Senior Engineering Manager -FPGA/ASIC (Onsite)
About The Position
RTX’s Collins Aerospace is hiring a Senior Engineering Manager to lead FPGA and ASIC engineering teams in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The role involves developing engineers at multiple career stages, fostering a collaborative and high-performing culture, and supporting employees’ professional growth. The manager partners with engineers, engineering leaders, program managers, and shared services to deliver FPGA and ASIC solutions aligned with customer expectations and product-line strategy. The position contributes to proposal and pursuit efforts, balances staffing across multiple programs, and uses earned value management to monitor program performance. It also ensures engineering work complies with company standards, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices while promoting continuous improvement and operational efficiency. Travel is up to 10% annually. The posting identifies the role type as Hybrid, while its later description of onsite roles says those employees work primarily onsite.
Requirements
- A STEM degree and at least 10 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree in a related field and at least 7 years of experience.
- At least 5 years of experience leading engineering teams, including mentoring, task delegation, and cross-functional collaboration in a technical development environment.
- Experience in program execution, including bidding, project planning, earned value management, and risk and opportunity management.
- At least 5 years of FPGA/ASIC development experience.
- Must be a U.S. Person as defined in the posting.
Nice To Haves
- Strong communication skills and ability to work with individual contributors across a range of roles.
- Experience with Agile development concepts.
- Experience managing large programs.
- Experience with certification authorities.
- Strong critical-thinking and analytical skills.
- Dependability, ownership, integrity, and ability to build systems that improve team efficiency.
- Familiarity with FPGA and ASIC devices, VHDL, and/or Verilog.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, hire, staff, and develop a high-performing team of FPGA and ASIC engineers.
- Coach employees on professional development, provide regular performance feedback, and support career growth.
- Collaborate with engineers, engineering leaders, program managers, and shared services to deliver FPGA and ASIC solutions.
- Lead development of FPGA and ASIC solutions that meet or exceed customer expectations, support product-line strategy, and promote best practices across the FPGA development lifecycle.
- Provide technical expertise and strategic insight for proposals and pursuit efforts to help secure new business.
- Balance staffing across multiple programs to meet schedules and resource needs, and use earned value management to monitor program performance.
- Ensure engineering activities meet company standards, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
- Drive process improvements and operational efficiency.
- Travel up to 10% annually.
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, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option.
- 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 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.
- Second-opinion medical consultation program.
- Relocation assistance.
- Flexible spending accounts.
- Flexible work schedules.
- Paid time off and holidays.
- Potential annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation, subject to eligibility and applicable conditions.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
