Senior Principal Engineer – 787 Cabin Air Compressor (CAC) SIPT (Onsite)

About the role

The 787 Cabin Air Compressor (CAC) SIPT Senior Principal Engineer is responsible for ensuring the successful execution of reliability enhancement engineering activities for the in-service aircraft fleet. This Boeing Commercial role resides within the Environmental & Airframe Control Systems (EACS) division of Collins Aerospace Power & Controls. The CAC is a critical component of the Cabin Air Conditioning and Temperature Control System (CACTCS) and a key enabler of the more-electric aircraft architecture.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multi-disciplinary team to execute CAC reliability-improvement projects, including design, development, and qualification tasks for hardware products.
• Provide effective communication with the Boeing engineering customer by leading technical coordination meetings and workshops; ensure strong technical and schedule alignment between Collins and Boeing.
• Support executive and customer presentations, including engagements with Boeing and airline operators.
• Manage cost-reduction activities and mitigate producibility risks.
• Learn and become proficient in the system architecture, performance, and operation of the Cabin Air Conditioning and Temperature Control System (CACTCS).
• Drive efforts to identify, prioritize, and eliminate sources of CAC reliability issues through collaboration with Product Line leadership and feedback from in-service fleet operators.
• Lead core project-management activities, including requirements management, risk management, change review board participation, and processing change requests.
• Manage project budgets and monthly EVMS activities, including Estimate-at-Complete forecasts, variance reporting, and engineering resource planning through direct coordination with systems integration and component functional leads.
• Drive execution of supplier transitions related to the CAC.
• Support the development of prognostic health-management analytics for the CAC.

Qualifications

• 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.
• We Prefer:
• Five or more years of aerospace engineering experience.
• Proven ability to develop and maintain strong customer relationships with Boeing and fleet operators through successful execution of engineering activities.
• Experience communicating effectively with executive leadership and external customers.
• Project management and project engineering experience, including management of plans, schedules, budgets, and cross-functional teams.
• Experience working within a highly matrixed organization, coordinating internal teams, suppliers, and customers.
• Expertise in requirements development and management using DOORS.
• Experience with design processes and functional requirements development.
• Prior systems integration or systems engineering experience.
• Experience supporting root-cause investigations.
• Knowledge of thermodynamics and fluid dynamics principles.
• Familiarity with turbomachinery and electric motors.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
• A 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
• And more!

Pay

The salary range for this role is 132,400 USD - 251,600 USD.

Schedule

This role is an Onsite role.

Benefits

• Some of our competitive benefits package includes:
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
• A 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
• And more!