Senior AI/ML Engineering Manager – Digital Engineering AI Enablement and Automation (AEA) (Onsite)

Collins Aerospace; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 132,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) plan with employer match

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Collins Aerospace, a RTX Corporation business, seeks a Senior Engineering Manager for Digital Engineering AI Enablement and Automation. You will lead AI-driven solutions to accelerate engineering cycles and reduce lifecycle costs across Collins Aerospace and engineering disciplines.

Ideal candidates bring a STEM degree with 7–10 years of leadership in AI or automation, and a track record of delivering scalable results while navigating aerospace security constraints such as ITAR/EAR.

Qualifications

• Requires STEM degree or advanced degree with minimum 7–10 years of experience.
• Proven leadership and team-building skills are essential.
• Experience with AI initiatives and measurable impact in automation or engineering contexts.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor the AI enablement and automation team.;Drive design, development, integration, testing, and debugging of AI-enabled solutions.
• Shape proposals, staffing plans, and technical strategies for future success.
• Collaborate across programs and engineering teams to share knowledge, best practices, and scalable methods.

Skills

Leadership

Team building

AI initiatives impact

Embedded software

Education

STEM degree

Advanced degree

Job description

Date Posted: 2026-10-27

Country: United States of America

Location: US-IA-CEDAR RAPIDS-124 ~ 400 Collins Rd NE ~ BLDG 124

Position Role Type: Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements: U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Security Clearance Type: None/Not Required

Security Clearance Status: Not Required

Collins Aerospace, a business unit of RTX Corporation, is seeking a talented and innovative Artificial Intelligence and Automation Engineer to drive engineering efficiency by leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) and solution automation.

The Senior Engineering Manager – Digital Engineering AI Enablement and Automation (AEA) will play a pivotal role in driving engineering efficiency across Collins Aerospace by leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) and solution automation to deliver transformative solutions.

This position will focus on enabling faster cycle times, reducing total lifecycle costs, minimizing technical debt, and enhancing reusability across all business units within Collins Aerospace and engineering disciplines.

The role requires a forward-thinking leader who thrives on innovation, collaboration, and delivering impactful solutions at scale.

What You Will Do

• Lead by serving the team. Build trust, listen, remove obstacles, provide clarity, and create an environment where engineers feel empowered to take ownership and succeed.
• Develop great engineers and future leaders. Coach team members, provide meaningful feedback, recognize strong performance, support career development, and help people find opportunities that challenge and grow them.
• Stay connected to the technology. Participate in the design, development, coding, integration, testing, and debugging of embedded software while helping the team work through its toughest technical challenges.
• Build and sustain a high-performing team. Recruit great talent, strengthen team capabilities, foster a welcoming and collaborative culture, and ensure people understand how their work contributes to the mission.
• Turn commitments into results. Help teams establish clear priorities, anticipate risks, remove roadblocks, and deliver predictable program execution while continuously looking for ways to improve.
• Shape the work ahead. Lead and contribute to engineering bids, proposals, estimates, staffing plans, and technical strategies that position our teams for future success.
• Make the broader organization better. Collaborate across programs and engineering teams to share talent, technology, lessons learned, and best practices rather than optimizing only for your immediate team.
• Build strong partnerships. Develop trusted relationships across Collins Engineering, Value Stream Leadership, program teams, and customers while maintaining transparency around priorities, progress, risks, and opportunities.
• Champion engineering excellence. Lead initiatives to identify manual engineering tasks that can be optimized or replaced with AI-driven solutions and automation.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience
• Leadership and team building skills

Qualifications We Prefer

• Familiarity with aerospace security and compliance constraints (e.g., ITAR/EAR, on-prem/private cloud deployments).
• Experience and evidence of measurable impact from AI initiatives (e.g., reduced cycle time, improved code quality, scaled best practices).

What We Offer

Some of our competitive benefits package includes:

• 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 illnessinsurance, 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!

May be eligible for relocation

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.

Regardless of your role type, collaboration and innovation are critical to our business and all employees will have access to digital tools so they can work with colleagues around the world – and access to Collins sites when their work requires in-person meetings.

As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attendselect steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.

The salary range for this role is 132,400 USD - 251,600 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.

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.