AI Platform Engineer

AI Platform Engineer

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.

Position Overview

This position is part of the Enterprise Services – Data & AI organization within RTX Corporate, supporting the company's mission to develop and scale AI capabilities responsibly and securely across the enterprise. The AI Platform Engineer will design and implement the software and infrastructure that enable scalable and secure AI applications across RTX. The role focuses on developing APIs, orchestration services, and observability capabilities that connect AI models and intelligent systems with enterprise data and services.

What You Will Do

+ Design, build, and maintain APIs and orchestration services that support AI and automation applications.

+ Integrate cloud and on-premises AI services (Azure AI, Databricks, AWS Bedrock, Anthropic, etc.).

+ Develop telemetry and observability components using OpenTelemetry and MLflow.

+ Containerize and deploy microservices using Docker and Kubernetes.

+ Collaborate with Infrastructure, Security, and Compliance teams to meet enterprise and regulatory standards.

+ Design and build scalable, reliable, and cost-efficient platform services that enable seamless integration, automation, and high performance across development and production environments.

+ Identify areas for improvement and implement new tools or technologies to enhance AI infrastructure efficiency, reliability, and security.

Qualifications You Must Have

+ Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years experience

+ Python APIs; cloud AI/ML

+ Microservices, Docker/Kubernetes

+ Messaging pipelines; monitoring/logging

Qualifications We Prefer

+ Experience implementing observability stacks (OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, MLflow).

+ Experience designing and scaling enterprise-grade AI infrastructure that is highly performant, cost-efficient, and optimized for large-scale data and model operations.

+ Knowledge of CI/CD automation, DevSecOps, and infrastructure-as-code.

+ Hands-on experience building and deploying agents for business use cases (e.g., workflow orchestration, data transformation or analysis, multi-agent system)

+ Background in regulated or large-scale enterprise environments (aerospace, defense, or finance).

Work Location

This is a hybrid role, eligible candidates must reside within commuting distance from Farmington, CT, additional locations will be considered MA, TX, IA, CA.

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.

The salary range for this role is 124,000 USD - 250,000 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.

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.