and wherever they may be. Our customers depend on us for intelligent and secure communications, missionized systems for specialized aircraft and spacecraft and collaborative space solutions. By joining our team, you'll have your own critical part to play in ensuring our customer succeeds today while anticipating their needs for tomorrow. Are you up for the challenge? Join our mission today.

Collins Aerospace Diversity & Inclusion Statement:

Diversity drives innovation; inclusion drives success. We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers. We are committed to fostering a culture where all employees can share their passions and ideas so we can tackle the toughest challenges in our industry and pave new paths to limitless possibility.

WE ARE REDEFINING AEROSPACE.

• Please consider the following role type definitions as you apply for this role.

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.

Regardless of your role type, collaboration and innovation are critical to our business and all employees will have access to digital tools so they can work with colleagues around the world - and access to Collins sites when their work requires in-person meetings.

Nothing matters more to Collins Aerospace than our strong ethical and safety commitments. As such, all U.S. positions require a background check, which may include a drug screen.

At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form - with our customers and with each other -- propel us all higher, again and again.

Apply now and be part of the team that's redefining aerospace, every day.

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The salary range for this role is 143,000 USD - 287,000 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/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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