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Date Posted:

2025-05-19

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HIA32: Cedar Rapids, IA 400 Collins Rd NE

, Cedar Rapids, IA, 52498-0505 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.​

Security Clearance:

DoD Clearance: 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 Mission Systems EEE (Environmental Effects Engineering) lab is looking for a candidate to fill a Senior Engineering Manager position. This position will lead a team of ~20 bargaining unit test technicians and ~5 environmental test engineers performing aerospace product qualification testing.

The candidate will be responsible for providing leadership, guidance, hiring, and mentoring to new engineers and technicians. A candidate for this position will prepare/deliver performance reviews, provide coaching/mentoring, assist in career development, plan salaries, reward and recognize individuals, and manage staff performance, as needed. The candidate will also be responsible for identifying the necessary staff, facilities, and equipment for the successful execution of projects. In addition to strong leadership and organizational skills, candidates must have experience in bargaining unit management and aerospace product qualification testing.

The candidate will be responsible for adherence to capital and operating budgets, schedules, work plans and performance requirements, along with the planning and budgeting for the acquisition of test equipment. Occasional domestic and international travel is rare but may be expected for this position.

What You Will Do

+ Strong leadership and management skills with the ability to lead a cross functional team in the qualification testing of aerospace products

+ Ability to ensure development teams plan efficiently, set up project schedules, identify trained staff for project execution and ensure that the project is executed within budget and schedule

+ Excellent written and verbal communication skills along with the ability to interface with Engineering Managers, Technical Project Managers, Program Managers and Operations Managers across all business areas within Collins Aerospace

+ Experience in supporting pursuit activities, including bids and proposals

+ Experience identifying and tracking work packages that can be worked by subcontract companies

+ Assigns technical resources to work assignments (workforce allocation)

+ Ensures compliance to development processes and standard work requirements

+ Actively addresses employee performance and development issues

+ Experience in performance review and career development planning for individual contributors

+ Salary planning experience

+ Responsible for the development and technical coaching/mentoring of staff

+ Responsible for on-boarding and assimilation of new hires

+ Experience with working with bargaining unit technicians and related labor relations rules

+ Experience running a large qualification lab is high desired

Qualifications You Must Have

+ Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience​

+ Must have experience in bargaining unit management and aerospace product qualification testing

**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!

+ Relocation Eligibility

**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. ​​

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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. ​

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Employee Referral Eligible

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.

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