Project Engineer (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2025-03-04

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HTX38: 1717 E Cityline Drive 1717 E Cityline Drive Building C17, Richardson, TX, 75082 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

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. 

Collins Aerospace is on the lookout for a dynamic leader to support execution as a Project Engineer for a ACAT 1 program. As a project engineer on this program, you'll be ensuring cost, schedule, and technical execution success as a part of a team committed to working and growing together on this fast-moving project.

The Project Engineer establishes design concepts, criteria and engineering efforts for product research, development, integration and test. The Project Engineer collaborates across functions including project management and planning, project teams and line management.  The Project Engineer coordinates the preparation of proposals, business plans, proposal work statements and specifications, operating budgets and financial terms/conditions of contracts.

What You Will Do

• Responsible for managing the technical performance of a program IPT which includes multiple teams.
• Prepares and maintains project plans, budgets, and staffing requirements to ensure that all action item lists are completed, and project quality expectations are met.
• Drives project schedules to keep programs running efficiently and tracks budget
• Manage the project including tracking & reporting on budget and schedule performance through Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) techniques.
• Support and motivate the team to deliver customer milestones and deliverables to meet program business plan
• Interfacing with management, suppliers, customers, and members of the technical design team
• Provide timely and effective communication to management and customers
• Engineering activities associated with design, development, procurement, and testing.
• Provide technical and functional leadership for assigned Components, Projects, Teams and Tasks
• Request & manage budgets; identify & report any issues or changes in scope
• Plan and maintain detailed schedule and resource plans
• Lead Technology Development programs guiding products through Technology Readiness Level process
• Lead test activities to prove out components and/or understand issues
• Ensure designs comply with Standard Work and customer requirements
• Benchmark similar hardware and review customer needs to strategically drive system and hardware development.
• Ensure engineering and technology excellence
• Mentor and support the development of associates  
• Provide bid & pursuit Leadership
• Able to travel up to 25% of the time depending on the program phase (typically 10% or less)

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 12 years of relevant experience 
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date ​
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance ​
• Existing DOD Top Secret Clearance and ability to obtain program access.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Able to communicate and make presentations to senior level leadership
• Must be capable of obtaining a US Department of Defense (DoD) Top Secret/SCI clearance. Candidate selected will be subject to a government security investigation/reinstatement and must meet eligibility requirements
• Experience with hardware & software design life cycle experience
• Progression in design, test, and fabrication of electrical systems which include hardware and software components
• Experience using Agile methodologies to deliver capabilities.
• History of continuous improvement and relentless root cause methodology
• Prior Cost Account Manager experience
• Experience navigating competing priorities, delivering the highest level of engagement and delivering successful outcomes in critical situations
• Experience leading projects and teams within a highly matrixed organization
• Strong Design Integration skills
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