Senior Software Engineering Manager – Mission Sensor Manager; Onsite

Overview

Date Posted:
Country:
United States of America

Location:

US-IA-CEDAR RAPIDS-182 ~ 1100 Cimmie Ave Ne ~ BLDG 182
Position Role Type:
Onsite
U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:
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
Security Clearance Type:
DoD Clearance:
Secret
Security Clearance Status:
Active and existing security clearance required after day 1

Picture this: a Blackhawk helicopter soaring through the night sky, navigating treacherous terrain to deliver critical support to soldiers on the ground. Or a Chinook braving hostile environments to transport troops and essential supplies to the front lines. In these high-stakes moments, success hinges on the flawless integration of advanced mission sensors and weapons systems that provide crews with the precision, situational awareness, and reliability they need to perform under extreme conditions.

As a Mission Sensor Manager on our Weapons Systems Integration Team, you'll play a pivotal role in designing and integrating these cutting-edge technologies for rotary and fixed-wing platforms, ensuring mission readiness and operational excellence. Specifically, you will lead teams that develop the most sophisticated and trusted avionics systems in the world. Your leadership will ensure that our technology performs flawlessly in the most critical moments, enabling heroes to save lives.

Are you ready to join our team and make a difference where it truly matters?

Collins Aerospace is seeking a talented Senior Engineering Manager to lead a multidisciplinary team of Systems and Software engineers on their quest to integrate modern mission sensor and weapons systems for the war fighter. This team works in a collaborative environment and performs activities including: requirements definition and analysis, design, development, integration, test, verification, validation, and certification of software products within our Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS) and Flight2 Architectures.

The ideal candidate will have a good understanding of systems and software development practices, Agile development methodologies, military/commercial certification, and experience leading execution teams.

Product Summary: CAAS Management Solutions - Our signature products for Military Avionics and Helicopters as part of the Collins Integrated Avionics Systems, fielded on thousands of aircraft today, at this moment. Specific capabilities include FMS (Flight Management Systems), Performance Application, System Manager, Comm, Flight Director, and Flight Controls. Please see the following links for more details:

• Technical direction:
  Candidate must be able to lead a team and apply sound engineering principles related to Avionics software development.
• Project management:
  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.
• Process management:
  Candidate must be able to guide team members on the utilization of design and development processes, military avionics certification, and ensure that the design activities are consistent with the product lifecycle development for new and existing products through internal guidance and adherence to external development processes outlined by our customers.
• Bids and proposals:
  Candidate must be able to lead, review, and provide guidance to team members on bid and proposal activities, to include FAR Part 15 and TINA activities.
• Personnel administration:
  Candidate must be able to make hiring decisions, performance assessment decisions, ensure management of personnel issues, and create a highly engaged and motivated team.
• 10% travel as needed.

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of…