Senior Tactical Communications Project Manager

Collins Aerospace; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 87,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Three weeks of vacation for newly hire

Generous 401(k) plan with matching

Tuition reimbursement

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Collins Aerospace is seeking a Senior Technical Project Manager – Tactical Communications to join our Systems Engineering team in Cedar Rapids, IA. We’re looking for a driven and experienced Technical Project Manager to lead a cross-functional Integrated Product Team focused on developing next-generation Tactical Communications.

This role plays a key part in advancing technologies from early-stage concepts through accreditation and full-scale production.

Qualifications

• Experience with systems development lifecycle, 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.

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 environment

Leadership

Communication

Security clearance process

Education

STEM degree

Advanced degree option

Tools

EVM (Earned Value Management)

IMS tools

Job description

Collins Aerospace is seeking a Senior Technical Project Manager – Tactical Communications to join our Systems Engineering team in Cedar Rapids, IA. We’re looking for a driven and experienced Technical Project Manager to lead a cross-functional Integrated Product Team focused on developing next-generation Tactical Communications.

This role plays a key part in advancing technologies from early-stage concepts through accreditation and full-scale production.