Project Engineer - Factory Support - Tac Comm
About The Position
Collins Aerospace is seeking a Project Engineer to join its Tac Comm team in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The role serves as the engineering lead for factory execution, obsolescence management, and production sustainment across multiple tactical radio product lines. The Project Engineer acts as the day-to-day technical and program coordinator between Engineering and Operations, ensuring production needs are met and technical issues are resolved efficiently. As part of the Systems Engineering organization, the Project Engineer works directly with hardware, leads engineering support for part obsolescence and alternate-part transitions, coordinates cross-functional testing, and maintains cost and schedule performance for assigned control accounts. The role requires strong communication and briefing skills to translate complex technical information into clear updates for engineers, factory teams, and program leadership. This position is onsite and may require travel up to 10%. An active, transferable Secret security clearance is required before the start date, and U.S. citizenship is required.
Requirements
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate and lead technical execution activities across cross-functional teams.
- Experience with the systems development process, including requirements capture, design, decomposition, integration, and verification/validation.
- Ability to travel up to 10%.
- Active and transferable Secret security clearance required prior to the start date.
- U.S. citizenship required because only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
- Typically requires a STEM degree and a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree in a related field.
Nice To Haves
- Prior experience in a manufacturing setting, supporting factory operations, or obsolescence management.
- Strong communication and presentation skills, including the ability to brief technical information clearly to diverse audiences.
- Experience with program execution tools such as EVM, risk registers, or Agile planning systems.
- Experience working in an Agile environment.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate technical activities across technical domains and radio product lines, delegating tasks, monitoring progress, and verifying completion of engineering deliverables supporting production builds, obsolescence transitions, and sustainment.
- Own Control Account Management activities by maintaining cost and schedule performance for assigned control accounts, participating in CAM reviews, identifying risks, and driving engineering actions.
- Represent Engineering in factory Tier meetings, reporting obsolescence status, engineering readiness, risks, and schedule, and communicating factory needs to Engineering.
- Prepare and present technical information to engineering audiences, factory teams, and program leadership.
- Coordinate with factory partners on near-term and long-range planning, including quarterly planning events, alignment of engineering activities with production forecasts, and identification of constraints or resource needs.
- Lead engineering support for part obsolescence and alternate-part transitions and coordinate cross-functional testing.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
- 401(k) plan with employer matching funds and a separate employer retirement contribution
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Student Loan Repayment Program
- Life insurance and disability coverage
- Optional pet, home and auto, additional life and accident, critical illness, group legal, and identity theft protection coverage
- Birth, adoption, and parental leave benefits
- Fertility and family planning benefits
- Adoption assistance
- Autism benefit
- Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
- Wellness rewards program
- Virtual doctor visits
- Child and elder care services
- Second-opinion medical program
- Relocation assistance
- Flexible spending accounts
- Paid time off and holidays
- Potential annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation, depending on position level and other factors
- Sign-on bonus eligibility
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
