Engineering Process Excellence Lead (Hybrid)

Date Posted:
2026-01-09
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:
The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.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.

The Engineering Process Excellence Lead ensures rigor, discipline, and consistency across both strategic pursuits and program execution. This role aligns engineering inputs to pursuit strategy, drives compliance through the RLPM framework, strengthens EVMS capability, and develops a pipeline of engineering talent with process excellence skills, creating organizational depth and sustained capability.

What You Will Do

• Coordinate engineering contributions in cross-functional pursuit teams, ensuring clarity of roles, responsibilities, and accountability.
• Serve as the focal point for engineering inputs, from capture planning through proposal delivery.
• Ensure technical scope, estimates, and deliverables are complete, compliant, and strategically aligned.
• Guide engineering teams through gating requirements with consistency and discipline.
• Ensure compliance with standards, tools, and templates across pursuits and active programs.
• Support CAMs and engineering leaders in applying EVMS fundamentals effectively.
• Identify risks or issues in engineering execution and escalate appropriately.
• Lead the adoption of the RLPM framework across engineering pursuits and programs.
• Provide coaching and guidance to contributors, reviewers, and CAMs on new process expectations and mentor less experienced contributors and CAMs to strengthen organizational capability.
• Track adoption progress and recommend improvements to enhance effectiveness.
• Deliver training on RLPM, compliance, EVMS, and engineering best practices.
• Develop a pipeline of engineering talent with process excellence skills, creating organizational depth and sustained capability.
• Maintain a knowledge base of standards, lessons learned, and resources to ensure continuity.

What You Will Learn

• Leadership and Management: Develop and refine leadership and project management skills, including hiring, performance assessment, and personnel management, while managing project scope, schedule, and budget in a high-stakes environment
• Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration: Enhance collaboration skills by working within integrated agile release train teams, coordinating with Electrical, Systems, Software, and Manufacturing teams to ensure successful project execution and delivery
• Advanced Systems Integration: Gain experience with integrating complex Systems of Systems, enhancing skills in working with multi-enclave network systems, cutting-edge mission processing systems, and communication systems (VLF, HF, V/UHF, SATCOM)

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
• Past experience with the Bid & Proposal process.
• Previous experience leading large engineering pursuits, including managing cross-functional teams and delivering on program objectives.
• Experience with RLPM and CORE, with the ability to apply these tools to program planning, risk management, and performance tracking.
• Previous professional experience with MS Office, BMW, and PARS.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Exceptional organizational, analytical, written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize both daily issues and strategize longer term projects.
• A desire to lead with the purpose of improving IPT performance.
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills, with experience coaching and mentoring engineering staff.
• Experience presenting information to internal stakeholders and external stakeholders.
• Proven ability to foster collaboration, build consensus, and guide teams toward effective problem resolution.

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!

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.

Hybrid: Employees who are working in Hybrid roles will work regularly both onsite and offsite. Ratio of time working onsite will be determined in partnership with your leader.

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.

As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.

The salary range for this role is 132,400 USD - 251,600 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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