Principal Systems Engineer - Engines and MEMS; EMEMS Sensors; Onsite

Principal Systems Engineer

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Collins Aerospace is a leader in technologically advanced, intelligent solutions that help redefine the aerospace and defense industry. With a comprehensive portfolio and deep technical expertise, we help customers meet the demands of the global market. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

The Principal Systems Engineer will work in the Engines and MEMS (EMEMS) Sensors design department supporting the team in developing highly reliable products which meet customer specified requirements/expectations at the lowest competitive cost. The engineer will be a highly motivated self-starter who will be capable of providing technical leadership to complex, multi-discipline projects, providing mentoring to other engineers, and driving innovation.

The engineer will be expected to represent the organization as a prime customer contact on existing products and new designs, including making presentations to customers.

In this high visibility role, the Principal Systems Engineer will coordinate with a cross-functional design team of hardware, software, and test engineers. This role interfaces with design engineers, operations, quality, program management, business development, and customers to establish requirements for new programs, execute existing developments, and support in-service products. The candidate should have skills and experience in the major disciplines of systems engineering: modeling and simulation, systems architecture development, requirements development/management, and validation and verification.

• Confidently provide clear, concise communications with peers and Collins leadership.
• Pursue cost saving opportunities to maximize project profitability.
• Monitor and assess system issues; develop resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and customer-satisfaction goals and objectives.
• Interact with internal and external customers.
• Participate in the new product design cycle with engineering teams, including presenting at design reviews.
• Establishing and adhering to schedules and budget for system engineering activities.
• Gather and evaluate customer and industry specifications/requirements based on understanding of domain and technology.
• Providing system-level engineering expertise and technical leadership to a cross-functional engineering team, from requirements definition through detailed design implementation and verification.
• Participation in architecture trade studies, modeling/analysis/simulation, component failure mode and effects analysis, and safety analysis.
• Performing statistical and qualitative analyses of data sets.
• Leading and/or supporting system-level functional, performance, and robustness testing.
• Supporting compliance to SAE ARP
  4754, or other guidelines, for development of aircraft systems as required.
• Perform analysis at all levels of the total system product including concept, design, fabrication, modeling, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal.
• Perform technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems.
• Consider and evaluate alternatives accounting for similar metrics.
• Manage configuration process, perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.
• Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
• Perform architectural exploration.
• Decompose customer specifications and system level requirements into sub-system and piece part requirements and generates verification criteria and plans for the requirements.

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience
• Demonstrated technical and leadership responsibility on electronic development and integration programs.
• Demonstrated ability to prepare and present stage gate design reviews both internally and externally to customers
• Demonstrated excellent communication skills with the ability to facilitate teamwork across functions.
• Prior experience managing and coordinating hardware and software development configurations throughout the engineering process.
• Prior experience establishing design work scope content for…