Senior Maritime Defense Program Lead & Systems Architect

Prattwhitney; Rainbow (CT); On-site; USD 108,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Vacation 3 weeks

401(k) plan

Tuition reimbursement

Student loan repayment

Life & disability insurance

Parental leave

Adoption assistance

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Collins Aerospace is seeking a Principal Project Engineer in Windsor Locks, CT, to lead cross-disciplinary engineering efforts across mechanical, electrical, software, and systems domains. You will own design direction, integrate activities, and ensure verification and certification align with customer and regulatory requirements.

You will communicate with customers and suppliers, manage program schedules and budgets, and drive on-time contract delivery while maintaining compliance with Collins’

Qualifications

• Proven planning, adaptability, organizational and negotiation skills for effective team management.
• Experience with electromechanical hardware development and qualification.
• Experience in configuration management processes in a controlled production environment including BOM maintenance and release.
• Experience interacting directly with external customers and suppliers.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams.
• Ability to anticipate project risks and build contingency plans.

Responsibilities

• Hold technical design authority for the assigned product/segment/customer scope and lead cross-discipline technical integration.
• Establish design concepts, criteria, and engineering direction for product research, development, integration, and test.
• Ensure verification, validation, and certification activities meet requirements.
• Communicate with customers, suppliers and IPDT through meetings and updates.
• Plan, schedule, coordinate and facilitate project meetings.

Skills

Planning

Adaptability

Organization

Negotiation

Cross-functional leadership

Customer communication

Risk management

Education

STEM degree

Advanced degree

Job description

Collins Aerospace is seeking a Principal Project Engineer in Windsor Locks, CT, to lead cross-disciplinary engineering efforts across mechanical, electrical, software, and systems domains. You will own design direction, integrate activities, and ensure verification and certification align with customer and regulatory requirements.

You will communicate with customers and suppliers, manage program schedules and budgets, and drive on-time contract delivery while maintaining compliance with Collins’