Raja Maharajh

Executive Vice President and General Counsel RTX

Last Reviewed: October 3, 2026

Executive Summary

Raja Maharajh has been Executive Vice President and General Counsel of RTX since December 2021, overseeing its legal and regulatory affairs: litigation, ethics and compliance, corporate governance, transactions, contracts and intellectual property. He joined the company in 2004 and was general counsel of Pratt & Whitney and of its commercial engines business, then chief of staff to the chairman and chief executive of Raytheon Technologies. He began his career in 1992 as a manufacturing engineer at Maidenform and practiced intellectual property and commercial litigation at Bazerman & Drangel before going in-house. An engineer turned lawyer, he spent a stint as the chief executive’s principal adviser before taking the top legal job.

Career Highlights

• Executive Vice President and General Counsel of RTX since December 2021.
• Chief of Staff to the Chairman and CEO of Raytheon Technologies.
• General Counsel of Pratt & Whitney and of its Commercial Engines business.
• Began his career in 1992 as a manufacturing engineer.

Professional Journey

Maharajh earned a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and a law degree at Seton Hall University School of Law. He started his career in 1992 as a manufacturing engineer at Maidenform, according to his RTX biography.

He then practiced as an attorney at Bazerman & Drangel, handling intellectual property and commercial litigation, including licensing agreements and counterfeit raids coordinated with the New York Police Department.

He joined the company, then United Technologies, in 2004 and held legal leadership roles including general counsel of Pratt & Whitney’s commercial engines business and general counsel of Pratt & Whitney. After the 2020 merger he was vice president, legal, and then chief of staff to the chairman and chief executive of Raytheon Technologies, serving as a primary adviser to the chief executive and senior leadership.

In December 2021 he became executive vice president and general counsel. He signs RTX’s current reports to the SEC, including its March 2026 report of a director’s resignation. RTX operates three businesses, Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney and Raytheon, and employs more than 180,000 people, according to the company.

His path into law ran through engineering: he holds an industrial engineering degree and worked as a manufacturing engineer before practicing intellectual property law. As general counsel he also oversees ethics and compliance and corporate governance, with RTX’s corporate secretary, Edward Perrault, signing some of its filings.

He has been with the company since 2004, across both the United Technologies and RTX eras, and RTX’s 2025 annual report lists him at age 54 among its nine executive officers.

Education

Seton Hall University School of Law

Juris Doctor

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Bachelor’s degree, Industrial Engineering