CO Salary Range: USD 147,000.00 per year
Date Posted:
2025-01-14
Country:
United States of America
Location:
TX190: 2501 West University, McKinney 2501 West University , McKinney, TX, 75070 USA
Position Role Type:
Onsite
The Mission Systems Autonomy & C2BM Engineering Department in Collins Aerospace is seeking an Associate Director - Systems Engineer for a Program Chief Engineer Role. The successful candidate will have a passion and drive to understand business area strategies and how new business opportunities may contribute to these strategies and grow our portfolio.
This role will serve as the Program Chief for our ABMS Digital Infrastructure Network Developer program within the BMC2A portfolio. The program chief will work closely with other portfolios across the Mission Systems (MiS) business, Collins SBUs, and RTX at large. They will also engage in roadmapping and tight coordination across the programs in our portfolio. Strong coordination with MiS Digital Engineering will also be essential. This is an exciting opportunity to directly improve Air Force battle management.
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This position may require travel (up to 50%). Candidate must have a current/active US Secret Security Clearance. Position is located in McKinney, TX.
What you will Do:
- Serve as the Program Chief Engineer for the ABMS DI Network Developer program, providing technical vision, guidance, and decision-making authority across the full system development lifecycle.
- Regularly interface with internal and external customers, providing program updates, technical briefings, and strategic recommendations.
- Influence executive decision-makers with clear, concise presentations that translate complex technical concepts into actionable business outcomes.
- Responsible for technical execution - Estimate, track, and communicate cost, schedule, staffing, and risk to stakeholders using tools such as SAP, resource planning dashboards, and metrics-driven reporting. Lead engineering bid approvals, new ECPs, and related efforts, ensuring the technical solutions and proposals are both feasible and optimally engineered.
- Build, mentor, and lead a team of highly skilled network and systems engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Guide the team in adopting agile engineering practices, encouraging cross-functional collaboration and knowledge sharing to accelerate time-to-field deployments.
- Collaborate with the Chief Architect and other technical leaders to:
- Lead the definition, design, and integration of advanced, large-scale network architectures (e.g., SD-WAN, data/content distribution networks, enterprise cross-domain solutions, tactical links, multi-domain transports, etc.) for highly distributed, secure, and mission-critical environments.
- Employ open, modular, and standards-based frameworks to ensure that network architectures are extensible, interoperable, and optimized for both bandwidth-constrained edge environments and enterprise-level scaling.
- Leverage MBSE, digital engineering techniques, and high-fidelity battlespace modeling and simulation to inform architecture decisions, trade studies, and risk assessments.
- Manage requirements capture, design documentation, and traceability, ensuring compliance with system specifications and alignment with customer objectives.
The selected candidate will have previous experience:
- Executing internal and external customer presentations to influence direction.
- Successfully managing teammates / subcontractors / vendors
- Leading network engineering teams and guiding them through complex integration and development efforts in a highly regulated environment.
- Leading planning, bidding, and pursuit activities
- You will have strong communication skills and be able to translate technical ideas into business concepts.
- You will have experience communicating with executive leadership
Qualifications You Must Have
- Typically requires 12 years of prior relevant experience.
- Demonstrated expertise in large-scale network architecture design and deployment, including multi-domain transport methodologies, carrier operations, SD-WAN, secure data distribution, and cross-domain solutions. Strong coordination and collaboration skills
- Familiarity with DevSecOps, NetDevOps, and digital engineering toolchains, as well as automated network testing frameworks and simulation tools
- Demonstrated experience using tools such as SAP, Staffing, and metrics tracking spreadsheets to manage and report on cost/schedule
- Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations 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
- Active and transferable U.S. government issued Secret security clearance is required prior to start date
- U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
Qualifications We Prefer:
- Solution architecture experience in core DI Network Developer technologies (e.g. SD-WAN, Data Distribution Networks, Enterprise CDS, Wide Area Networking, Juniper SSR/SVR, Tactical Data Links)
- Advanced industry certifications such as Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) or Juniper Networks Certified Internet Expert (JNCIE) or equivalent
- JADC2 and specific service implementations, especially the USAF's ABMS
- Strong organizational awareness across MiS, Collins, and RTX
- Subsystem integration technologies & tradeoffs
- TS/SCI Eligible or Active TS/SCI (no poly requirement)
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!
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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.
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.
This is an Onsite role: 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.
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.
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/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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