F-35 Sustainment Program Lead

Collins Aerospace; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 118,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vacation leave

Job summary

Collins Aerospace, RTX company, seeks a GPS Sustainment Program Manager to lead sustainment operations for the F-35 program at our El Segundo facility. You will drive performance improvements, oversee depot repair, maintenance, and logistics support, and align activities with customer needs for reliable outcomes. Onsite role requiring U.S.

citizenship and the ability to obtain a Secret security clearance. Ideal candidates have 8+ years in sustainment program management within aerospace/defense

Qualifications

• Typically requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering, operations management, logistics, or a related discipline and a minimum of 8 years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience in aerospace and defense or a comparable complex technical environment involving sustainment, depot repair, manufacturing, maintenance, logistics, or product support.
• Experience managing program budgets, forecasts, financial performance, or business cases.
• Experience managing cost, schedule, technical performance, and contractual deliverables.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government-issued Secret security clearance is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage cost, schedule, technical performance, and contractual deliverables for sustainment programs.
• Oversee depot repair, maintenance, and logistics support activities to ensure operational excellence.
• Analyze customer demand, operational capacity, and resource constraints to develop and execute improvement strategies.
• Develop and implement strategies to expand repair and sustainment capacity, improve operational efficiency, and enhance financial performance.
• Identify program risks, develop mitigation strategies, and drive measurable performance improvements.
• Manage program budgets, forecasts, financial performance, and business cases to achieve profitability and customer satisfaction.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to activate new repair lines, develop depot repair capabilities, and optimize repair pipelines.
• Support sustainment proposals, contract modifications, follow-on awards, and business development initiatives.

Skills

Program management

Cost management

Schedule management

Logistics

Aerospace experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Master’s degree (preferred)

Job description

Collins Aerospace, RTX company, seeks a GPS Sustainment Program Manager to lead sustainment operations for the F-35 program at our El Segundo facility. You will drive performance improvements, oversee depot repair, maintenance, and logistics support, and align activities with customer needs for reliable outcomes. Onsite role requiring U.S.

citizenship and the ability to obtain a Secret security clearance. Ideal candidates have 8+ years in sustainment program management within aerospace/defense