Engineering Director, Systems Engineering, Integration & Test (SEIT) Chief Engineer (ONSITE)

Date Posted: 2026-09-29

Country: United States of America

Location: US-TX-RICHARDSON-461 3200 E Renner Rd RENNER BLDG 461

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: Top Secret

Security Clearance Status: Active and existing security clearance required after day 1

At RTX, the world's 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.

Collins Aerospace is seeking a seasoned technical executive to serve as the Systems Engineering, Integration, and Test (SEIT) Chief Engineer for the SAOC program. This leader is responsible for all systems engineering, integration, verification, validation, and test execution activities across the program. The SEIT Chief Engineer ensures technical integrity, disciplined engineering execution, requirements alignment, and full system coherence across all IPTs. This role incorporates expanded responsibilities, including technical baseline governance, engineering process excellence, and enterprise integration consistent with senior director expectations.

What You Will Do

• Provide executive-level technical leadership for all SAOC systems engineering, integration, verification, validation, and test activities.
• Govern the end-to-end technical baseline, ensuring requirements, architecture, interfaces, integration sequencing, and verification strategies remain aligned with program and customer objectives.
• Drive system-level integration from lab environments through HWIL/SIL, ground testing, and flight testing to ensure robust, mission-ready performance.
• Lead long-range technical strategy and forward-looking architecture planning to ensure mission resilience, system continuity, and evolving operational capability.
• Ensure strong alignment across IPTs and across engineering domains such as software, hardware, avionics, cyber, safety/airworthiness, and aircraft modification.
• Coordinate engineering execution with Program Management through EVMS, technical performance metrics, and integrated master schedule alignment.
• Lead engineering readiness events, major design reviews, integration milestones, and customer technical engagements.
• Responsible for technical direction across all SEIT functions with decision authority over technical execution, ensuring the system meets requirements and mission CONOPS.
• Ensure successful technical execution of the program by maintaining a cohesive, end-to-end engineering approach across all IPTs.
• Evaluate and drive critical requirements into the program baseline, ensuring systems engineering, cybersecurity/IA, development, integration, test, and operational needs are satisfied to contract compliance.
• Provide oversight and review of engineering metrics, offering clear summaries and action plans to leadership and customer stakeholders.
• Lead Engineering Review Board (ERB) change management, integration of customer-driven change, defect management, and root-cause/performance-management actions.
• Ensure application of Technical Performance Measures (TPMs) to track engineering progress, assess risk, and identify emerging issues.
• Oversee and manage the SEIT Risk & Opportunity process, leveraging enterprise capabilities to reduce risk and capture opportunities.
• Identify and exploit synergies across the SAOC program and RTX enterprise engineering activities.
• Ensure systems engineering baselines are horizontally and vertically consistent across all technical artifacts, IPTs, and engineering processes.
• Collaborate across engineering, supplier organizations, and customer stakeholders to ensure technical performance meets mission needs.
• Drive mission success by ensuring engineering quality, architecture integrity, technical risk reduction, and disciplined systems engineering execution.
• Provide executive-level communication and influence to guide senior decision-making across a matrixed organization.
• Support engineering excellence through workforce mentorship, coaching, and development across geographically distributed teams.
• Drive technical performance and ensure mission success on large defense programs.
• Communicate effectively with executive/senior leaders to build alignment and influence key decisions.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Experience as a SEIT IPT Lead, Chief Engineer, Program Engineer, or IPT Lead on a major program.
• Experience managing large software and systems development programs across multiple environments.
• Strong knowledge of multiple engineering disciplines, including large-scale software development, IPDS, and EVMS.
• Experience managing suppliers in technical or programmatic oversight roles.
• Experience across all phases of the program lifecycle.
• Experience leading geographically dispersed teams and operating effectively in a matrixed environment.
• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 14 years prior relevant experience ++or++ an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 12 years of experience

Qualifications We Prefer

• Active and transferable U.S. government issued DoD Top Secret clearance is required prior to start date.
• Leadership experience on ACAT I--equivalent or multi-hundred-million-dollar programs.
• Experience applying MBSE, digital engineering, and model-based verification.
• Experience leading technical transformation efforts or process modernization initiatives.

What We Offer

• 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 program
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
• Carrot Health to hormonal health, fertility, and family building
• Adoption Assistance
• Autism Benefit
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
• And more!

Eligible for Relocation

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.

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.

The salary range for this role is 186,200 USD - 353,800 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company's performance.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

*RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act.*

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