Director, Cargo Engineering (hybrid)

Date Posted:

2025-05-14

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HND01: Interiors (Cargo) - Jamestown 2604 Highway 20 North, Jamestown, ND, 58401 USA

Position Role Type:

Hybrid

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

U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Security Clearance:

None/Not Required

Collins Aerospace is seeking a dynamic leader for the position of Director, Cargo Engineering, to be based at one of the following locations: Jamestown or Fargo, ND; Lenexa, KS; or Phoenix, AZ. In this key position, you’ll drive the strategy, execution, and innovation of our Cargo Systems engineering organization, collaborating with global teams to meet both customer and business goals.

As a senior leader, you'll shape the technology strategy, develop a strong product portfolio, and foster a culture centered on CORE & RLPM principles. You’ll lead complex, cross-functional projects across multiple locations, ensuring performance objectives are met while maintaining adherence to company policies.

Joining Collins Aerospace isn’t just about finding a job; it’s about embarking on a journey to redefine the future of aerospace technology. Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. If you're ready to lead high-impact teams and drive change, we want to hear from you!

For candidates based in Lenexa, KS or Phoenix, AZ, due to the hybrid nature of this role, they must be available and willing to travel to and from Jamestown, ND approximately 50% of the time.

This position is eligible for relocation support.

What You Will Do:

• Drives execution of strategic programs to ensure longevity of product line as well as engage with industry and customer leaders to ensure current and future customer needs are consistently captured and delivered

• Develops engineering talent, and the identification and coaching of engineering leaders is a key responsibility within this role.  The leader will ensure the engineering teams are trained in the advanced tools, techniques and processes to drive superior quality into every product we produce

• Directly manages and leads large teams of individual specialists and manager including multi-disciplinary, multi-organization teams. Works across the organization and various disciplines, including Engineering, Quality, Business and Operations

• Contributes to the development of program execution and certification plans and ensure the overall resource demands in terms of staffing, test facilities, and capabilities satisfy the needs of the program execution teams.

• Works with Discipline Managers, Program Chief Engineer, and Engineering Integrated Product Team (IPT) leaders to identify short and long term capacity and capability gaps and drive corresponding plans to resolve differences between resource supply versus demand.  This will include development of internal and external relationships to leverage state-of-the-art non-core engineering capabilities

• Responsibility for overall Design Authority for the site and provides the senior level technical and engineering interface into customers and internally within Collins Aerospace. The candidate is accountable for ensuring rigorous design reviews are conducted to underpin formal certification of each deliverable product. Will also manage engineering budgets, headcount and cost centers to ensure accurate forecasts are maintained and financial obligations are achieved

• Travel domestically and internationally

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 14 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 12 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 18 years of relevant experience

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Project management and performance measurement using an Earned Value Management System (EVMS)

• Requirements Management & Financial/Budgeting Acumen

• Direct experience with Lean, Agile, CORE, PPAP, and policy deployment

• Experience leading and coaching people to develop core leadership skills and innovative solutions to problems

• Demonstrated experience with leading organizations involved in the execution of a large portfolio of technically advanced engineering programs

• Technical leadership experience with a global team

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