Software Project Engineer II - Advanced System Tools (Onsite)
About The Position
RTX’s Collins Aerospace is seeking a Software Engineer II to join its Advanced System Tools (AST) organization onsite in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The role combines technical project execution with hands-on software engineering. The successful candidate will help lead day-to-day execution of the Database Processing Software (DBPS) Tool, coordinating a small team of software engineers and supporting delivery of high-quality avionics databases while maintaining alignment across scope, schedule, cost, technical priorities, and certification needs. Approximately half of the role focuses on project engineering and execution leadership, with the remainder devoted to technical contributions to DBPS or other AST projects. The position offers experience balancing engineering execution and project management in a safety-critical avionics environment. The engineer will work across the engineering lifecycle and with engineering leaders, product managers, certification staff, production teams, and technical experts. The work may include bids, planning, design, development, verification, certification, release, and production support. The role can also support other AST projects as organizational priorities evolve.
Requirements
- Typically requires a STEM degree and at least 2 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree in a related field.
- Experience contributing to software development, systems engineering, project engineering, or another technical engineering discipline.
- Experience working within a structured engineering lifecycle that includes planning, implementation, verification, and delivery.
- Experience using engineering planning, configuration-management, or work-management tools such as MS Project, Jira, Git, or similar tools.
- Must be a U.S. Person as defined in the posting.
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting or coordinating execution of a small technical project.
- Ability to work effectively across technical and non-technical teams and help drive issues toward resolution.
- Ability to organize work, track multiple priorities, and communicate status, risks, and dependencies to teammates or stakeholders.
- Familiarity with Agile practices and leading or facilitating team execution cadences.
- Experience with project planning concepts such as scope, schedule, cost, budget, risk, dependencies, and resource planning.
- Experience tracking actual performance against planned work.
- Software-development experience in one or more languages such as C#, C, C++, Python, or Java.
- Experience developing or reviewing software requirements, designs, test cases, or automated test procedures.
- Familiarity with software integration, debugging, root-cause analysis, and issue resolution.
- Exposure to avionics, embedded systems, engineering tools, simulation environments, or safety-critical software development.
- Familiarity with DO-330, DO-200, DO-178, or other regulated engineering environments.
- Experience supporting software releases, certification activities, or customer or production issues.
- Ability to work independently, identify blocked work, and proactively engage others to maintain progress.
- Interest in growing into broader technical and project leadership responsibilities.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Responsibilities
- Support day-to-day technical execution of the DBPS project and coordinate activities for a small team of software engineers.
- Lead team execution cadences, including standups, work-planning discussions, progress reviews, and follow-up on open actions.
- Track project progress, schedule, budget, risks, dependencies, and technical execution; identify issues early and help resolve them.
- Communicate project status, emerging risks, resource needs, and recovery plans to product management and the engineering leader.
- Develop and maintain short- and long-term project plans, including work-package estimates, execution schedules, roadmap activities, and anticipated budget needs.
- Ensure engineering work is scoped, estimated, assigned, tracked, and completed in support of program and product line commitments.
- Facilitate technical discussions when progress stalls and engage appropriate subject-matter experts.
- Coordinate and support release planning, certification activities, customer commitments, and production-support needs for DBPS.
- Contribute to software requirements, design, development, integration, verification, peer reviews, releases, or certification artifacts as project needs and experience dictate.
- Investigate execution issues, support root-cause analysis, and help develop corrective actions.
- Identify opportunities to improve team execution, planning accuracy, engineering processes, automation, and project efficiency.
- Support other AST projects through project engineering or technical contributions as organizational priorities evolve.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- 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
- 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 expert program
- Relocation eligibility
- 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 program conditions
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
