Date Posted:

2024-05-07

Country:

United States of America

Location:

IN301: 1010 Production Rd Ft Wayne IN 1010 Production Road , Fort Wayne, IN, 46808 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

Do you have a passion in Autonomous Systems? Do you enjoy working in fast paced, innovative, and groundbreaking technology environments? Do you want to be part of a team that can rapidly design, develop, and field open, trusted, secure, certified, and operationally effective collaborative autonomous solutions? The Autonomy and Command & Control Battle Management (C2BM) is seeking a talented Associate Director of Systems Engineering to lead a cross functional team supporting proprietary autonomous programs.

Autonomy and C2BM is a newly formed Collins Aerospace business with a vision to be defense industry leaders in command and control, battle management and developers and integrators of collaborative autonomy to extend the reach, survivability, and lethality of the humans across the all-domain, JADC2-enabled battlespace. The candidate will have the opportunity to leverage industry best practice Digital Engineering product development lifecycles and lead a team development autonomy technology in ways that have never been done before.

The candidate will be expected to work with engineers, customers, and leadership to turn ideas into reality and to help carry the future of the Autonomy Business into a sustainable value stream. The leader that fills this position will be responsible for tactical execution of programs, performance management, employee development, talent acquisition/retention, and strategic support of the business. This position will also be a leader of leaders which means the ideal candidate will have a proven track record of coaching and mentoring other managers just starting their leadership of people journey.

This position may require travel (up to 15%). Position requires that candidate has a final US DoD security clearance today, or ability to obtain a final security clearance (US Citizenship is required) to access classified information.

This is an onsite position and can be located in Fort Wayne, IN or McKinney, TX.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Executive level communication skills are required, to work within and across mission area programs to be successful and serves as the single point of contact for Engineering activities. Work to influence others regarding discipline's practices, concepts, and approaches. Requires ability to communicate with executive leaders on mission area strategic and tactical initiatives. The position also requires the ability to inspire and influence the program team to achieve the desired results.

• Experience in program management activities, including working knowledge of Earned Value Management System (EVMS). Candidate must be able to guide team members on the management of scope, schedule, and budget for engineering design activities; candidate will be directly involved in project management and execution, including Earned Value and Risk Management.

• Experience Managing a large team comprised of experienced professionals to develop new products, processes, standards or operational plans in support of the program.

• Communicating with program stakeholders and customers to drive customer deliverables on-schedule.

• Broad experience working front end of the business activities, leading engineering development efforts, and managing progressively larger and more complex engineering efforts.

• Experience working effectively in highly collaborative environments, a demonstrated ability to take ownership of tasks and lead technical efforts spanning multiple stakeholders and be able to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization as well as customers.

• This position requires an individual that can perform with minimal direct supervisory support. As such the candidate must be highly motivated and a self-starter.

• The ability to coordinate several complex engineering activities while balancing priorities and schedules.

• Experienced mentor giving guidance, direction and holding individuals accountable for deliverables in their domain area.

• Continuously improve the performance of the team through development of staff. This includes assigning resources to projects, setting and evaluating goals, coaching and management of compensation, recognition, and awards.

• The candidate will collaborate across programs and engineering teams to identify efficiencies, share resources, and support the development of best practices, necessitating an ability to clearly communicate objectives and status to audiences with varying degrees of understanding of the products and technology.

• The candidate will be required to understand and manage both customer and IR&D funded projects.

• Decision Making - The candidate must demonstrate sound decision-making skills, strategic thinking, networking skills, and the ability to accurately forecast resource needs.

• Personnel Administration - candidates must be able to perform hiring, performance assessment, management of personnel issues, and create a highly engaged and motivated team.

• Present staffing plans and software execution plans to program leadership.

• Willingness to travel occasionally to support customer events, and related external activities.

Qualifications/ Experience Needed:

• 12+ years of work-related experience with Systems and Software Engineering.

• Knowledge of open standards SW development requirements.

• Knowledge and experience in DevSecOps best practices.

• Experience working in Science and Technology environments where requirements are not well defined.

• Experience in proposals and projects execution leadership role that included responsibility for scope, schedule, and budget management.

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations and minimum 12 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 10 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 16 years of relevant experience

• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.

• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Current/Active US Security Clearance

• Experience working on Autonomous Collaborative Platforms and/or sUAS autonomy programs for Army, Navy, and/or Air Force customers.

• Domain knowledge in one or more of the following areas: Network Communications, Datalinks and Platform Integration.

• Knowledge of OMS-based architectures.

• Experience operating within Industry Consortiums

• Master of Science degree (M.S.) in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Math, Physics or related field.

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.

This position is 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.

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.

Mission Systems:

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.

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.

Employee Referral Eligible

The salary range for this role is 143,000 USD - 287,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

RTX 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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