Senior Principal Systems Engineer (Active Clearance)

Systems Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead

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.

The Secure Subsystems Department is responsible for the design, test, and certification of cross-domain technologies and cryptographic products that 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-hardened solutions that address our customers' demanding needs.

Our team is looking for a Systems Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead with a passion for innovation and the drive to see new technology and capability matured into fielded solutions. You will ensure the Scrum Team is focused on developing the right things and performs Control Account Management (CAM) responsibilities. The IPT Lead is a technical leader embedded within the Scrum Teams to provide technical guidance, influence work backlog, and collaborates with Product Management to plan and deliver solutions. You will contribute to a team responsible for systems and cyber security engineering tasks related to our next-generation security-enabled mission computing, crypto, and cross-domain technologies, maturing products from low TRL through a program of record accreditation and factory production.

We are looking for talented individuals who are influencers, problem-solvers, collaborators and 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.

Sign-on Bonus Eligible

What You Will Do

• Lead and mentor a Systems Engineering Scrum Team through Design and Development efforts
• Communicate with multiple levels of management, team members, and customers.
• Interface with multiple Hardware and Software Scrum Teams to work through dependencies and technical challenges
• Prepare and maintain project plans, budgets, and staffing requirements to ensure that all action item lists are completed, and project quality expectations are met
• Estimate costs, resources, and time required to complete projects to ensure business targets are met
• Maintain and provide analysis of trends, performance, resource cost and forecasting reports
• Gather and analyze data to monitor projects' progress in terms of cost, schedule, and technical specifications to facilitate operations and ensure that established objectives and budgets are achieved
• Meet with the project team regularly to manage project performance, status, open issues, and tasks
• Conduct critical path analysis and works closely with the program leadership to manage tasks and workflow
• Monitor and assess project issues, escalates when necessary, and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and customer-satisfaction goals and objectives
• Provide support for proposal and bids, and using estimation tools.
• Travel up to 10%

What YOU Will Learn

• You will gain technical leadership experience, mentorship opportunities, and exposure to very influential individuals within Mission Systems that will help advance your career.
• You will obtain invaluable experience working with our security and crypto certification specialists, our customer base, and cross-functional integrated product team.
• 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!

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience.
• Active and existing Secret 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.
• Experience as a Control Account Manager (CAM) focusing on Earned Value (EV).

Qualifications We Prefer

• Exceptionally strong communication skills, experience presenting technical data to program management.
• Experience operating as a Product Owner in an Agile Environment
• Experience with Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE) concepts and tools
• Experience capturing customer requirements, design concept development, and deriving and tracing system and sub-system level requirements.
• Experience with peer review processes, configuration and change management
• Familiarity with bidding and project/task estimation tools.

What We Offer

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 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
• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
• 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
• Eligible for relocation assistance
• And more!

Eligible for relocation.