Chief Engineer (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2024-04-03

Country:

United States of America

Location:

CA222: 2006 E El Segundo Blvd BldgE04 2006 East El Segundo Boulevard Building E04, El Segundo, CA, 90245 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

The Collins Aerospace Resilient Navigation Sensors and Avionics (RNSA) team is seeking committed engineering leaders who are passionate about creating innovative and cost-effective GPS and Anti-Jam solutions for the warfighter. The RNSA Program Area within the Mission Systems Resilient Navigation Solutions business supports the development of new capabilities for GPS and Anti-Jam militarized products. We are a growth-oriented organization committed to and passionate about supporting our nation’s warfighters. The organization provides the full range of design, analysis, integration, verification, and validation activities in support of GPS navigation programs.

The Chief Engineer (CE) undertakes project management and professional engineering work in conjunction with other project team members to ensure that products and systems are efficiently developed and perform as intended to meet customer and business requirements.  The Chief Engineer is accountable for the bidding, planning and delivery of engineering activities throughout the project lifecycle and works with both internal and external stakeholders in a multi-functional disciplinary manner to ensure that the product being developed will meet all customer requirements and be delivered on time and within budget with all elements of the system able to perform together as intended.  The oversight requirements and work to be performed includes tasks to analyses, specify, design, verify and validate the system to ensure that its functional, interface, performance, physical, and other quality characteristics, and cost are balanced to meet the needs of the system stakeholders.  

This position is eligible for relocation assistance.

Primary Responsibilities:
    • Direct the work of other Integrated Product Team leaders allocated to the project to ensure that their activities are aligned with the needs of the project and that the required project outcomes are achieved
    • Work with the Value Stream Leader (VSL) to ensure that the scope of the project is agreed and aligned with the contractual commitment and that the technical team delivers against defined project requirements
    • Oversee the high-level execution of day-to-day execution of engineering work packages in accordance with the contract and delivery schedule, working closely with the Value Stream Leader
    • Coordinate with project Integrated Product Team leaders, Product Owners  and Cost Account Managers  to determine project resource demand and works with the engineering managers to ensure adequate resources are available to execute the engineering activities
    • Manage the customer technical interface, program risks and opportunities for the technical execution of the program working with the Architect and Tech Leads
    • Monitor the functional and product baselines and manages changes from the customer.  For out of scope requests, supports VSL in identifying cost/schedule impacts.
    • For the technical portion of the project, undertake the project management function and lead the technical development team by coordinating the engineering tasks and activities required, as agreed with the VSL. Typical project management tasks will include:bidding and program pursuit activities, project planning and coordination, resource planning and task allocations, schedule development and management, project risk management, project financial management, project issue management, project change management, project monitoring and reporting, planning and management of project deliverables, and presenting to regulatory authorities.
    • Contribute to technical assessments and provide input to business development and project planning activities
    • Follow company policy, procedures and customer requirements and use a systems engineering approach and techniques to plan and execute engineering activities to meet cost, quality and schedule objectives
    • Communicate and collaborate effectively and professionally with systems, hardware and software design functions, other project team members, customers, other cross-functional and internal departments, technical staff located elsewhere in Collins Aerospace, sub-contractors and suppliers with a focus on identifying and mitigating risks and resolving technical problems that cross functional domain areas of hardware and software 
    • Produce timely project and support deliverables including project and technical documentation of high quality that is clear and concise with content that is sufficient to meet both project and future support needs while complying with both company and cus