Senior Principal Project Engineer; Onsite

Location

US-IN-FT WAYNE-150A ~ 1010 Production Rd ~ BLDG 150A

United States of America

Onsite

Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Secret - Current

Active and existing security clearance required on day 1

At RTX, the world largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world‑class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

Battle Management Command & Control (BMC2) is seeking a talented Senior Principal Project Engineer to serve as a Project Engineer responsible for cost, schedule, and technical performance of proprietary software programs and to support those programs as needed with software engineering and/or systems engineering tasks. This position is located onsite in Fort Wayne, IN and requires a current/active US Secret security clearance.

Our organization is part of Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, with a vision to be defense industry leaders in the Fires Command and Control (C2) battlespace. The candidate will have the opportunity to leverage industry best practice product development life cycles and work as part of a team of software and systems engineers to provide allied international warfighters with Fires C2 technologies and solutions via the International Field Artillery Tactical Data System (IFATDS).

IFATDS provides fully automated support for planning, coordinating, controlling and executing fires and effects, including mortars, field artillery cannons, rockets and missiles, close air support, attack aviation and Naval surface fire‑support systems.

The candidate will be expected to work with engineers, customers, and leadership to turn ideas into reality and to help carry the IFATDS Product Line into a sustainable value stream. As Project Engineer, the candidate will be responsible for the day-to-day management of software development and testing for one or more IFATDS programs.

• Collaborate across programs, engineering teams, and functions to identify efficiencies 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.
• Demonstrated experience collaborating effectively and building partnerships with others inside and outside the parent organization.
• Serve as the primary customer point of contact for Engineering matters.
• Understand and manage both customer‑funded and internally‑funded projects, usually more than one project at a time.
• Guide team members on the management of scope, schedule, and budget for engineering design activities and be directly involved in project management and execution, including Earned Value and Risk Management.
• Demonstrate sound decision‑making skills, strategic thinking, networking skills, and the ability to accurately forecast resource needs.
• Develop estimates (both Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) and formal Request for Proposal (RFP) responses) for new customers and/or additional capabilities for existing customers. Brief Engineering and Program leadership on engineering estimates.
• Own and develop operational plans for IFATDS development over a 2‑year time window.
• Own and update processes and policies relating to execution of Engineering work
• Contribute to software development and/or systems engineering tasks as needed.
• Willingness to travel occasionally to support customer events and related external activities.
• Demonstrated experience applying effective leadership.

• 10+ years of work‑related experience with emphasis on Software Engineering and/or Systems Engineering.
• Experi…