Principal Project Engineer; Onsite

Location

Fort Wayne, IN, USA – onsite, with hybrid/remote arrangements allowed where applicable.

Principal Project Engineer – Battle Management Command & Control (BMC2) within Collins Aerospace, an RTX company.

• 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.
• Demonstrate experience collaborating effectively and building partnerships with others inside and outside the parent organization.
• Understand and manage both customer‑funded and internally‑funded projects, including potentially 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.
• Contribute estimates (both Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) and formal Request for Proposal (RFP) responses) for new customers and/or additional capabilities for existing customers.
• Contribute to operational plans for IFATDS development over a 2‑year time window.
• Contribute to updates to processes and policies relating to execution of Engineering work.
• Contribute to software development and/or systems engineering tasks as needed.
• Travel:
  Willingness to travel occasionally to support customer events and related external activities. Demonstrated experience applying effective leadership.

• 8+ years of work‑related experience with emphasis on Software Engineering and/or Systems Engineering.
• Experience in proposals and projects in an execution leadership role that included responsibility for scope, schedule, and budget management.
• 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.
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued Secret security clearance is required prior to start date. Position will require the ability to access U.S.
  
  -only data systems.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

• Experience working with the Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS) for DoD and/or IFATDS for international customers.
• Technical credibility or domain knowledge in any of the following areas:
  Battle Management, COA analysis, Variable Message Format (VMF) “K‑series” messages, Joint or Coalition interoperability, Long‑Range Precision Fires, Extended Range Cannon Artillery, Extended Range Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems, Projectile Tracking Systems, Fire Direction Centers, Common Operational Picture, meteorology (MET), or target acquisition.
• Domain knowledge of targeting, target acquisition process, and the employment and use of field artillery for accurate and effective fires.
• Fluency in Forward Observer and crew TTPs for field artillery in tactical environments in Multi Domain Operations (MDO).
• Ability to establish key elements of operational plans with direct impact towards the achievement of results and holding people accountable for their contributions.
• Ability to see the context, and develop or adjust relevant processes, standards and operational plans in support of the Engineering functional strategy.
• Knowledge of open standards SW development requirements.
• Knowledgeable of Agile iterative software development.
• Knowledge and experience in Dev Sec Ops  best practices.
• Experience developing software in Ada and/or Java.
• Master of Science degree (M.S.) in Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Math, Physics or related field.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching…