Date Posted:

2025-05-29

Country:

United States of America

Location:

MD720: 9861 Broken Land Pkwy Columbia 9861 Broken Land Parkway Suite 400, Columbia, MD, 21046 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

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

Security Clearance:

DoD Clearance: Top Secret

For over 70 years, RTX BBN Technologies has solved real-world problems through research, exploration, development, and prototyping. We collaborate with top technical talent to pioneer transformative solutions. BBN’s Network & Cyber Technologies (NCT) team leverages math, engineering, and physics to tackle customer challenges in communications, RF, and cyber domains. We specialize in information exchange, protection, and exploitation.

This is a position for candidates with research and development (R&D) program management experience. In this role, you will provide key program management support enabling NCT technical staff to deliver innovative solutions to customers in the Cyber and Electronic Warfare domains. You will help coordinate resources, track progress, facilitate collaboration, and ensure on-time delivery within budget. Your leadership and organizational skills will empower our engineers and scientists to push boundaries and meet critical customer needs.

What you will do:

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Coordinate extensively across technical and functional support staff to enable on-time, on-budget delivery
Translate customer needs and advise technical experts on optimal solutions
Monitor spending, staffing, schedules, contracts, purchases, and deliverables
Manage schedules, resources, and budgets to ensure execution within cost targets
Identify, track, and escalate program risks and issues for mitigation
Facilitate collaboration through clear communication and information sharing
Employ PM best practices and tools to maintain alignment across complex projects
Deliver regular project updates and insights to stakeholders and leadership
Lead review meetings, inform decision making, and coordinate across project interdependencies
Drive achievement of milestones through resource planning and progress tracking

What you will gain:

Exposure to cutting-edge technical work and innovative research
Collaborate with a motivated, engaged team of experts pushing boundaries
Develop hands-on experience managing complex defense projects
Build program management skills through resource coordination and planning, scheduling, and budget oversight
Visibility into the end-to-end program lifecycle from concept to delivery
Interact closely with customers to understand emerging capability needs
Contribute to developing solutions that give warfighters a decisive technology edge
Strengthen communication, organization, and leadership skills
Advance your career as a program management professional working with pioneering technologies

Qualifications You Must Have:

Active Top Secret with eligibility to obtain SCI
Bachelor's degree in a STEM field with 8 years of experience, or an advanced degree with 5 years experience
Experience executing program management practices on Government-funded R&D contracts.
Experience planning, staffing, and tracking multi-person projects
Position may require some amount of overnight travel

Qualifications We Prefer - Familiar with all, Expert in some:

Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
Excellent communication and relationship building skills
Initiates, prioritizes, and manages multiple tasks and programs effectively
Prior experience managing subcontractors
Eager learner focused on continuous PM skills development
Skilled at project scheduling, reporting, and stakeholder management
Experience in research and development of Cyber, EW, RF or Networking capabilities
Interest in the pursuit and capture process for competitive proposals for Government funding
Analytical thinker able to synthesize data
Resourceful problem-solver able to spot issues, communicate risks, and take action to solve problems
Collaborative team player passionate about technology
Proficiency with MS Office, MS Project, and financial tracking in Excel
Proficiency with collaboration tools such as Confluence and Teams
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Active TS//SCI security clearance

U.S. Citizenship status is required as this position needs an active U.S. Security Clearance as of day one of employment.

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.

• Relocation Assistance available

• This position is Onsite at our Columbia, MD headquarters

To help you achieve your goals, BBN will provide:

A strong leadership team well-versed in government R&D.
A collaborative and collegial environment to push state-of-the-art research.
Technically competent pool of research scientists who are willing to mentor, listen, and help you refine your research vision and goals.
Business development, programmatic, contracting, finance, and HR support.
Access, through RTX, to opportunities that help transition your research and ultimately see it fielded.

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 salary range for this role is 112,000 USD - 224,000 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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