Senior Manager, Environmental Effects Engineering (Onsite)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) plan with match

Paid time off

Job summary

RTX is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager in Cedar Rapids, IA, to lead a team of about 15 bargaining unit test technicians and engineers focused on production qualification testing for aerospace products.

You will guide performance reviews, staff development, and budgeting while ensuring schedules, cost objectives, and appropriate resources. Occasional travel may be required; a DoD clearance is expected in the long term.

Qualifications

• Degree in STEM with 10+ years of relevant experience or an advanced degree with 7+ years.
• Ability to obtain a US DoD security clearance.
• Prior EMI, Nuclear Engineering, or Lab Management experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, guidance, hiring, and mentoring to engineers and technicians.
• Prepare and deliver performance reviews; coach and develop staff.
• Identify staff, facilities, and equipment needed for projects.
• Lead cross-functional teams to qualify aerospace products.
• Manage budgets, timelines, and capital equipment acquisitions.
• Coordinate with Engineering and Operations managers across business units.

Skills

Leadership

Staff mentoring

Project management

Aerospace testing

Education

STEM degree

Advanced degree (MS/PhD)

Job description

Company Overview

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense 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 defense 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 defense.

Position Overview

The Environmental Effects Engineering organization is looking for a candidate to fill a Senior Engineering Manager position in Cedar Rapids Iowa. This position will lead a team of approximately 15 bargaining unit test technicians and nuclear/EMI test engineers performing production qualification testing.

Location

US-IA-CEDAR RAPIDS-106 ~ 400 Collins Rd NE ~ BLDG 106, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States.

Contract / Status

Onsite

Security Clearance

U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance. The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. Security Clearance Type: DoD Clearance: Secret. Status: Active and existing security clearance required after day 1.

What You Will Do

• 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.
• 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.
• Strong leadership and management skills with the ability to lead a cross functional team in the qualification testing of aerospace products.
• Experience in overall successful project execution and oversight to ensure development teams have properly planned, set up project schedules, identified, hired and trained staff for project execution, and provide oversight that the team executes to the established schedule and cost objectives.
• 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.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience.
• Ability to obtain a US Department of Defense (DoD) security clearance.
• Prior EMI, Nuclear Engineering, or Lab Management experience.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Prior experience in Aerospace Qualification Testing.

Compensation

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.

Benefits

• 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!
• Eligible for relocation assistance

Company Mission & Vision

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.

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.

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.

Hiring Information

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.

Additional Details

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. 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.