Senior Principal Systems Engineer - Datalinks & Navigation

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

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) plan with employer matching

Job summary

Collins Aerospace in Cedar Rapids, IA, seeks a Senior Principal Systems Engineer - Datalinks to join our team. You will contribute to datalink/communications, sensors, navigation algorithms and more throughout the engineering lifecycle, with hands-on lab work a significant portion of the day.

Role involves leading a systems team, TPM responsibilities, cost accounting, and collaboration with PM and leadership on designs, requirements, verification, and certification.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Participate in multi-discipline engineering team and provide system interface engineering disciplines including platform, hardware, software, firmware, mechanical, reliability/maintainability, safety, test equipment, environmental effects (EMI/EMC engineering, ESD, Radiation, and Dynamics), producibility, and manufacturing.
• Lead a Systems team as a Technical Project Manager (TPM) guiding them through decisions and interfacing with Program Management (PM) and Leadership
• Be a Cost Account Management for various engineering integration and qualification activities
• Contribute to all phases of the systems engineering lifecycle, including trade studies, system architecture, requirements definition and allocation, traceability, integration, verification, qualification, and certification
• Partner with crossfunctional engineering teams to ensure successful execution of key program milestones
• Provide systems engineering support to bids and proposals, contributing to technical strategy and solution development

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

System engineering

Datalinks

Trade studies

Requirements management

Lab hands-on

Communication skills

Education

STEM degree

Advanced degree (optional)

Tools

Subversion

Jira

Jama/DOORS

MS Office

Job description

Collins Aerospace in Cedar Rapids, IA, seeks a Senior Principal Systems Engineer - Datalinks to join our team. You will contribute to datalink/communications, sensors, navigation algorithms and more throughout the engineering lifecycle, with hands-on lab work a significant portion of the day.

Role involves leading a systems team, TPM responsibilities, cost accounting, and collaboration with PM and leadership on designs, requirements, verification, and certification.