PTO/Equip Sr Manager - 1st Shift - Onsite | Advanced Structures

Prattwhitney; Mexicali; On-site; MXN 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Collins Aerospace is seeking an experienced PTO/Equip Sr Manager to lead and develop an engineering team responsible for turning product development concepts into robust, manufacturable designs. The role involves directing qualification, validation, and root cause investigations across multiple programs, while coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to ensure program success.

The ideal candidate will have a STEM degree with 10+ years of aerospace experience and proven leadership in

Qualifications

• Typically requires a STEM degree and 10+ years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree with 7+ years.
• Proven engineering team leadership, including work assignment, deliverable reviews, and performance management.
• Aerospace engineering experience with aircraft structures, parts, or components.
• Experience with component qualification, validation, and testing.
• Engineering investigation experience including root cause analysis and corrective actions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the engineering team by setting goals, prioritizing work, and mentoring staff.
• Plan and coordinate engineering activities, resources, and priorities to meet program milestones and deliverables.
• Coordinate development, value engineering, producibility, and testing with customers and cross-functional teams.
• Provide direction for design changes, qualification, validation, and troubleshooting.
• Establish metrics and reports to drive improvements in on-time delivery and productivity.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Cross-functional coordination

Root cause analysis

Technical mentoring

Performance management

Education

STEM degree

Advanced degree

Tools

Teamcenter

ENOVIA

Job description

Date Posted: 2026-10-12 Country: Mexico Location: MX-BCN-MEXICALI-238 ~ Blvd Venustiano Carranza #238 ~ BLDG 238, Desarrollo Industrial Colorado Position Role Type: Unspecified

The PTO/Equip Sr Manager provides technical and organizational leadership for engineering activities supporting product development, producibility, testing, qualification, and program execution. This role leads and develops engineering teams, coordinates cross-functional and customer activities, manages technical deliverables and budgets, and drives improvements in key business and program metrics. The PTO/Equip Sr Manager also provides technical direction on design changes, component qualification and validation, root cause investigations, and corrective and preventive actions.

What You Will Do

Lead and develop the engineering team by establishing goals and priorities, assigning and reviewing work, monitoring individual and team performance, and providing training, mentoring, and development opportunities. Plan, organize, and coordinate engineering activities, resources, and priorities to support program goals, project milestones, and technical deliverables. Coordinate Development, Value Engineering, Producibility, and Testing activities with program customers and internal cross-functional teams. Drive closure of technical challenges by providing technical direction and guidance to engineering teams, cross-discipline peers, and subject matter experts. Coordinate design and stress analysis activities, including task assignments, technical reviews, milestone tracking, and deliverable completion. Establish metrics, reporting requirements, targets, and standards, and use data to monitor performance and drive improvements in OTD, FPY, productivity, and targeted turnback reduction. Create and execute low-cost sourcing plans and manage indirect and CFE spending to align budgets with program and strategic business objectives. Ensure standard analysis methods are applied and establish appropriate mitigation methods when required. Recommend and guide design changes to improve product performance, manufacturability, and program margins. Develop and implement methods for component qualification and validation, including tolerance stack-up studies to support design integrity and manufacturability. Lead engineering investigations to establish root cause and implement corrective and preventive actions. Coordinate with internal stakeholders, including cross-discipline, CEO, PTO, and program teams, as well as external customers, to support engineering and program objectives. Communicate goals, technical information, and program updates through regular staff meetings, individual meetings, and presentations to senior-level leadership. Travel domestically and internationally up to 20% as required by business needs. Perform other duties as required.

Qualifications You Must Have

Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and a minimum of 7 years of experience. Engineering team leadership experience, including work assignment, technical deliverable review, and performance management. Aerospace engineering experience with aircraft structures, parts, or components. Component qualification, validation, and testing experience, including test results documentation. Engineering investigation experience, including root cause analysis and corrective/preventive action implementation.

Qualifications We Prefer

Design engineering and/or stress analysis experience, including structural analysis and CAD design. Program management experience, including technical requirements management and tracking technical deliverables across multiple projects. Experience with engineering and product lifecycle management platforms such as Teamcenter or ENOVIA. Aerospace qualification and integration experience, including RTCA DO-160 or equivalent testing and aircraft systems integration involving hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, latching, sealing, or thermal insulation systems. Experience applying continuous improvement methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, ACE, or CORE, and conducting failure root cause and corrective action investigations.

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is leader in technologically advanced and intelligent situations 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.

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

RTX is an aerospace and defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It comprises three industry-leading businesses - Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. Its 195,000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics, electric propulsion, directed energy, hypersonics, avionics and cybersecurity. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.