Date Posted:

2024-02-14

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HCA21: Aerostructures - Chula Vista 850 Lagoon Blvd, Chula Vista, CA, 91910 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

Collins is looking for an Assistant General Counsel who is a self-motivated, passionate attorney to provide general legal counsel to the Aerostructures business unit, a portfolio company within the Advanced Structures Strategic Business Unit. In this role you will negotiate and influence internal and external parties and represent the organization in complex legal matters. You will communicate with top executives regarding matters of critical and strategic importance such as transactions in the ordinary course of business, strategic transactions, dispute resolution (including mediation, arbitration, and litigation), and practice in commercial, government, employment, M&A, antitrust, environmental, real estate, corporate, intellectual property, contracts, and licensing law. You will also develop strategies to ensure best practices are used when focusing on the achievement of business results through legal action and activities.

This position is primarily on-site in Chula Vista.

Relocation assistance is available.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Represent company on internal and external legal issues.

• Act as a strategic business partner to review, draft, negotiate, and advise on a wide variety of agreements to meet business and legal requirements, including purchase and sale agreements, licensing agreements, non-disclosure agreements, channel partner contracts, professional services agreements and, partner with relevant business stakeholders as necessary.

• Act as strategic business partner to effectively manage and resolve disputes.

• Support, coach, and train contracts, sales, supply chain, quality, engineering, and other functional teams on deal structure, contract negotiations, commercial best practices and maintains playbook of business terms.

• Continuously improve standard form agreements and legal processes to help scale the legal function.

• Aid in the development and implementation of processes, procedures, and metrics (including efficient contracting processes) to increase the overall effectiveness of the legal services provided to the company.

• Provide sound legal and business advice to all functional team members and members of senior management regarding strategic business relationships.

• Address legal risk in business-centric ways, developing processes to solve problems, strengthening partnerships, and advancing opportunities.

• Experience in contract formation (including detailed reviews of solicitation and evaluation documents for source selections).

• Understand data rights and other intellectual property issues.

• Deep knowledge of commercial terms and conditions, including commercial item criteria for government contracts.

• Litigation and alternative dispute resolution, as it arises.

• Interpret complex laws, rulings, and regulations and provides expertise to individuals and businesses on legal issues to ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations.

• Support other procurement related legal issues as they arise.

• Other duties as assigned from time to time.

Qualifications/ Experience Needed:

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 14 years prior relevant experience or a Juris Doctor Degree from an ABA-accredited institution and minimum 12 years of experience.

• Admission to the bar of at least 1 US state with the ability to be admitted as In-House Counsel.

• U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, refugee or asylee) or eligible to obtain necessary export authorizations required.

• https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-120/subpart-C/section-120.62

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior law firm experience

• Prior in-house experience

• Government contracts experience

• Aerospace industry experience

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.

Advanced Structures:

Our Advanced Structures team leverages advanced materials and additive manufacturing to develop complex interior and exterior solutions. These solutions ensure structural integrity of the aircraft, help aircraft take off and land, stay trim in the air, move forward, carry cargo and conduct rescues. We delight our customers with superior products and best-in-class service. Our global team is committed to continuous improvement – we work hard to make our solutions lighter-weight, stronger and more technically advanced, so that plane travel can be safer, more affordable and more sustainable in the years to come. We are looking for the best and brightest to fly and land with us!

#reempowerprogram

This role is also eligible for the Re-Empower Program. The Re-Empower Program helps support talented and committed professionals as they rebuild their capabilities, enhance leadership skills, and continue their professional journey. Over the course of the 14-week program, experienced professionals will gain paid, on-the-job experience, have an opportunity to participate in sessions with leadership, develop personalized plans for success and receive coaching to guide their return-to-work experience. Upon completion of the program, based on performance and contributions participants will be eligible for a career at RTX.

Minimum Program Qualifications

• Be on a career break of one or more year at time of application

• Have prior experience in functional area of interest

• Have interest in returning in either a full-time or part-time position

Diversity drives innovation; inclusion drives success. We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers. We are committed to fostering a culture where all employees can share their passions and ideas so we can tackle the toughest challenges in our industry and pave new paths to limitless possibility.

WE ARE REDEFINING AEROSPACE.

• Please ensure the role type (defined below) is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role.

Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

Regardless of your role type, collaboration and innovation are critical to our business and all employees will have access to digital tools so they can work with colleagues around the world – and access to Collins sites when their work requires in-person meetings.

Some of our competitive benefits package includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance

• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees

• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option

• Tuition reimbursement program

• Student Loan Repayment Program

• Life insurance and disability coverage

• Optional coverages you can buy: pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection

• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits

• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning

• Adoption Assistance

• Autism Benefit

• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions

• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program

• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits

• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services

• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program

• And more!

At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form – with our customers and with each other - propel us all higher, again and again.

Apply now and be part of the team that’s redefining aerospace, every day.

The salary range for this role is 188,000 USD - 378,000 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.This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

RTX is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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