Software Project Engineer II - Advanced System Tools (Onsite)

RTX•Cedar Rapids, IA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

RTX’s Collins Aerospace is seeking a Software Project Engineer II to join its Advanced System Tools (AST) organization onsite in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The role combines technical project execution with hands-on engineering. The employee will help lead day-to-day execution of the Database Processing Software (DBPS) Tool, coordinating a small team of software engineers and delivering 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 hands-on technical contributions to DBPS or other AST projects. The position provides experience balancing technical execution and project management in a safety-critical avionics environment. It offers exposure to the engineering lifecycle—including bids, design, development, verification, certification, and release—as well as DO-200B/DO-330 qualified software tools, avionics database production, and processes supporting certified airborne products. The role works closely with engineering leaders, product managers, certification, production, and technical experts, with opportunities to develop technical leadership and project leadership skills. The position is onsite. The salary range is $68,900–$131,100 USD. The role is eligible for relocation. Candidates must meet the stated U.S. Person requirement; security clearance is not required.

Requirements

Typically, a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) 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.

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 including scope, schedule, cost, budget, risk, dependencies, and resource planning.
Experience tracking actual performance against planned work.
Software-development experience using 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/production issues.
Ability to work independently, recognize when work is becoming blocked, and proactively engage others to maintain progress.
Active 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 software engineering team.
Lead team execution cadences, including standups, work-planning discussions, progress reviews, and follow-up on open actions.
Track 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 according to project needs and experience.
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, 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.
Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning benefits.
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.
Flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, paid time off, and holidays may be available, depending on business unit and applicable collective-bargaining coverage.
May be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs, depending on position level and collective-bargaining coverage.
Relocation eligibility.