Senior Engineering Manager - Civil Space Systems Discipline Chief (Onsite)

RTX•Windsor Locks, CT

2d•$132,400 - $251,600•Onsite

About The Position

Join the team shaping the future of human spaceflight. Collins Aerospace, part of RTX, is one of the world’s leading innovators in advanced aerospace and defenses technology. Our Civil Space division designs and builds solutions that enable human exploration in deep space, low earth orbit, and beyond. Seeking a Systems Engineering Manager responsible for the leadership, training, coaching as well as the oversight of systems engineers assigned to various platforms that may include Artemis Orion or Space Launch System, ESOC (Space Suit), Space Station or Thermal Systems. In this role you will support engineers’ use of processes and tools which convert customer expectations, requirements, and specifications into functional/physical architecture(s) leading to engineering design specifications facilitating the work of the other design disciplines. Typical design/development projects will include unique mechanical assemblies, electrical assemblies, and integrated electromechanical devices commonly found in commercial and military Aerospace applications. In this role, the candidate will function as the Civil Space Systems Discipline Chief Engineer providing deep technical stewardship within the discipline. This role defines standards and methods, ensures consistent application of best practices, and maintains technical integrity across programs, while developing talent and providing independent technical oversight. Additionally, the successful candidate may be required to be an individual contributor to a hardware development program on a part time basis.

Requirements

Applicants will have strong knowledge of and experience with Aerospace/Defense related systems engineering processes including the generation of Systems Engineering Management Plans, structured requirements analysis & decomposition, initial system sizing/modelling, and the generation, planning, management, and verification of requirements compliances through the typical means of analysis, inspection, demonstration and test.
The applicant will have proven supervisory skills including the promotion of ethical behavior in accordance with RTX’s “Code of Ethics.”
Further, it is expected that candidates have a history of being self-motivated and possessing the ability to set individual as well as team priorities and to accomplish established goals within a matrixed team environment.
Proposal/development/manufacture/verification/operational support
Experience performing system development/integration/architecting
Experience performing thermal/fluid/chemical analyses
Relevant component hardware experience: heat exchangers,pumps/fans/separators/motors/motor controllers, chemical beds, sensors, valves, accumulators
Relevant system experience: thermal control systems, air revitalization systems (CO2/H2O/trace contaminant removal), pressure control systems, oxygen generation systems, potable water systems, fuel cell systems, human waste management systems or other equivalent systems
Requirements management and verification/validation skills
Ability to work well both independently and within an integrated product development (IPD) team environment.
Excellent attention to detail
Excellent writing & math skills
Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience
This position is considered safety sensitive in accordance with NASA Guidelines. Candidate will be subject to drug and alcohol testing per NASA’s regulation SUBPART 1835.5 Drug- Free Workforce

Responsibilities

Acquire and develop Systems Engineering talent through recruiting, hiring, and management processes
Ensure compliance with systems design processes, along with providing guidance/direction for the improvement of those processes during hardware development projects/programs
Provide occasional expert systems modelling and general design guidance and support to development and production programs
Provide systems design support for internal and customer funded R&D projects from concept to test
Participates in the proposal process to develop and review cost estimates, schedules and proposals packages where engineering resources are required
Coordinate and interface Mission Critical Products and Missions Systems System Discipline Chief Engineers on Systems Engineering Initiatives
Own discipline standards, methods, tools Ensure technical excellence and design integrity
Promote standardization and reuse
Support programs as trusted technical advisors Establish and participate in discipline design reviews, peer reviews, and technical board
Supervisory responsibility for 10-15 systems individual contributors
Prepare, monitor, and be responsible for proper program staffing, process performance metrics and business/operational results
Lead small project teams or multiple project teams in the improvement of systems engineering processes
Lead and or support failure/mishap investigations to positive conclusion using CORE tools and process enhancement
Represent Civil Space as Systems Discipline Chief Engineer

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
Eligible for relocation assistance
annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs