Senior Tactical Communications Program Lead (Onsite)

Collins Aerospace; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 87,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

3 weeks vacation

401(k) plan with match

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Collins Aerospace, Cedar Rapids, IA, seeks a Senior Technical Project Manager – Tactical Communications to lead a cross‑functional IPT delivering next‑gen secure communications from concept through accreditation and production.

You will coordinate with customers, manage schedules and costs, and present data to leadership; travel up to 10% is expected and a DoD Secret clearance is required. This is an onsite role with RTX Collins Aerospace.

Qualifications

• Experience with the systems development process, including requirements capture, design, decomposition, integration, and verification/validation.
• Experience working in an Agile environment.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S.government issued Secret security clearance is required.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience

Responsibilities

• Work closely with a highly motivated and dedicated team of professionals while managing product development efforts, helping to provide solutions to our customers.
• Interact and interface with External Customers
• Participate in the systems development lifecycle, including trade study execution, system design, requirements definition, requirements allocation, requirement traceability, systems integration, verification testing and qualification.
• Manage Program Schedule and Cost Performance (SPI / CPI) for small to medium sized programs, and help generate the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS)
• Collaborate across many engineering disciplines to execute program milestones
• Facilitate customer demonstration events and program reviews both onsite and offsite
• Lead bid and proposal efforts
• Present technical and program data to customers and executive leadership
• Ability to travel up to 10%

Skills

Agile PM

Systems engineering

Stakeholder comms

Cross-functional leadership

Schedule & cost

Education

STEM degree

Advanced degree in related field

Tools

Earned Value Management (EVM)

SAFe Agile

Waterfall

Job description

Collins Aerospace, Cedar Rapids, IA, seeks a Senior Technical Project Manager – Tactical Communications to lead a cross‑functional IPT delivering next‑gen secure communications from concept through accreditation and production.

You will coordinate with customers, manage schedules and costs, and present data to leadership; travel up to 10% is expected and a DoD Secret clearance is required. This is an onsite role with RTX Collins Aerospace.