Senior Manager, Passenger Verification

RTX (Raytheon); Morley; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

RTX, the parent company of Collins Aerospace, seeks a Senior Engineering Manager for Passenger Verification within the Airports portfolio. You will lead SelfPass and VeriPax development, guiding cross-functional teams across software, QA, and cloud systems to deliver reliable, secure passenger identity solutions.

You will partner with Product, Architecture, and Cyber Security to translate roadmaps into actionable plans, improve software delivery, and advance industry initiatives like IATA One

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead engineering teams delivering high-quality software.
• Experience aligning product priorities with technical execution.
• Strong understanding of Agile development and software quality practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary engineering team across software, QA/SDET, and cloud systems.
• Drive execution against roadmaps with credible planning and risk management.
• Own full SDLC, from requirements to release and maintenance.
• Establish a culture of software quality and automated testing.
• Partner with Product, Architecture, Cyber Security, Cloud and other teams.
• Translate product needs into executable engineering plans.

Skills

Leadership

Software engineering

Agile practices

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Date Posted: 2026-10-07

Country: United Kingdom

Location: Brighton, Brighton and Hove

Position Role Type: Hybrid

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defence company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world's most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

Collins Aerospace is a leader in technologically advanced, intelligent solutions that help redefine the aerospace and defence industry. With a comprehensive portfolio and deep technical expertise, we help customers meet the demands of the global market. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defence.

Are you motivated to lead engineering teams building the technologies that are transforming how passengers move through airports?

The Airports business, part of Connected Aviation inside Collins Aerospace, delivers end-to-end airport solutions from passenger check-in and biometric identity systems to baggage management, aircraft resource allocation, and terminal optimisation for more than 170 airports around the globe.

As the Senior Engineering Manager for Passenger Verification, you will lead the engineering organisation responsible for SelfPass and VeriPax, helping advance the next generation of passenger identity and verification solutions used throughout the airport journey.

Our engineering teams build complex, integrated systems that operate across airport, airline, and cloud environments where reliability, security, performance, and quality are critical. In this role, you will lead a multidisciplinary development team responsible for delivering and maintaining passenger verification products while continuing the advancement of SelfPass, supporting industry initiatives such as IATA One ID, and driving the continued modernisation of VeriPax.

We are seeking a Senior Engineering Manager with a strong passion for software engineering and a track record of leading teams that deliver high-quality software predictably. You will provide technical and organisational leadership across the development lifecycle, with particular focus on engineering execution, release quality, Agile development practices, technical debt, and continuous improvement. You will partner closely with Product, Architecture, Cyber Security, Cloud, and other engineering teams to translate product priorities into credible plans and deliver scalable solutions for airport customers worldwide.

What you will do:

• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary engineering team spanning software development, QA/SDET, technical program management, and cloud systems engineering responsible for SelfPass and VeriPax.
• Drive predictable execution against product roadmaps and engineering commitments through disciplined planning, credible estimation, capacity management, dependency management, and early identification of delivery risks.
• Own engineering execution across the full software development lifecycle, including requirements refinement, technical design, development, integration, verification and validation, release, and lifecycle maintenance.
• Establish a strong culture of software quality where development and test engineering share accountability for preventing defects, improving automated test coverage, and delivering production-ready releases.
• Lead product-level technical design and implementation decisions for SelfPass and VeriPax while partnering with the Airports Architecture organisation on broader architecture strategy, platform standards, and cross-product technical direction.
• Partner closely with Product Management to translate product roadmaps and customer needs into executable engineering plans, balancing scope, schedule, capacity, technical risk, and quality.
• Continuously improve Agile engineering practices, including backlog readiness, planning, estimation, sprint execution, reviews, retrospectives, and Definition of Done, using measurable outcomes to improve team effectiveness.
• Establish and use meaningful engineering metrics to understand delivery predictability, quality, development effectiveness, and opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Proactively manage technical debt and modernisation priorities alongside new feature development, ensuring near-term commitments are balanced with the long-term health and maintainability of the products.
• Advance the continued development of SelfPass and passenger identity capabilities, including support for evolving industry initiatives such as IATA One ID.
• Lead the continued modernisation of VeriPax, improving maintainability, scalability, deployment practices, and alignment with the broader technical direction of the Airports portfolio.
• Strengthen collaboration across Airports engineering teams, promoting reuse of technical capabili