Program Chief Engineer – Airbus & European Customers (Hybrid)

Date Posted:

2024-06-03

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HVT01: S&IS (FUS) - Vergennes 100 Panton Rd, Vergennes, VT, 05491 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

Join our dynamic team as the Program Chief Engineer, leading the technical forefront for Airbus Commercial & Military Programs. In this pivotal role, you'll excel in building robust customer relationships, driving business growth, and executing strategic initiatives. You'll manage and inspire a talented engineering team while serving as the primary interface between our company and Airbus UK. Your extensive background in fuel systems will enable you to provide expert guidance and innovative solutions, rapidly adapting to new technology applications. Leveraging your expertise and connections with other European customers, you'll broaden our product portfolio and open new avenues for business growth.
 

As the primary engineering interface, you'll lead the Program Office and Business Development teams for New Product Introduction (NPI) programs, ensuring projects meet technical, quality, schedule, and cost objectives. You'll be responsible for the performance of the engineering team and effective resource management, communicating needs to various disciplines to ensure projects are adequately staffed and exceed customer commitments. This role offers the opportunity to shape the future of our programs, work with cutting-edge technologies, and advance within a global company renowned for its commitment to excellence. Be part of a supportive team that values your insights and fosters a collaborative approach to problem-solving. If you're a visionary engineer with a passion for leading technical projects and driving customer success, we invite you to take the next step in your career with us. Apply today and become a key player in our journey to excellence.

What YOU Will Do:

• Key engineering interface with assigned customers for project portfolio.
• Key engineering interface to Business Development for guiding the advancement of products to meet customer needs and expectations.
• Provides support to production issues as needed.
• Overall technical leader and authority to the program, customer, partners and regulatory agencies.
• Drives overall technical execution of projects in the portfolio under his/her leadership.
• Ensures program scope is understood, and identifies overall budgetary needs for successful project execution.
• Drives execution and performance measurement of the CPI/SPI process to ensure all program requirements and objectives are met on schedule and within the authorized budget.
• Ensures the IPTs develop, maintain and communicate resource demand forecasts to disciplines (functional management), and global engineering centers required to support the program.
• Develops overall program milestones and master schedules.
• Develops a schedule for program technical reviews, and ensures design reviews are executed to standard work.
• Executes the program in accordance with Collins Management System, and reviews and approves deviations and task tailoring.
• Review and approval of formal program technical communication and documentation with customer.
• Supports the PMO change management process with impact assessments, trade studies, and assertions.

• Supports product line strategy development and technology roadmapping events.
• Ensures the development and management of technical risks and develop and executes mitigation plans.
• Ensures design-to-cost targets are achieved.

• Ensures requirements standard work is executed, and all technical requirements are met, and successful integration is achieved with the customer’s system.

• Ensure compliance with international trace compliance polices and procedures.
• Ensures the protection of Collins and safeguard of customer and supplier/partner intellectual property.

What YOU Will Learn:

• You will learn to manage complex projects by overseeing technical execution, resource management, and budgetary needs. This includes mastering the development of program milestones, master schedules, and ensuring all program requirements are met on schedule and within budget.
• You will enhance your ability to build and maintain robust customer relationships, serving as the primary interface between the company and key customers like Airbus UK. This will involve understanding customer needs, managing expectations, and effectively communicating technical information
• By providing expert guidance on fuel systems and other technological applications, you will refine their skills in offering innovative solutions and rapid adaptation to new technologies. You will also gain experience in leading engineering teams and driving the technical execution of projects