Senior Project Engineer (Hybrid)

RTX • Windsor Locks, CT

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a Senior Project Engineer to lead the execution of complex engineering programs by managing scope, cost, schedule, and risk to ensure successful delivery. This role requires a collaborative leader who can effectively partner with systems and design engineers, program and project management teams, component suppliers, and customers to drive results. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment and is skilled at coordinating across multiple stakeholders while guiding the engineering design process. This position supports the development and integration of advanced electrical and mechanical systems for military and commercial engine programs and is best suited for someone who demonstrates strong ownership, technical leadership, and the ability to translate engineering efforts into successful program outcomes.

Requirements

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience
• Prior experience managing multiple projects or priorities simultaneously while meeting challenging schedules and delivering within budget.

Nice To Haves

• Experience delivering project milestones by coordinating team activities, tracking progress against schedules, and resolving technical or schedule-related issues.
• Experience developing and maintaining project plans, including defining scope, schedules, milestones, and deliverables.
• Experience working in a matrixed environment with cross-functional teams, suppliers, and customers.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Microsoft Project, for project scheduling, tracking, and reporting.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and coordinating project activities across functions without direct reporting authority.
• Experience managing external suppliers or vendors, including coordination of deliverables and schedules.
• Experience creating and maintaining project schedules and status reports using Microsoft Project or similar project management tools.
• Experience communicating project status, risks, and issues to stakeholders and leadership through presentations or written reports.
• Experience identifying and implementing process improvements or risk mitigation actions within project execution.

Responsibilities

• Manage the design and integration of complex assemblies in accordance with the product development process.
• Provide design oversight for specifications, drawings, and test plans.
• Perform system and component requirements reviews and compliance assessments.
• Develop and manage project risk and mitigation plans.
• Develop and deliver detailed presentations for product design reviews.
• Support product verification, certification, and production implementation.
• Conduct Relentless Root Cause and Corrective Action (RRCCA) investigations for field and production engine test component removals.
• Coordinate Class I and Class II engineering changes through Configuration Control Board processes.
• Coordinate efforts with Category 1 suppliers to execute engineering tasks required to support program and customer milestones and objectives.
• Develop and present project status updates and closure plans to engineering and program leadership.

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

What This Job Offers

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