Senior Engineering Manager - Mission Engineering (Onsite)

Date Posted : 2025-07-31

Country :

United States of America

Location :

HIA32 : Cedar Rapids, IA 400 Collins Rd NE , Cedar Rapids, IA, 52498-0505 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.​ U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Security Clearance :

DoD Clearance : TS / SCI

Senior Engineering Manager - Mission Engineering (Onsite)

Advanced Technology & Capabilities is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Mission Engineering team in the Collins Aerospace Mission Systems Strategic Business Unit. Mission Engineering is an analytical and data-driven approach to decompose and analyze the constituent parts of a mission to identify measurable trade-offs and draw conclusions. It involves the deliberate planning, analyzing, organizing, and integrating of current and emerging operational and systems capabilities to achieve desired warfighting mission effects. The Engineering Manager will provide leadership and support a growing fast-moving team within Collins Aerospace.

The successful candidate will be part of a distributed team composed of professionals from several disciplines and must have the ability to function well, both alone and with others, and have strong interpersonal skills. This position may require occasional travel (up to 10%.).

What YOU Will Do :

• Develop and work to support the Mission Engineering capability across Mission Systems
• Lead teams advancing state-of-the-art technologies to support the business key strategic initiatives
• Support integration of ME / OA output into product line strategies
• Ensure the development and management of technical risks; develop and execute mitigation plans
• Manage and build talent pipelines, internal investment, CRADA pursuit to meet ME / OA team objectives
• Drive overall technical execution of projects in the portfolio under his / her leadership to ensure all program requirements and objectives are met on schedule and within the authorized budget
• Identify opportunities to advance the technology portfolio resulting in enhanced products to meet our customers future needs
• Ensure compliance with international trade policies and procedures
• Ensure the protection of Collins Aerospace intellectual property; safeguard customer and supplier / partner intellectual property
• Assist in growing talent, including discipline health across the technology organization

What YOU Will Learn :

Qualifications You Must Have :

Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date

Experience in program execution, including bidding, project planning, Earned Value Management (EVM), and risk and opportunity management.

Experience leading engineering teams, including mentoring, task delegation, and cross-functional collaboration in a technical development environment.

Qualifications We Prefer :

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.

What We Offer :

Some of our competitive benefits package includes :

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.

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.

The salary range for this role is 124,000 USD - 250,000 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.