Engineering Director - Mission Systems IPT Chief Engineer

Engineering Director - Platform, Production, and Sustainment IPT Chief Engineer

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.

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.

We seek someone with a keen interest in aviation and technology, who loves to dig in to technical problems and work with a highly skilled team of engineers. You'll learn about aircraft systems and building advanced flight and mission simulators for commercial and military customers in a dynamic environment.

This position requires: US Government Department of Defense Active Secret Security Clearance required prior to Day 1, Top Secret preferred.

Onsite:
This is an onsite role supporting our Richardson, Texas location.

Collins Aerospace is seeking an experienced technical and functional leader to serve as the Chief Engineer for the Mission System Integrated Product Team (IPT) on the Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC) program. This Director level leader is responsible for technical direction, subsystem development, subsystem integration, and subsystem-level test execution for the Mission System. The Mission System IPT is responsible for the development and maturation of all systems that collectively form the SAOC Mission System, which are subsequently integrated, verified, and validated by the Systems Engineering, Integration, and Test (SEIT) organization.

What You Will Do:

• Provide executive-level technical leadership for Mission System subsystem development, integration, and subsystem-level testing.
• Serve as functional leader for all Project Engineers assigned to the Mission System IPT, ensuring proper staffing, mentoring, and performance oversight.
• Own the technical execution strategy of the Mission System IPT, ensuring subsystem performance meets cost, schedule, and technical baselines.
• Ensure subsystem requirements development, allocation, and verification planning align with engineering standards and the SEIT technical baseline.
• Oversee subsystem-level test strategy, readiness, and delivery of subsystem artifacts to SEIT for higher-level integration.
• Drive early identification of subsystem-level risks, integration issues, or requirement conflicts and lead timely resolution.
• Lead Mission System design reviews, readiness events, and technical interchange meetings with SEIT and other IPTs.
• Collaborate with Program Management to ensure alignment with EVMS, the integrated master schedule, risk and opportunity management, and cost account performance.
• Provide frequent technical status, performance metrics, and risk assessments to program leadership and customer counterparts.
• Promote engineering discipline, configuration control, and strong adherence to Collins and RTX development processes.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Active and transferable DoD Secret security clearance. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
• Ideally a Bachelor's degree in STEM and at least 14 years engineering experience, or advanced degree with 12+ years relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience in systems engineering, subsystem development, integration, verification, validation, or test on major defense or aerospace programs.
• Experience leading engineering teams, project engineers, or cross-functional subsystem development groups.
• Experience with EVMS, technical baseline management, and structured risk and opportunity management.
• Strong ability to identify technical issues early and drive rapid cross-functional investigation and resolution.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including customer-facing interactions.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Leadership experience on complex, multi-year defense or aerospace development programs.
• Experience developing C4
  
  ISR mission systems or major aircraft mission equipment.
• Experience preparing subsystems for higher-level system integration and verification environments.
• Experience applying MBSE to subsystem development and verification planning.
• Experience leading multi-site or geographically distributed engineering teams.
• Advanced technical degree (M.S. or Ph.D.).
• Active and transferable DoD Top Secret security clearance.

What we offer:

Some of our competitive benefits packages include:

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