Senior Project Engineer
Do you want to be part of a culture that inspires people to think big, perform with excellence, and build incredible products that support our war fighters? Do you have exceptional technical talent with proven leadership to deliver service-oriented capabilities, foster a collaborative/learning culture, and fuel predictable program performance?
Come join our team where we are currently searching for a Senior Project Engineer to support the Mechanical Enablement Solutions team with integration and sustainment activities across all Collins SBU's.
This Senior Project Engineering professional will need deep knowledge and highly developed technical expertise. The individual will develop project plans and budgets, perform critical analysis, pursue all cost saving opportunities to maximize project profitability, and monitors project performance. Identifies and reacts to project problems and recommends solutions. You will direct all phases of the Mechanical Enablement Team projects from inception through completion.
This is a hybrid position based in Puerto Rico. Candidates must currently reside in Puerto Rico, as relocation assistance is not available.
What YOU will do:
- Manages overall project requirements, reliability, logistics, coordination of different teams, evaluation measurements, and other disciplines for complex projects.
- Monitors budgets, cost, effectiveness, and reliability of activities and makes recommendations to optimize resources, prioritize spending, and ensure that standards are met.
- Manages work-processes, optimization methods, and risk management tools for complex projects.
- Works with tool smiths, architects and infrastructure specialists to decomposition customer specifications and system level requirements into sub-system and tool level requirements, and work with the team to capture verification criteria and plans for the requirements.
- Assists with analysis at all levels of the total design ecosystem including concept, design, test, installation, operation and maintenance.
- Performs technical execution planning for system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems.
- Ensures the logical and systematic project planning of the complete system solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
- Represents Mechanical Enablement Team as the primary customer contact for projects.
- Provide support to the Mechanical Enablement Team across many sites in the US and other Collins teams abroad.
- Directs the work of employees assigned on projects.
- Provide regular project updates to senior leadership on major projects.
- Identifies and addresses project problems and recommends resolutions to ensure the successful completion of projects.
- Facilitates project tasks with the various functional organizations to ensure alignment with overall project objectives.
Qualifications You Must Have:
- U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
- Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience.
- Experience with Project Engineer to support the Mechanical Enablement Solutions.
- Experience with Hardware Tools such as MCAD and Analysis Tools.
- The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.
- Must be willing and able to travel (domestic and international).
Qualifications We Prefer:
- Project execution and project management tools.
- Requirements management.
- Project Execution.
- Risk and Opportunity management.
- Accomplish tasks on schedule.
- Experience with Agile teams.
- Collaborate with teammates to make the best decisions.
- Positive attitude and eager to learn and improve.
What We Offer:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
- Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds
- Participation in the Employee Scholar Program (ESP)
- Life insurance and disability coverage
- Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 8 free counseling sessions
- And more!
Apply now and be part of the team that's redefining aerospace, every day.