What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal Engineer, Project Engineering (Hybrid) position at Collins Aerospace?
Date Posted:
2025-01-30
Country:
United States of America
Location:
01: Building 01 Windsor Locks One Hamilton Road, Windsor Locks, CT, 06096 USA
Position Role Type:
Hybrid
Are you ready to take on a challenging role where your expertise in engineering and project management can make a significant impact? Join our team as a Principal Engineer, Project Engineering, where you’ll lead and manage the scope, cost, schedule, and risk of high-stakes projects. This is a dynamic role that offers the opportunity to collaborate with a diverse group of professionals, including systems and design engineers, program managers, suppliers, and customers. You will play a key role in the development and integration of advanced electrical and mechanical systems for military engine programs. If you’re an experienced engineer with strong project leadership skills and a desire to work on exciting projects, we want to hear from you!
What You Will Do
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This role is also eligible for the Re-Empower Program. The Re-Empower Program helps support talented and committed professionals as they rebuild their capabilities, enhance leadership skills, and continue their professional journey. Over the course of the 14-week program, experienced professionals will gain paid, on-the-job experience, have an opportunity to participate in sessions with leadership, develop personalized plans for success and receive coaching to guide their return-to-work experience. Upon completion of the program, based on performance and contributions participants will be eligible for a career at RTX.
Minimum Program Qualifications:
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The salary range for this role is 101,000 USD - 203,000 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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2025-01-30
Country:
United States of America
Location:
01: Building 01 Windsor Locks One Hamilton Road, Windsor Locks, CT, 06096 USA
Position Role Type:
Hybrid
Are you ready to take on a challenging role where your expertise in engineering and project management can make a significant impact? Join our team as a Principal Engineer, Project Engineering, where you’ll lead and manage the scope, cost, schedule, and risk of high-stakes projects. This is a dynamic role that offers the opportunity to collaborate with a diverse group of professionals, including systems and design engineers, program managers, suppliers, and customers. You will play a key role in the development and integration of advanced electrical and mechanical systems for military engine programs. If you’re an experienced engineer with strong project leadership skills and a desire to work on exciting projects, we want to hear from you!
What You Will Do
- Manage the design and integration of complex assemblies following Collins’s product development process.
- Oversee design for specifications, drawings, and test plans.
- Conduct system and component requirements reviews and compliance assessments.
- Develop and manage project risk and mitigation plans.
- Prepare and deliver detailed presentations for product design reviews.
- Support product verification, certification, and integration into production.
- Lead Root Cause & Corrective Action (RCCA) investigations for field and production engine test component removals.
- Coordinate Class I and Class II engineering changes through Collins and Pratt & Whitney Configuration Control Board processes.
- Collaborate with the Category 1 supplier to complete engineering tasks supporting program and customer milestones.
- Provide project status updates and closure plans to Collins, customer engineering, and program leadership.
- Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) 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
- U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract
- Proven ability to use motivation, creativity, ownership, urgency, and interpersonal skills to achieve results.
- Strong planning and execution skills, with a track record of successful project completion.
- Experience in managing multiple tasks simultaneously, meeting tight deadlines, and delivering projects within budget.
- Skilled in working across a highly matrixed organization, collaborating effectively with team members, suppliers, and customers.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Project.
#reempowerprogram
This role is also eligible for the Re-Empower Program. The Re-Empower Program helps support talented and committed professionals as they rebuild their capabilities, enhance leadership skills, and continue their professional journey. Over the course of the 14-week program, experienced professionals will gain paid, on-the-job experience, have an opportunity to participate in sessions with leadership, develop personalized plans for success and receive coaching to guide their return-to-work experience. Upon completion of the program, based on performance and contributions participants will be eligible for a career at RTX.
Minimum Program Qualifications:
- Be on a career break of one or more year at time of application
- Have prior experience in functional area of interest
- Have interest in returning in either a full-time or part-time position
- Please ensure the role type (defined below) is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role.
At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form – with our customers and with each other -- propel us all higher, again and again.
Apply now and be part of the team that’s redefining aerospace, every day.
#TopOpps
The salary range for this role is 101,000 USD - 203,000 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.
Privacy Policy and Terms:
Click on this link to read the Policy and Terms
Salary : $101,000 - $203,000
