Engineering Fellow, Advanced Technology Programs, RTX

Dr. Jeffrey LaRoche is an Engineering Fellow performing program development, capture, and management for Raytheon's Advanced Technology Programs (ATP) group. He received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from WPI in 1996, and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the UF in 2000. His primary area of technical expertise is compound semiconductor device integration and physics for high frequency applications such as 5G/6G communications. His career evolved through escalating levels of technical and program management responsibility over the course of several IRAD, and contract programs. He is currently the Raytheon PI for several DAPRA programs including COFFEE, ELGAR, THREADS, and HOTS. He recently worked with UT Austin on its successful DARPA NGMM capture. Previously he was technical lead for Raytheon's GaN MMIC on 200mm Si process that was licensed to Global Foundries as an enabler for 5G/6G applications. He has 38 key publications, 24 awarded patent families, and multiple pending patent applications. He has been fortunate enough to be surrounded by fantastic teammates and mentors.