Program Chief Engineer - Hardware Development (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2024-10-16

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HOR32: Wilsonville, OR 27300 SW Parkway , Wilsonville, OR, 97070-9215 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

Collins Aerospace Vision Systems Engineering – The Program Chief Engineer (PCE) is responsible for coordinating a team of multidiscipline engineers in the development of complex electro-optical-mechanical hardware in a regulated avionics environment. The PCE is responsible for schedule creation, project execution, performance against cost and milestone baselines, tracking of Earned Value Metrics, technical guidance of the integrated product team, and reporting of status on all associated tasks. This position will work with little or no supervision.

What You Will Do:

• Chief Engineer position with emphasis on program and technical coordination

• Lead technical system level specifications and requirements capture

• Manage program activities for a multi-discipline engineering development team

• Coordinate Complex Electronic Hardware (CEH) DO-254, DO-160 and SW DO-178 certification compliance planning and activities

• Create, execute, and track program schedules.

• Oversee detailed designs - including architecture, drawing creation, design analysis, test plans, and design reviews

• Establish functional test and design verification strategies

• Help define Production Test Requirements

• Coordinate with manufacturing teams to support New Product Introduction and early customer deliverables

• Plan and track all engineering deliverables to the customer 

• Coordinate the development of Support Test Equipment

• Plan and track the execution of Electrical and Environmental Qualification Tests

What You Will Learn:

• How to lead and execute a large multidisciplinary engineering team in a regulated avionics engineering environment

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations 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

• U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, or granted refugee or asylee status) as defined here:
  https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-120/subpart-C/section-120.62

• 10+ years of engineering development experience with technical project management and/or extensive engineering lead background is required.

• Experience with Earned Value based project management is required.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Experience in Complex Electronic Hardware development and DO-254/DO-160 compliance 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 program

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