Date Posted:
2023-11-28
Country:
United States of America
Location:
HIA32: Cedar Rapids, IA 400 Collins Rd NE , Cedar Rapids, IA, 52498-0505 USA
Position Role Type:
Onsite
Do you want to be a part of something bigger? A team whose impact stretches across the world, and even beyond? At Collins Aerospace, our Mission Systems team helps civilian, military and government customers complete their most complex missions — whatever and wherever they may be. Our customers depend on us for intelligent and secure communications, missionized systems for specialized aircraft and spacecraft and collaborative space solutions. By joining our team, you’ll have your own critical part to play in ensuring our customer succeeds today while anticipating their needs for tomorrow. Are you up for the challenge? Join our mission today.
Principal Project Engineer – Secure Processing Solutions (Onsite)
Our nation's security depends on the sacrifice of the men and women who defend our country. For them to do this effectively, they need the technology that keeps them a step ahead of their adversaries. This means providing secure yet technologically advanced equipment to our service personnel, fielded as quickly as possible. Our commitment is to do exactly that.
The Secure Processing Solutions (SPS) department is responsible for the design, test and certification of secure mission computers, cross domain technologies, and cryptographic products which equip our warfighters to thrive in today’s multi-domain battlespace. Our department collaborates with portfolio teams across the organization to help capture new business and create security solutions that address our customers’ demanding needs.
The SPS Systems Engineering team is seeking a Project Engineer who has a passion for innovation and the drive to see new technology and capability matured into fielded solutions. This role will contribute to a team that is responsible for systems and cyber security engineering tasks related to next generation cryptographic and cross domain solution technologies, maturing products from customer concepts through accreditation and factory production.
No need to be an established subject matter expert, we are looking for talented individuals that love to problem solve and have a desire to grow and gain exposure to new skills. Our customers come from all different backgrounds, and so do our employees. If you're passionate about what you could accomplish here, we'd love to hear from you.
What YOU will do:
- YOU will work closely with a highly motivated and dedicated team of professionals and other internal/external stakeholders in support of engineering development activities for cross domain products, reporting program status, key performance metrics, and discussion of program issues and concerns.
- YOU will provide project execution management including detail planning, status and analysis, while also participating in system design and implementation activities where possible.
- YOU will contribute to the development and cadence cost & schedule execution plans that are in compliance with customer needs and internal Collins processes and procedures; understand risks and variances and assist in the development of mitigation plans; become 100% involved in the day-to-day execution of product development.
- YOU will perform project engineering and cost account management for assigned program scope and be cognizant for assigned cost and schedule.
- YOU will support the development of technical proposals and cost estimates during bid and proposal efforts.
- YOU will participate in and facilitate Agile team ceremonies, Agile sprint reviews, user story refinement and end of sprint product demos.
What YOU will learn:
- You will be able to gain highly visible leadership experience and exposure to influential individuals across Mission Systems that will help advance your career.
- You will obtain invaluable experience working with government certification agencies, our customer base, and our subject matter experts on the team, learning exactly what it takes to deliver a security hardened product in a world where cyber resiliency is critical to success.
- You can take flight to becoming knowledgeable in security hardened products with exposure to the variety of business and products in an ever-evolving field. We are growing, so can you!
Basic Qualifications:
- Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 12 years of relevant experience.
- Must be a U.S. Citizen
- Must have or be capable of obtaining a US Department of Defense (DoD) security clearance. Candidate selected will be subject to a government security investigation/reinstatement and must meet eligibility requirements
Skills you must have:
- Experience as a Product Owner and/or Scrum Master.
- Experience working in an Agile or DevOps development environment and being part of highly integrated Agile teams working closely with multiple engineering development teams (SW, HW, Cyber, SYS).
- Experience working with and communicating / presenting technical information to various levels of leadership, such as program managers, technical leads (IPTs, Chief Engineers, Architects), and potentially customers.
- Experience working multiple projects and being responsible for multiple concurrent project milestones with overlapping deadlines.
- Experience in Systems Engineering process development and deployment.
- Experience using the Atlassian resource suite, specifically: Jira and Confluence
Skills we value:
- Active U.S. DoD security clearance
- Experience with engineering lifecycle management tools / platforms such as Azure DevOps, Cameo, Enterprise Architect, or similar resources
- Project Management and Systems engineering experience executing development of security hardened systems/products within a classified development environment.
- Prior experience with bid and pursuit work in an USG DOD acquisition model.
- Familiarity with systems engineering development process including requirements capture, design, decomposition, integration, verification, and validation.
Diversity drives innovation; inclusion drives success. We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers. We are committed to fostering a culture where all employees can share their passions and ideas so we can tackle the toughest challenges in our industry and pave new paths to limitless possibility.
Some of our competitive benefits package includes:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
- Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
- Tuition reimbursement
- Life insurance and disability coverage
- Optional coverages you can buy: Pet Insurance, Home and Auto, additional life insurance, accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal
- Ovia Health, fertility and family planning
- Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 5 free counseling sessions
- Redbrick - Incentives for a Healthy You
- Autism Benefit
- Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
- Adoption Assistance
- Best Doctors, second opinion program
- And more!
At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form – with our customers and with each other -- propel us all higher, again and again.
Apply now and be part of the team that’s redefining aerospace, every day.
RTX is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.
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