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U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance\n\nSecurity Clearance Type:\nDoD Clearance: Secret\n\nSecurity Clearance Status:\nActive and existing security clearance required after day 1At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.\nPratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines and auxiliary power systems and has been revolutionizing modern flight for over 100 years. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.\nWhat You Will Do:\nPratt & Whitney (P&W) is seeking an Associate Director to lead the Engineering Artificial Intelligence (AI) Team within the EDSI Digital Engineering organization. The team accelerates Engineering’s adoption of AI by delivering production AI systems, driving AI platforms, introducing AI productivity capabilities, and strengthening the Digital Tools & Data Science Discipline. In partnership with teams across Pratt & Whitney and RTX, this organization develops and sustains AI capabilities that support the full engine lifecycle, including product development, production, and sustainment.\nLead, coach, and develop a technical team responsible for delivering and sustaining production AI systems used in engineering design, analysis, production, and sustainment workflows.\nGuide the delivery of AI solutions such as LLM and retrieval-augmented generation applications, computer vision systems, physics-informed and surrogate models, and workflow-integrated machine learning capabilities.\nEnsure the team delivers reliable AI applications and enabling services across the full lifecycle; data integration, model development/validation, MLOps, deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement.\nPartner with Engineering, Digital, and Program teams to embed AI into engineering tools, inspection systems, and digital workflows.\nEnsure all AI solutions meet Responsible AI 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inspection, sustainment).\nExperience overseeing development, deployment, integration, monitoring, and support of software with AI components.\nExperience working through cross-functional dependencies and navigating Responsible AI requirements (safety, quality, legal, regulatory, export, cyber, software lifecycle, architecture, validation).\nWorking knowledge of modern AI (especially LLMs and RAG), including use cases, limitations, validation, and operational risks.\nExperience with workforce planning, resource allocation, and investment/prioritization decisions across competing needs.\n10% Travel\nQualifications We Prefer:\nAdvanced degree in engineering, computer science, data science, software engineering, or related field.\nActive security clearance\nExperience leading AI or digital capabilities in aerospace, defense, manufacturing, or other regulated environments.\nHands-on or leadership experience with: LLM/RAG systems,Computer vision,Physics-informed ML, surrogate modeling, optimization, anomaly detection, or similar engineering AI methods\nExperience with cloud and enterprise AI platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Databricks, MLflow, SageMaker), including restricted or closed environments.\nExperience establishing MLOps, AI validation, Responsible AI, software engineering, or model lifecycle standards.\nExperience turning enterprise technology direction into roadmaps, operating plans, and measurable outcomes.\nExperience coordinating AI/digital/engineering transformation across multiple organizations, programs, disciplines, or sites.\nExperience managing budgets, technology investments, vendors, or resource portfolios.\nExperience building workforce capability strategies, technical leadership pipelines, training roadmaps, and communities of practice.\nExperience presenting recommendations to senior and executive leaders on technology strategy, investment, organizational capability, responsible adoption, and delivery risk.\nLearn More & Apply Now!\nIn addition to transforming the future of flight, we are also transforming how and where we work. We’ve introduced role types to help you understand how you will operate in our blended work environment. This role is:\nOnsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance workers, as they are essential to the development of our engines.\nCandidates will learn more about role type and current site status throughout the recruiting process. For onsite and hybrid roles, commuting to and from the assigned site is the employee’s personal responsibility.\nAs part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.\nThe salary range for this role is 157,200 USD - 298,800 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. 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