Senior Principal Systems Engineer - Display Products (Hybrid)

Date Posted:

2023-03-03-08:00

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HIA32: Cedar Rapids, IA 400 Collins Rd NE , Cedar Rapids, IA, 52498-0505 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

The Display Products department is searching for a Sr. Principal Technical Project Manager to join our team.  We like to learn, have fun, and make a difference!  It comes easily when you work on cool products with hard-working individuals who share the same passion.  Our Displays engineering team leads the industry with cost competitive, innovative technology that sets ourselves apart from our competition and helps our customers make the most of their investment in our products. 

We are looking for a strong, passionate leader with an action oriented, collaborative mindset, who operates with a vision, delivers benefits to meet/exceed expectations, builds and enhances his/her teams, evaluates performance of self and others by results, plans for his/her team’s needs, anticipates project/organizational change, all while operating with Full Integrity. 

Display Products is responsible for designing displays for both commercial and military avionics.  The successful candidate will provide technical and strategic management of projects within the guidelines set by the LCVSM/Program Manager and Customer.  Primary responsibilities include the development and management of strategic relationships with display and display component suppliers for use in aerospace applications.  Responsibilities also include the communication and coordination between the various functional areas within Collins and the display supplier. This includes working closely with the Display Design and Technology groups consisting of both Hardware and Software Engineers.   He(she) is responsible for cost, schedule, and technical performance of the supplier(s) and for ensuring the supplier is appropriately supported by Collins and meets customer requirements.  Management responsibilities include project planning, budgeting, and interfacing with the internal business units.  This position requires knowledge and understanding of RC-TCP, RC-MAP, LCVSM, Earned Value, and Risk Management principals.   Strong leadership, multi-mode communication, organizational, strategic planning, and project management skills required. Previous technical project or strategic management experience required.  Technical engineering degree is preferred. Optical or displays engineering background is strongly desired.

Primary responsibilities:

• Development and management of strategic relationships with display suppliers for avionics
• Serves as the engineering project leader responsible for cost, schedule, and technical performance of the supplier(s)
• Project planning, budgeting, and interfacing with the internal business units
• Serves as the engineering project leader for programs developing Display Products, primarily hardware but also includes software, to ensure program commitments are met
• Serves as engineering project leader, providing project management and technical direction during all program phases including pursuit, bidding, planning, and execution
• Familiarity with AMLCDs used for avionics as well as emerging Display Technologies
• Ensures consistency with Collins Consistent Engineering Processes
• Ensures compliance with Program / Product requirements as reflected in design plans
• Leads wide range of entry-level to highly experienced Engineers
• Demonstrates technical expertise in Displays and the associated technologies
• Maintains awareness of Displays technology and Company's competitive position
• Leads customer business related activities including bids, proposals, and customer technical presentations

Qualifications/Experience Needed:

• 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

• Successful leadership experience in developing certified flight deck displays

• Experience managing technical projects including schedule and Earned Value management, risk management, customer interaction, and briefing executive leadership

• Experience related to the design and development of avionics displays is desired

• Experience with Avionics regulatory and certification requirements:  TSO, DO-160, DO-254, DO-178B/C

• Proven record of meeting objectives and commitments

• Possess a collaborative way of working

• Demonstrated success in balancing system performance and affordability

• Strong communicator, able to interface with the spectrum of individual contributor to executive leadership

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.

Our Avionics team advances flight deck solutions, airborne communications, vision systems, sensors and fire protection for commercial and military customers around the world. That means we’re helping people reach their destination safely and keeping pilots, passengers, flight crews, airlines, airports and military personnel connected and informed. And we’re providing industry-leading fire protection and safety systems that our customers can count on when it matters most. Are you ready to learn from the most knowledgeable experts in the industry, develop the technologies of tomorrow and reach new heights in your career? Join our Avionics team today.

We make modern flight possible for millions of travelers and our military every second.  Our major product lines are on-board virtually every aircraft flying. Be it keeping passengers safe with our emergency power generation systems or creating a positive in-flight experience through reliable cabin pressure controls and quieter engines, Power & Controls focuses on delivering a best-in-class experience to our customers. We hire the top people in the industry. Their ideas drive our performance, and their integrity keeps our customers happy. Join us as we take flight!

Collins Aerospace Diversity & Inclusion Statement:

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.

WE ARE REDEFINING AEROSPACE.

• Please consider the following role type definitions as you apply for this role.

Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

Hybrid: Employees who are working in Hybrid roles will work regularly both onsite and offsite.  Ratio of time working onsite will be determined in partnership with your leader.

Remote: Employees who are working in Remote roles will work primarily offsite (from home).  An employee may be expected to travel to the site location as needed. 

Regardless of your role type, collaboration and innovation are critical to our business and all employees will have access to digital tools so they can work with colleagues around the world – and access to Collins sites when their work requires in-person meetings.

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
• And more!

Nothing matters more to Collins Aerospace than our strong ethical and safety commitments. As such, all U.S. positions require a background check, which may include a drug screen.

Note:

• Background check and drug screen required (every external new hire in the U.S.)
• Drug Screen only performed on re-hires who have been gone for more than 1 year

At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form – with our customers and with each other -- propel us all higher, again and again.

Apply now and be part of the team that’s redefining aerospace, every day.

Raytheon Technologies is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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