Date Posted:

2024-09-17

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HVA34: Sterling, VA 22640 Davis Dr , Sterling, VA, 20164-7104 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.

Senior Project Engineer - Flight Simulation & Training (Onsite)

The Simulation & Training Solutions (STS) Defense Systems Engineering department seeks a Project Engineer (PE) to work with a team of engineers in an Agile environment for the development of new and exciting simulation systems and products. The PE serves as the single point of contact for coordinating risks and opportunities on large scale project developments. This position is responsible to work with technical and project leadership to plan, mitigate, track, and communicate across the project team regarding any risks that may impact the overall performance of the project.  In addition, this position is responsible to monitor and help achieve any opportunities in the project.

Position Description: 

The candidate will work with senior principal, principal and senior engineers in the execution of complex systems and projects; this position has a focus towards the management of risks and opportunities of the systems and projects.  The candidate will work with the program manager (VSL) and engineering leads to develop the program execution plan and plan for risk mitigations and achieving opportunities to meet budget goals, maintain predictable schedule performance, and meet all customer technical requirements.  The candidate must have demonstrated application of integrated project management, technical consistent process, earned value/cost account management, and risk managements for one or more programs in highly complex software and hardware/electrical projects.  The candidate will report risk and opportunities status to program management, leadership, and the engineering team as warranted.

The candidate will be expected to spend a significant portion of their time in a technical role in evaluation and analysis of mitigation plans for the risks; likewise on the drive to achieve opportunities within the project execution. The candidate should show the ability to unleash energy within a team through passion, enthusiasm, and leadership.  This position requires excellent written and verbal communication skills along with the ability to interface with Executive

Leadership, Program Managers and Operations Managers across all business areas within Collins Aerospace. In addition to communication with those functional areas, the candidate should be able to demonstrate the ability to create and leverage powerful networks to get the job done. This position is located onsite at our Sterling, VA location.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Bachelor’s degree (typically in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM)) and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited by local laws/regulations OR Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years experience OR In absence of a degree, 9 years of relevant experience is required 
• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued Secret Security clearance or higher is required prior to start date
• Ability to travel up to 15% of the time

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Knowledge of core concepts of risk mitigations and realizing opportunities
• Strong conceptual, planning, and problem-solving skills across multiple projects
• Strong computer skills and the utilization of MS Project, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint
• Experience with SAP
• Support development of the program execution plan
• Ensure projects remain within budget, on schedule, and meet all customer requirements

If you're looking for an opportunity to join a fast-paced team, with opportunities for growth than this team could be the perfect fit for you.  The STS Project Engineering Team will allow you the opportunity to experience all facets of Collins Aerospace STS development and be closely aligned with our customer to bring the best possible Simulation experience to the war fighters of today and tomorrow.

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.

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 
• 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  
• And more!  

Learn More & Apply Now!

The salary range for this role is 85,000 USD - 179,000 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/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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