Principal Program Chief Engineer - Ejection and Propulsion (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2024-12-18

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HCA09: Mission Sys (Propulsion) 3530 Branscombe Road , Fairfield, CA, 94533 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

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.

Principal Program Chief Engineer - Ejection and Propulsion (Onsite)

This position is for a Program Chief supporting various development and product sustainment programs.  The program chief is the primary technical interface to the customer and has the primary accountability for meeting technical requirements and scope for the program including cost and schedule.  They lead the development of work methods, develops overall systems strategy, provide support and guidance to various technical teams, and approve common work practices.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Primary technical interface to the customer and has the primary accountability for meeting technical requirements and scope for the program including cost and schedule.
• Directs technical system-level trade studies and has design authority approval.
• Ensures processes are adhered to by the engineering execution team and liaises with program management and 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
• Lead project activities, provide technical guidance, and motivate multi-disciplinary engineering teams ensuring collaboration of Engineering and Production activities
• Coordinate project staffing with Engineering Management and provide timely forecasts of staffing demand
• Perform Risks & Opportunities Management activities throughout project execution
• Track, report, and analyze project health metrics, to include Earned Value, Requirements, Test Burndown, Software/Hardware Discovery and Quality
• Present project status to multiple levels of Leadership
• Support internal and external stakeholders as the primary technical point of contact
• Support Pursuit & Order capture activities including bidding & estimation efforts for new projects.  This will include activities such as proposal response, development of the work breakdown structure and statement of work, support technical design approach, and creation of project schedule
• Evaluate & document current (and define future) architectures to solve business problems

Basic Qualifications:

• 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 
• Must be a U.S. citizen

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong leadership experience (Project or People Management)
• Design, analysis or test engineering experience
• Earned Value experience
• Customer communications and customer management experience

Location:

• Onsite at either the Fairfield, CA or Colorado Springs, CO location

Diversity drives innovation; inclusion drives success. We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers. We are committed to fostering a culture where all employees can share their passions and ideas so we can tackle the toughest challenges in our industry and pave new paths to limitless possibility.

What We Offer:

• 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 bu