Date Posted:

2024-04-22

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HIA32: Cedar Rapids, IA 400 Collins Rd NE , Cedar Rapids, IA, 52498-0505 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

Do you want to be a part of something bigger? A team whose impact stretches across the world, and even beyond? At Collins Aerospace, our Mission Systems team helps civilian, military and government customers complete their most complex missions — whatever and wherever they may be. Our customers depend on us for intelligent and secure communications, missionized systems for specialized aircraft and spacecraft and collaborative space solutions. By joining our team, you’ll have your own critical part to play in ensuring our customer succeeds today while anticipating their needs for tomorrow. Are you up for the challenge? Join our mission today.

Senior Engineering Manager - Systems Integration Team Lead (Onsite)

Role Description:

Do you have a passion in Autonomous Systems? Do you enjoy working in fast paced, innovative, and groundbreaking technology environments? Do you want to be part of a team that can rapidly design, develop, and field open, trusted, secure, certified, and operationally effective collaborative autonomous solutions?

The Mission Systems Engineering Autonomous Mission Engineered Solutions Department (AMES) is seeking a Sr Engineering Manager, to provide engineering leadership within the Mission Systems Autonomy Launched Effects business area. The successful candidate will have a passion and the drive to understand business area strategies and how new business opportunities may contribute to these strategies to grow the portfolios. This role would be responsible for collaborating with program management and business development to understand the total business perspective, prioritize and make critical decisions regarding potential business opportunities to position Collins Aerospace for growth within the autonomous unmanned market. This includes business opportunities for development, prototype, and subsequent demonstration of UAS related systems such as autonomous systems and behaviors, advanced communications management, vehicle navigation and control, and other advanced system technologies. This position will be a key member of our Launched Effects business, guiding the Integration, Verification, Validation, and Demonstrations of our RapidEdgeTM branded Launched Effects Medium and Short-Range programs.

Additionally, as applicable, this position will also participate in portfolio pursuit and order capture opportunities, leveraging existing Collins Aerospace product baselines and development of new technologies to contribute to and create winning program proposals.

This position may require travel (up to 15%). Position requires that candidate has a final US DoD security clearance, or ability to obtain a final security clearance (US Citizenship is required) to access classified information.

Job Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates understanding of business portfolio strategies and plans to grow unmanned systems and advanced technologies business areas.

• Makes AMES department decisions and conveys priorities regarding resources (staff, budget) for portfolio pursuits.

• Reviews and presents pursuit status and recommendations to portfolio leadership in support of long-term staffing / hiring plans.

• Develops and demonstrates use of metrics to track and monitor pursuit/program status and decisions.

• Liaises between business development and strategy, program management, product-line engineers, hardware engineers, software engineers, and customers to understand content and priority of pursuit opportunities.

• Displays organizational savvy, thriving on a multi-disciplinary team to bridge gaps between business portfolios and capabilities in various domains across multiple Collins Aerospace business units.

• Uses portfolio vision to think beyond the immediate situation, explore multiple potential paths, and adapt decision-making style and thought process based on the situational circumstances.

• Demonstrates pursuit and order capture knowledge and how process decisions (i.e., Decision Points) contribute to staffing, funding, and planning decisions, prioritization and implementation of the functional strategy.

• Leads and commits staff and resources to support business opportunity prioritization and pursuit execution.

• Ensures staffing commitments are contained in the staffing center tool.

• Leads and coordinates program level cost estimates during the bid and proposal cycle.

• Leads and coordinates the development of technical proposals during the bid and proposal cycle.

• Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints in support of early decision point decisions (i.e., Gate Reviews, Design Reviews).

• Demonstrates ability to adapt decision-making style based on the situational circumstances.

• Uses personal experience and best practices to identify issues, potential problems, and risk.

• Demonstrates experience estimating, tracking, and communicating cost, schedule, and risk in support of pursuit/program metrics.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree (typically in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM)) and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited by local laws / regulations OR Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years’ experience OR In absence of a degree, 14 years of relevant experience is required

• Must be a U.S. Citizen

• Must have or be capable of obtaining a US Department of Defense (DoD) security clearance. Candidate selected will be subject to a government security investigation/reinstatement and must meet eligibility requirements

• Demonstrated pursuit and order capture experience.

A successful candidate will possess:

• Experience integrating, demonstrating, and deploying complex Systems comprised of embedded SW/HW and User Experience Validation

• Knowledge of the RapidEdgeTM Investment Strategies and 2 years of experience leading development programs supporting the US DoD Launched Effects Strategy for the US Army and other agencies.

• Domain knowledge in one or more of the following areas: Network Communications, Datalinks and Platform Integration.

• Knowledge of Open Systems and Software architectures.

• Demonstrated experience using tools such as SAP, Staffing Center, and metrics tracking spreadsheets.

• Experience with business portfolio strategies and how pursuits align to these strategies to build new business for Collins Aerospace.

• Experience working effectively in highly collaborative environments, a demonstrated ability to take ownership of tasks and lead technical efforts spanning multiple stakeholders and be able to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization as well as customers.

• This position requires an individual that can perform with minimal direct supervisory support. As such the candidate must be highly motivated and a self-starter. The ability to coordinate several complex engineering activities while balancing priorities and schedules is a must.

• Background and/or knowledge of technologies within the unmanned systems and advanced business portfolios. These include, but are not limited to:

• UAS Command and Control Systems

• Autonomy Algorithms

• Flight Management Systems

• Sensor Fusion / Sensor Systems

• Weapons Systems

• Human / machine interface

• Information Assurance and Cyber Threat Considerations

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.

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

• Life insurance and disability coverage

• Optional coverages you can buy: Pet Insurance, Home and Auto, additional life insurance, accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal

• Ovia Health, fertility and family planning

• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 5 free counseling sessions

• Redbrick - Incentives for a Healthy You

• Autism Benefit

• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits

• Adoption Assistance

• Best Doctors, 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 118,000 USD - 246,000 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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