Date Posted:
2024-06-14
Country:
United States of America
Location:
HVA34: Sterling, VA 22640 Davis Dr , Sterling, VA, 20164-7104 USA
Position Role Type:
Unspecified
Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers' toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.
The Principal Configuration Management Analyst will execute within a team environment to plan and implement a Configuration Management system applicable to internal Collins Aerospace and external customer requirements. They will establish and maintain all aspects of configuration management activities relative to planning, configuration identification, change control, status accounting, and verification/auditing for programs and product line teams in accordance with internal guidelines and contract requirements.
This position will work onsite in Sterling, Virginia.
What You Will Do

• Supporting future growth initiatives by performing CM tasks related to bid estimating and proposal writing tasks
• Reviewing customer statement of work or performance work specification for CM requirements
• Utilize CM related guidance provided by industry and military standards to ensure compliance to CM requirements
• Understanding and complying with Collins CM System (CMS) processes and procedures adhering to product integrity requirements
• Working on multiple unclassified and classified projects typically in a parallel engineering development environment
• Implementing and executing existing CM Plans or authoring customized plans related to unique customer CM requirements.
• Analyzing software/hardware product structure/family tree development to ensure compliance with Collins and/or customer requirements
• Collaborating with engineering in CM tool utilization, version control system trunk, branch, and tagging strategies with an ultimate goal for efficient change tracking, version control, merges, and tagging of releases
• Collaborating with engineering in establishment of key program milestones synchronization to software baseline author control, project control and enterprise control levels
• Serve as a stakeholder of engineering review boards (ERBs) and configuration control boards to establish initial engineering and formal test baselines, and then evaluate and maintain changes driven by change requests
• Collaborating with engineering in the software build process development and execution (manual or automated), media creation labelled per project requirements
• Collaborating with engineering in problem solving configuration management issues
• Ensure deliverable software media is created to expectations and cyclical redundancy checks are documented as part of configuration status accounting records.
• Document and communicate key CM Activities (e.g., audits, baseline merge tasks, etc), CCB minutes and Formal Baseline Change (FBC) load activities as part of configuration status accounting records
• Ability to co-chair (plan, conduct and close-out) with the external customer formal conformance audits such as FCA/PCA events
• Generate hardware /software configuration documentation, Software Version Description (SVD) or Source Code Record (SCR) documentation as necessary to support software delivery
• Perform informal and formal CM verification and audits; Includes developmental surveillance audits and formal System Verification Reviews (SVRs)/Physical Configuration Audits (PCAs)

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 12 years of relevant experience
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued Secret Security Clearance is required prior to start date
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Qualifications We Prefer

• Prior experience and the ability to to walk through a program lifecycle and define the application of the CM System for all configuration item types
• Prior experience with ISO-9001:2015 Quality Management System (experience with internal and external audits is a plus)

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 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!

Learn More & Apply Now!
Diversity drives innovation; inclusion drives success . We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers. We are committed to fostering a culture where all employees can share their passions and ideas so we can tackle the toughest challenges in our industry and pave new paths to limitless possibility.
Do you want to be a part of something bigger? A team whose impact stretches across the world, and even beyond? At Collins Aerospace, our Mission Systems team helps civilian, military and government customers complete their most complex missions - whatever and wherever they may be. Our customers depend on us for intelligent and secure communications, missionized systems for specialized aircraft and spacecraft and collaborative space solutions. By joining our team, you'll have your own critical part to play in ensuring our customer succeeds today while anticipating their needs for tomorrow. Are you up for the challenge? Join our mission today.
*Please ensure the role type (defined below) is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role.
Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.
At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form - with our customers and with each otherpropel us all higher, again and again.
Apply now and be part of the team that's redefining aerospace, every day.
The salary range for this role is 105,000 USD - 221,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.
Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.
Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company's performance.
This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.
RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.
RTX is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.
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