Principal Design Quality Assurance Electrical Engineer (Onsite)

RTX • Cedar Rapids, IA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Collins Aerospace is looking for an experienced Principal Design Quality Assurance Electrical Engineer who is interested in applying their technical skills and experiences and working together with others to achieve excellence in design and efficient lifecycle execution as part of our Avionics Design Assurance Center (DAC) team in Melbourne, Florida or Cedar Rapids, IA. This position is responsible for working closely with engineering teams to provide quality-focused technical and process oversight of Systems and Hardware/ASIC/FPGA product developments throughout their lifecycle. As a DAC Engineer, you will help ensure designs meet quality expectations, as well as customer, regulatory, and other requirements. To be successful in this position will require strong technical background on Systems/Hardware/Airborne Electronic Hardware (AEH) and a passion for quality, continuous process improvement as well as the ability to build rapport with the engineering project teams to influence adoption of engineering best practices.

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
• RTCA DO-254 Airborne Electronic Hardware (AEH) development and verification experience.
• ARP4754A and/or ARP4754B Systems development and certification experience.
• RTCA DO-160 environmental qualification testing experience.
• Experience as an engineer on a design & development project, including civil certification, across an entire product lifecycle from planning through verification and subsequent certification is required.
• Experience with design process.
• Experience with Hardware/ASIC/FPGA design and development across a product lifecycle.
• Experience using DOORS, JIRA, PREP, JAMA, or Enovia.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of FAA Regulatory Requirements and / or experience in civil certification focal role.
• Experience with RTCA DO-178.
• Knowledge of effective Design Quality Assurance principles.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to effectively communicate across different engineering groups and customers.

Responsibilities

• This position is responsible for working with engineering design and development teams throughout the development lifecycle to provide quality-focused technical and process oversight of Systems and Hardware/ASIC/FPGA engineering development of Avionics products.
• Perform proactive, ongoing technical and process assessments/oversight to determine the quality and health of engineering projects using objective criteria and known best practices through all phases of development lifecycle.
• Analyze, identify, and promote adoption of meaningful Quality metrics to find trends and systemic issues.
• Employ methods such as root cause analysis to develop recommended corrective actions and process improvements.
• Provide guidance to hardware and systems engineering teams as needed in the areas of process and regulatory requirements to ensure effective project execution.
• Establish rapport and credibility across the organization, including leadership, engineering teams, shared service teams, and customers.
• Influence others towards positive outcomes and foster adoption of value-added quality improvement.
• 5-10% travel as needed.

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
• And more!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees