Project Engineer - Factory Support - Tac Comm

RTX • Cedar Rapids, IA

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is seeking a Project Engineer to join its Tac Comm team in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Project Engineer serves as the engineering lead for factory execution, obsolescence management, and production sustainment across multiple tactical radio product lines. The role coordinates day-to-day technical and program activity between Engineering and Operations to meet production needs and resolve technical issues. As part of the Systems Engineering organization, the engineer works directly with hardware, leads support for part obsolescence and alternate-part transitions, coordinates cross-functional testing, and maintains cost and schedule performance for assigned control accounts. The position requires communicating complex technical information clearly to engineering, factory, and program leadership audiences. The role is onsite and requires an active, transferable Secret security clearance before the start date; 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 at least 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 work across technical domains and radio product lines, delegate tasks, monitor progress, and verify completion of engineering deliverables supporting production builds, obsolescence transitions, and sustainment.
• Own Control Account Management (CAM) activities, maintain cost and schedule performance for assigned control accounts, participate in CAM reviews, identify risks, and drive engineering actions aligned with program and factory execution objectives.
• Represent Engineering in factory Tier meetings by reporting obsolescence status, engineering readiness, risks, and schedule, and communicate factory needs to Engineering.
• Prepare and present technical information to engineering teams, factory teams, and program leadership, adapting the level of detail to the audience.
• Coordinate continuously with factory partners on near-term and long-range planning, prepare for quarterly planning events, align engineering activities with production forecasts, and identify constraints or resource needs.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
• 401(k) plan with employer matching and a separate employer retirement contribution
• Tuition reimbursement
• 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 coverages
• 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
• Medical second-opinion program
• Relocation assistance
• Paid time off and holidays
• Flexible spending accounts
• Flexible work schedules

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level