Strategic Deterrence Program Area Chief Engineer (Onsite)

Date Posted:
2025-05-18
Country:
United States of America
Location:
HTX38: 1717 E Cityline Drive 1717 E Cityline Drive Building C17, Richardson, TX, 75082 USA
Position Role Type:
Onsite
U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:
Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.Security Clearance:
DoD Clearance: Top Secret

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers' toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.

Collins Aerospace is seeking an experienced engineering leader responsible for the execution of an ACAT 1 program. The Program Area Chief Engineer (PACE) will lead the L1 Integrative Project Team (IPT). In this role you will collaborate across program leadership functions including program management, business development, finance, and engineering line management. The PACE will provide technical direction to the program and ensure engineering execution across the IPTs to meet and/or exceed cost, schedule, and technical requirements. In this role you will be the primary technical point of contact with senior customer counterparts, internal senior program management and engineering leadership.

What You Will Do

• Ensure technical integrity and engineering execution across the IPT and other functions to meet and/or exceed cost, schedule, and technical requirements.
• Responsible for the oversite and program leadership of multiple Program Chiefs and/or Project Engineers
• Coordinates with engineering managers, project engineers, and IPT leads to ensure programs are staffed in accordance with agreed upon program plans
• Support the capture of new business and influence technical and product line roadmaps, ensuring they are reflected in program planning and execution.
• Coaches and mentors as a subject matter expert in the development process and project management
• Proactively manages emerging issues and develops future opportunities.
• Builds strong teams to identify, recruit, retain, and develop engineering talent & performs employee development planning, performance reviews and salary planning.
• Creates and leverages networks within the broader engineering organizations, across adjacent functions and business units, and with customers to achieve results
• Manages long term staffing forecast and plan.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 12 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 10 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 16 years of relevant experience
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required
• Able to travel up to 25% of the time depending on the program phase (typically 10% or less)

Qualifications We Prefer

• Leadership role on a medium (300M+) or large (1B+) Program.
• Led teams of over 80 People.
• Experience in large organizational standup, complex weapons systems integration and program execution.
• Prior Cost Account Manager experience
• Experience navigating competing priorities.
• Experience managing and mitigating large, complex risks.
• Experience leading projects and teams within a highly matrixed organization
• Strong design integration skills
• Understanding of aerospace engineering design and analysis review/release process.
• Understanding of the configuration management process
• Strong Project management skills using MS Office/MS Project/EVMS

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
• And more!

May be eligible for relocation

Learn More & Apply Now!

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.

*Please ensure the role type (defined below) is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role.

Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

Regardless of your role type, collaboration and innovation are critical to our business and all employees will have access to digital tools so they can work with colleagues around the world - and access to Collins sites when their work requires in-person meetings.

Apply now and be part of the team that's redefining aerospace, every day.

The salary range for this role is 147,000 USD - 295,000 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 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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