Senior Principal Software Engineer – Mission Processing Test Engineer (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2025-02-28

Country:

United States of America

Location:

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

Position Role Type:

Onsite

The Missions Systems Test Engineering SME team is seeking to fill a Senior Principal Software Test Engineer position. The primary responsibility for this position is to lead, develop, and sustain acceptance test solutions in support of multiple products and programs.

As an SME, you will be responsible for mentoring and guiding various test engineering teams throughout Mission Systems in either leading or reviewing test engineering projects. This position will be the technical lead on the software development for multi-rack test stations.  These test stations include but are not limited by the following COTs equipment: oscilloscopes, DMM's, logic analyzers, power supplies, electronic loads, and optical measurement systems.  This position will develop and support of design documentation, such as test procedures, equipment specifications, and management of technical requirements.

This position is in a collaborative, onsite environment in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

What You Will Do:

• Writing software that will be used to test and troubleshoot products

• Understanding of Collins Aerospace processes/tools (documentation (PDM/Enovia), SCL, IMPACT, SAP, ALM)

• Reverse engineering existing equipment (i.e. documenting something that is already built)

• Bidding project activities

• Identifying, categorizing, and averting project risks (risk management)

• Controlling changes to the project scope and baseline

• Reviewing, designing, and implementing activities required to deploy the project test solutions to world-wide destinations

• Preparing and presenting project / technical information to peers, internal management, and customers

• Coordinating several projects and complex engineering activities while balancing priorities and schedules

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 or in absence of a degree, 14 years of relevant experience

• 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

• Experience interacting with product design teams to capture and create test requirements for various levels of factory test.

• Proven experience with performing tasks unsupervised, multitasking and delegating work to support technicians, EPA's and peers.

• Experience in successfully taking test solutions and programs from development to deployment

• Previous experience in managing small teams through hardware builds (parts ordering, build coordination, etc.)

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Experience in coding C# and Python. Experience with legacy languages such as Visual Basic is a plus

• Experience with test stations and/or test station COTS/Hardware

• Bachelor of Science Systems Engineering, Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering or Computer Science degree preferred

What We Offer: 

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, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection  

• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits  

• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning   

• Adoption Assistance            

• Autism Benefit   

• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions   

• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program  

• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits   

• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services  

• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion p