Senior Technical Fellow - AI and Data Architect - Advanced Technology Onsite

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 youll 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.

Senior Technical Fellow AI and Data Architect Advanced Technology (Onsite)

At Collins Aerospace were working sidebyside with our customers and partners to dream design and deliver solutions that redefine the future of our industry. Were reaching across markets disciplines and boundaries to develop new and more advanced technologies. And together were making the most powerful concepts in aerospace a reality.

Join our dynamic team as a Senior Technical Fellow within Advanced Technology & Capabilities organization. This individual will lead strategic roadmap development and work closely with crossfunctional leaders to drive innovation build team cohesion and understand how to influence teams to make value added changes and develop a positive culture of continuous improvement. With a strong business acumen to effectively communicate andinfluence executive leadership this prestigious role offers the opportunity to showcase your technical proficiency in Data & AI and supports the entire Connected Battlespace Strategic Initiative.

The Senior Technical Fellow will own the establishment and of mediumterm to longterm strategic roadmaps plans objectives vision statements that align technology customer (DOD) needs and create the opportunities for our future business. This person must demonstrate a profound technical proficiency along with exceptional communication and presentation skills as they play a pivotal role in shaping and influencing the business strategy which requires both depth and breadth in key technologies.

As a key engineering member in conjunction with the General Managers and Business Development leads the Senior Technical Fellow will develop the strategies in Data & AI to enable pursuits and capture growth via strategic roadmaps. This visionary role entails aligning with customer needs and shaping/influencing future requirements of the Department of Defense (DoD). The Senior Technical Fellow will leverage expertise in Data & AI to drive strategic decisionmaking integrating advanced technologies to enhance mission effectiveness and develop innovative solutions to complex defense operational problems for the Connected Battlespace Strategic Initiative.

Another key aspect of this role involves providing enterprise mentorship to engineering disciplines where other Technical Directors and Chief Engineers will seek council and guidance from the ATC Senior Technical Fellow. This will enable the sharing of knowledge drive quality and create new solutions. The Senior Technical Fellow will be the primary advocate for integrating AI solutions into JADC2 systems and processes and will influence the larger business with NonAdvocate Reviews Design Reviews and Customer Technical alignment.

This accomplished Technical Fellow will actively engage in other RTX business units and will be recognized for their technical expertise internally and externally to Collins. The successful candidate will become part of the prestigious Fellows Program. Collins Aerospace Fellows serve as leaders technical experts innovatorsand mentors for our company. They represent the top of our technical career ladder and play a unique role in ensuring the future competitiveness of our business.

What You Will Do:

• Lead the AI & Data technology roadmap and support integration into product line strategies for JADC2 solutions

• Collaborate with leaders across Mission Systems and beyond to integrate AI solutions into JADC2 systems and processes and to large scale demonstrations

• Lead the establishment of objectives for ofmapping and modeling of key engineering businessprocess flows to optimize efficiency and meet program / DOD needs

• Partner with divisional senior executive leadership key stakeholders process owners and subjectmatter experts to identify and communicate key customer strategic initiatives/ DOD vision on Data & AI

• Work closely with Business Development on market trends and define the technology needs to align the portfolio

• Lead in the definition and of engineering policies andprocedures that bring value to programs and insight to leadership

• Mentor programs leaders customer desires wants and needs.

• Identify and structure improvement opportunities andprojects.Advise on and help drive the business operations agenda

• Lead cross discipline teams. Engage across disciplines to bring focus to strategic projectsand add value and velocity to engineering

• Build and maintain relationships with keystakeholders across departments and business units

• Present your ideas to internal and external groups; lead proposal and white paper activities; and represent Collins Aerospace at technical conferences and working groups

• Understand and promote key analytical projects that assist and influencethe business. Ensure alignment with the customer program objectives.

• Be a resource for policy knowledge and provide strategic guidance on relatedissues to leadership

• Active engagement with RTX Business Units and recognized as an expert externally by regulatory bodies customers and/or universities

• Provide leadership to facilitate high quality technical decisions product competitiveness and robust solutions

• Engagement across the enterprise to share expertise driving quality and success across the larger business

• Lead the development and of strategic plans to advance product technology and organizational capability

• Forward looking leadership to identify potential external technology disruptors and evaluate strategic applications

• Be active visible and engaged in external technical communities government standards committees and shape the future of the business particularly as it relates to emerging technology and trends in command and control in military operations

• Actively engaged in the attraction of top technical talent. Build and maintain a strong talent pipeline

• Take personal responsibility to develop advocate and retain the next generation of technical leaders as well as delivering enrichment opportunities

• Ensure compliance with international trade policies and procedures

• Ensure the protection of Collins Aerospace intellectual property; safeguard customer and supplier/partner intellectual property

• Selected candidate will be required to obtain and maintain special access program (SAP) clearance and/or an SCI clearance

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing machine learning models and algorithms to solve business challenges

• Knowledge of cybersecurity principles and their application in command and control environments

• Experience with creating and maintaining directorate or organizational strategic roadmaps customer trend analysis and disrupter technology

• Requires expert knowledge and mastery of multiple work areas typically obtained through advanced academic qualifications combined with experience

• Experience with establishing or modifying customer requirements processes and procedures to drive positive results within the business

• Executive level communication skills are as the AI & Data Architect works within and across mission area programs to be successful and serves as the single point of contact for Engineering activities

• Possess Patents Publications and/or Technical Presentations to industry.

• Familiarity with Earned Value Management best practices and experience in

• Bachelors degree (typically in Science Technology Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 14 years of prior relevant experience OR Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 12 years experience OR In absence of a degree 18 years of relevant experience is required

• Active and transferable DoD Secret Clearance is prior to start date

• Must be a U.S. Citizen

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Technical expert level understanding of the operational environment as it relates to relevant technologies (AI/ML C2 and data analytics).

• Familiarity with simulation and modeling tools for command and control scenarios.

• Direct recent experience working JADC2

• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g. AWS Azure Google Cloud)

• Experience with big data technologies and data visualization tools

• Experience with cost accounting structure and financial systems

• Exceptional engineering analytical and decisionmaking skills with strong ability to be creative and innovative in designing solutions

• Experience leading and training technical teams of junior to midlevel systems engineers and analysts and ability and balance development priorities with near/long term program objectives

• Current Top Secret/SCI clearance is preferred