Sr Principal Systems Engineer / ICT Lead

About the role

Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies company, is seeking an Sr Principal Systems Engineer / ICT Lead to join our team. This is an Onsite role that may be based out of our Anaheim Hills, CA; San Jose, CA or Salt Lake City, UT locations.

Responsibilities

• Leading full product development lifecycle of existing products and new capabilities, post-delivery support, and product updates across multiple customer contracts.
• Ensuring development activities satisfy costs, schedule, and technical requirements.
• Participating in internal product development reviews (requirements, design, verification/validation, etc.) of new work products or enhancements to existing applications and systems.
• Maintaining marketing of the ICT’s products to existing and new customers as AST grows.
• Collaborating with project/program managers and other professionals within Engineering and the divisions.
• Ensuring the ICT follows established development practices and processes to maintain the quality and configuration management of software products.
• Managing significant complexity related to relationships within AST and within the customer community.
• Making decisions of significant importance to the joint business interests and working closely with leadership across AST.
• Engaging in full mission scope, considering dependencies upon technical partners, operational environment, and contingency planning.
• May travel up to 25% (domestic to other AST locations and customer sites within the U.S.)

Qualifications

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience.
• Minimum of 8 years of proven experience with project planning, execution and support in software engineering leadership.
• Software/system/product development experience in telecommunications, data communications, wireless communications, communications protocols, networking protocols, and/or digital signal processing.
• Comprehensive knowledge of cost, schedule, and technical integration, including engineering planning and project management systems (IMP/IMS).
• Experience providing technical leadership to engineers throughout the entire systems lifecycle.
• Experience tailoring systems engineering processes to specific programs.
• Ability to simultaneously plan and manage time-critical interdependent programs and interface with all customers (internal and external) effectively.
• Demonstrated excellent communication, presentation, analytical and problem-solving skills with an attention to details.
• Demonstrated leadership skills with ability to manage across multiple disciplines in a development and mission environments.
• Inclusive management style, able to lead and motivate team members and be comfortable with raising issues in a timely manner.
• Experience in software cost estimation, proposal development, and risk management.
• Experience with earned value management.
• Advanced program management certification (e.g. PMP, CAPMP, or equivalent).
• Strong emotional intelligence skills (i.e. self-awareness, self-management, empathy, social awareness, relationship management).
• Coaching, teaching and/or mentoring skills.
• Experience with microservices architecture, distributed systems, containerized deployments, and modern cloud technologies.
• Experience in all phases of the software development lifecycle, including Agile methods and/or DevOps/DevSecOps.
• Experience with embedded software development and software/hardware integration.
• Understanding of telecommunication systems concepts and/or signal processing fundamentals.
• Experience with using configuration management and defect tracking tools (Git, Jira, etc.).
• Existing U.S. government issued Top Secret/SCI security clearance with polygraph (within the last 24 months).

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
Eligible for Relocation