Senior Principal Electrical Engineer - IVV Lead (Onsite)

Collins Aerospace; Fort Wayne (IN); On-site; USD 132,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) plan with employer matching

Vacation and paid time off

Job summary

Collins Aerospace seeks a senior IVV leader in an onsite role in the United States to drive integration, verification, and validation across engineering disciplines. You will coordinate planning with systems, software, hardware, test, and manufacturing teams to ensure customer requirements are fully verified.

You will provide technical leadership, maintain traceability of verification activities, and mentor team members while advancing continuous improvement in IVV practices.

Qualifications

• Experience in system integration, verification, and validation within a complex engineering environment.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams.
• Familiarity with systems development lifecycle and requirements management.
• Typically requires a STEM degree with 10+ years of experience or an advanced degree with 7+ years of experience.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead development, documentation, and execution of IVV strategy for the program.
• Coordinate IVV planning across systems engineering, software, hardware, test, quality, and manufacturing teams.
• Ensure product requirements are fully verified and validated against customer expectations.
• Develop IVV plans, processes, and test cases aligned with schedules and milestones.
• Oversee integration of system components and resolve integration issues.
• Ensure verification activities have clear traceability to requirements.

Skills

System integration

Verification & validation

Engineering leadership

Requirements management

Security clearance readiness

Education

STEM degree

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Jira

DOORS

Job description

Location: US-IN-FT WAYNE-150A ~ 1010 Production Rd ~ BLDG 150A

Date Posted: 2026-08-17

Country: United States of America

Location: US-IN-FT WAYNE-150A ~ 1010 Production Rd ~ BLDG 150A

Position Role Type: Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements: The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Security Clearance Type: DoD Clearance: Secret

Security Clearance Status: Active and existing security clearance required after day 1

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.

Sign-on Bonus Eligible

What You Will Do:

• Lead the development, documentation, and execution of the program’s Integration, Verification, and Validation (IVV) strategy.
• Coordinate IVV planning and execution across systems engineering, software, hardware, test engineering, quality, and manufacturing teams.
• Ensure all product requirements—technical, functional, and performance—are fully verified and validated against customer expectations.
• Develop IVV plans, processes, procedures, and test cases in alignment with program schedules and milestones.
• Oversee the integration of system components and manage resolution of integration-related issues.
• Ensure all verification activities have clear traceability to requirements via the program’s requirements management tools.
• Track IVV progress, risks, and technical issues; provide regular status updates to program leadership.
• Collaborate with customer representatives during formal verification events, audits, and acceptance testing.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to team members supporting IVV tasks.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives in IVV methods, tools, and best practices.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Extensive experience in system integration, verification, and validation activities within a complex engineering environment.
• Experience with leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams.
• Experience with systems development lifecycle and requirements management.
• 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
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Experience with DO-178, DO-254, AS9100, or similar aerospace/defense compliance frameworks.
• Familiarity with tools such as Jira, DOORS, or equivalent requirements/test management platforms.
• Prior leadership experience in a technical or engineering program role.

What We Offer:

Some of our competitive benefits packages include:

• 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, and 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
• Eligible for relocation
• And more!

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. Are you up for the challenge? Join our mission today.

• Please ensure the role type (defined below) is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role.

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.

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.

As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select 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.