Engineering Manager – FPGA and Board Support Package Software (Onsite)

RTX•Marlborough, MA

17h•Onsite

About The Position

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 three market-leading businesses, world-class operations, and investments in research and development, RTX offers capabilities and opportunities no one else can. Together, they push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect the 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, they help customers meet the demands of the global market. This position is for a Principal Engineering Manager in Marlborough, MA, responsible for managing the engineering development and program execution of FPGA and Board Support Package (BSP) SW development for Collins Aerospace Mission Systems (MiS). The role involves engineering management and engaged involvement in all aspects of FPGA and software development and integration efforts, as well as project management skills including earned value analysis. A strong candidate will have applicable development and/or management experience in FPGA and/or BSP software. The Mission Systems team helps civilian, military, and government customers complete their most complex missions, providing intelligent and secure communications, missionized systems for specialized aircraft and spacecraft, and collaborative space solutions.

Requirements

Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience.
Experience in all product development phases from concept, initial planning, Preliminary Design Review (PDR), Critical Design Review (CDR), Test Readiness Review (TRR), final qualification testing, and factory transition.
High-level understanding of systems and hardware development.
Proven ability to guide and lead development processes, develop the team composition, and will be responsible for training.
DevOps concepts for the automated build/test/release of FPGA solutions.
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.

Nice To Haves

Experience with bid narrative write-ups, earned value reporting.
Experience with configuration management tools such as Subversion and GIT, SEER-SEM or SEER-H estimation modeling tool.
Experience in use of embedded Operating Systems using Linux, Green Hills Integrity, VxWorks, and/or LynxOS.
Experience with Agile development concepts.

Responsibilities

Planning, organizing, resource allocation, personnel development, performance reviews, salary planning, and overall group management FPGA and SW engineers.
Providing project execution direction to the engineering team.
Demonstrating sound decision-making skills, communication skills, networking skills, and accurately forecasting project work and costs.
Working directly with and/or managing daily activities of FPGA and SW engineers, project engineering, program management, and supporting organizations to develop FPGAs and BSP SW for military products based on product line architectures.
Leading the engineering team using strong interaction, interpersonal, mentoring and negotiating skills.
Managing project risks/issues and elevating to upper management when appropriate.
Adhering to and supporting Collins process methodologies while developing and managing commitments to meet project financial and schedule deliverables and quality requirements.
Guiding and leading development processes.
Developing the team composition.
Being responsible for training.
Working directly with systems engineering teams and coordinating requirements identification, development and acceptance testing of software deliveries.
Matrixing multiple programs and development tasks while supporting the various projects objectives of cost and schedule.

Benefits

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 illness insurance, group legal, 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
Flexible spending accounts
Flexible work schedules
Employee Scholar Program
Parental leave
Paid time off
Holidays