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Raytheon Company, with 2008 sales of $23.2 billion, is a technology leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning more than 85 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; C3I (command, control, communications), mission support, mission systems integration, information assurance / information operations, and intelligence systems. Raytheon is headquartered in Waltham, Mass., and employs 73,000 people worldwide.



At Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems (IIS), we transform data into intelligence. As a leading systems and solutions provider of intelligence, security, and advanced information technologies to government customers in the United States and internationally, IIS provides the right knowledge at the right time, enabling our customers to make timely and accurate decisions to achieve mission goals of national significance. IIS employs more then 9,000 people worldwide with major hubs in the Mid Atlantic Region, Aurora, CO, and national Headquarters in Garland, TX, IIS generated $3.1 billion in 2008 sales.





Responsibilities:





The Principal Director of ISR S&T (Sr. Mgr., Engineering) is responsible for helping the government formulate new Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Science and Technology (S&T) programs, winning strategic ISR S&T programs that create growth opportunities and developing new customer relationships.



This position reports to the IIS Director of Contract R&D and collaborates closely with Business Development leadership across Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems (IIS).



The Principal Director of ISR S&T will be responsible for:



* Leading ISR S&T proposal efforts and occasionally serving as Principal Investigator on research efforts.



* Collaborating with IIS Business Development Executives and Technology Leadership to ensure the transition of ISR S&T efforts to existing and new business capture. Consequently, the Principal Director of ISR R&D is responsible for co-developing the strategies and plans necessary to create technology discriminators for new business.



* Collaborating in the development of an integrated ISR technology strategy to achieve the IIS Annual Operating Plan (AOP) and the IIS 5-year strategic plans.

* Collaborating across the entire Raytheon Company to minimize pursuit costs and maximize strategic benefits to Raytheon as a whole.



* Meeting the strategic and revenue objectives of the ISR portion of the IIS AOP.



* Ensuring that government S&T program mangers and other S&T leadership are familiar with Raytheon's ISR R&D capabilities and internal R&D plans. The principal S&T organizations are DARPA, ONR, NRL, AFRL, ARL, ARO, Army RDEC, NASA, HSARPA and other classified organizations.







Work location: This individual could work in Garland, TX, Falls Church, VA, Dulles, VA, State College, PA or Aurora, CO.







Basic Qualifications - Required Experience, Skills:







* Masters (Ph.D. Preferred) in an electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science or a strongly related engineering or



scientific field plus 15 or more years of related work experience.



* 15+ experience in RF and Digital Signal Processing, detection, tracking - new technology and techniques development in hardware and software



* Must be a recognized industry leader in ISR S&T with prior performance as Principal Investigator, PM or senior leader of government ISR R&D.



* A strong technical background with special emphasis on following domains: digital and RF signal processing, information fusion and related intelligence information systems processing and storage.



* Experience building and/or managing teams devoted to research & development activities.



* Have natural abilities to speak publicly about complex technical concepts in an informative style.



* Communicate effectively, through text and graphics, to audiences of ISR industry experts and persons of marginally technical ISR competencies.



* Requires an active or current (active within the last five years) TS/SCI SSBI security clearance.







Desired Experience, Skills, Knowledge:

* A current and active TS/SCI SSBI security clearance



* Image Processing, MASINT, Hyperspectral LIDAR and LADAR



* SIGINT, exploitation methodologies, computing and communications hardware architectures, communication protocols.



* Experience managing innovation teams, IS&T R&D.



* Record of industry publications.



* Experience managing budgets



* 15 or more years of related work experience.



* Have a broad personal network within S&T community.



* Ph.D. in an electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science or a strongly related engineering or scientific field.







Company & Benefit Information:







Our stated Vision is to be the most admired defense and aerospace systems supplier through world-class people and technology. Others recognize our progress towards that Vision:







Forbes magazine ranked Raytheon as the 'Best Managed' company in our industry; Fortune magazine rated Raytheon among the top 4 'Most Admired' companies in our industry, an improvement of four places since the previous year; In 2007, Raytheon won the coveted Opportunity Award from the U.S. Department of Labor for our efforts to ensure workplace equity and equal employment opportunities.







Raytheon offers exceptional benefits, including:

. On-going training and generous tuition reimbursement

. Immediate vestment of company-match with our 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan (RAYSIP)

. Retirement Income Savings Program (RISP) plus Performance Sharing







Raytheon is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, or Vietnam era, or other eligible veteran status, or any other protected factor.