Principal Project Engineer - Product Owner - Ejection Seating (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2025-02-13

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HCO03: Mission Systems (Ejec Seating) 1225 Aeroplaza Drive , Colorado Springs, CO, 80916 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

Principal Project Engineer - Product Owner - Ejection Seating (Onsite)

Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies 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 Ejection Seating is the leader in providing a safe and robust Ejection System to most USAF platforms.  Currently we are in the process of modernizing our fleets to the upgraded ACES 5 platform, providing a much safer ejection envelop to ensure those who are born to fly, can walk away.

What You Will Do:

• Ensures processes are adhered to by the engineering execution team and liaises with program management and other IPT leads to assure technical goals are achieved.
• Responsible for capturing lessons learned.
• Take ownership of technical project execution through Design & Development activities into Production
• Present project status to multiple levels of Leadership
• Work as part of a cohesive team with test engineering, product engineering, system engineering, program management and Operations
• Maintain and oversee Earned Value Management as a Cost Account Manager and Product Owner
• Breakdown Work Package and tasking via Jira Work Packages and Stories
• Align on an Agile execution for Systems, Test and Mechanical Design tasking
   

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Bachelor’s degree (typically in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM)) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience OR Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years experience OR In absence of a degree, 12 years of relevant experience is required 
• U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, refugee or asylee) or eligible to obtain necessary export authorizations required.
• https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-120/subpart-C/section-120.62
• Agile Experience (Alm: Jira/Wiki experience required)
• EVMS/CAM Experience
• Experience in Systems Requirement/Artifact breakdown
• Experience in Test Plan and Execution Artifact breakdown

Preferred Qualifications:

• Outstanding communication skills, especially cross-discipline
• Exhibit a positive attitude and great mentoring/delegating skills
• Strong interpersonal skills and skills facilitating working in a team environment
• Collins ISAT and EVMS/CAM experience
• Collins ALM: Jira and Wiki experience
• Experience in Mechanical Design processes
• Experience in Enovia/PDM

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.

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, fe