Assistant IP Counsel

About the role

The position is to join our RTX Corporate, RTX Technology Research Center and RTX BBN technologies Team as IP Counsel.

Responsibilities

• Serves as an intellectual property thought leader and expert regarding processes and procedures.
• Provides leadership regarding intellectual property matters, licensing, and supports enforcement of rights and defense of the company against intellectual property claims.
• Provides proactive, effective and timely guidance, with clear and concise communication skills, to senior leadership and management, general legal counsel, contract support personnel, and all levels of the engineering and business organizations, on intellectual property, digital and general legal matters.
• Providing training in these areas to Research Center, RTX BBN Technologies and Corporate T&GE employees.
• Independently and proactively performing all duties, including discussing or referring appropriate matters to the Research Center's General Counsel, or peers, as appropriate.
• Meeting regularly and driving high level of engagement with technical, legal and management personnel, periodically participating in meetings with representatives of outside companies, and providing advice to management on intellectual property and other matters.
• Ensuring the establishment and execution of appropriate domestic and foreign intellectual property protection strategies within the group and for the technological areas within area of responsibility.
• Actively leading and participating in the development and implementation of intellectual property strategies for the Research Center, RTX BBN Technologies and Corporate T&GE, and its technologies and research and development projects.
• Drafting and negotiating various agreements, including government contracts, development agreements, technical services agreements, software licenses, non-disclosure agreements and other miscellaneous agreements and providing counsel to management, general legal counsel, and contract support personnel on other agreements, such as supply agreements, sales and service contracts and acquisition agreements.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctorate (JD) and five years prior relevant intellectual property experience, in house or at a law firm, ideally both.
• Member in good standing of a US state bar.
• Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Multi-tasking abilities, have a client focus, adaptive, and work effectively in a time sensitive and dynamic environment.
• Willing to travel 10-15% on occasion.