Senior Engineering Manager - KC-135 PSE (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2025-07-28

Country:

United States of America

Location:

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

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.​ U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Security Clearance:

DoD Clearance: Secret

The KC-135 Stratotanker provides the core aerial refueling capability for the United States Air Force and has excelled in this role for more than 60 years. This unique asset enhances the Air Force's capability to accomplish its primary mission of global reach. It also provides aerial refueling support to the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and allied nation aircraft. The KC-135 is the backbone of the USAF refueling fleet and is scheduled to remain so for decades to come.

This position is for the Senior Engineering Manager of the KC-135 Platform Systems Engineering team within Military Avionics. The primary focus will be providing leadership and guidance to a team of Avionics Platform Systems Engineers providing engineering for the full lifecycle of multiple programs within the KC-135 portfolio.  As the KC-135 avionics prime, engineering activities range from initial development through final flight test and installation. The ideal candidate will understand air refueling, the Flight 2 architecture, Agile development processes, pursuit/order/capture, customer interface, and the ability to work in a cross-functional organization on multiple concurrent execution efforts.

What You Will Do:

• Technical direction: Candidate must be able to lead a team and apply sound engineering principles related to avionic system development.
• Project management: Candidate must be able to guide team members on the management of scope, schedule, and budget for engineering design activities. Candidate will be directly involved in project management and execution, including Earned Value and Risk Management.
• Process management: Candidate must be able to guide team members on the utilization of design and development processes, military avionics certification, and ensure that the design activities are consistent with the product lifecycle development for new and existing products through internal guidance and adherence to external development processes outlined by our customers.
• Bids and proposals: Candidate must be able to lead, review, and provide guidance to team members on bid and proposal activities, to include FAR Part 15 and TINA activities.
• Personnel administration: Candidate must be able to make hiring decisions, performance assessment decisions, ensure management of personnel issues, and create a highly engaged and motivated team.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience.
• Required to travel intermittently both domestically and globally.
• Capable of obtaining a U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) SECRET Security Clearance.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Adaptable and emotionally flexible to changes in assignments, responsibilities, and resources.
• Highly self-motivated and capable of establishing a positive work environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Dedicated to team success over individual success.
• Ability to evaluate and report overall engineering performance to plan as appropriate.
• Ability to analyze data and determine appropriate actions to correct program problems before they impact the overall program.
• Ability to train and mentor other engineers.
• Aircraft systems for military aircraft (KC-135 desirable).
• Experience with Agile development method.
• Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and Digital Acquisition.  
• Experience with Atlassian suite of tools, including JIRA.

What We Offer:

Benefits:

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,