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Principal Systems Engineer – RAN Deputy Chief Engineer
| Company | RTX |
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| Location | Cedar Rapids, IA, USA |
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| Salary | $101000 – $203000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- 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
- Active and transferable U.S. government issued secret security clearance is required prior to start date
- Experience working effectively in highly collaborative environments, a demonstrated ability to take ownership of tasks and lead technical efforts spanning multiple stakeholders and be able to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization as well as customers.
- Fluency in both Confluence and JIRA applications
- Experience as a Cost Account Manager (CAM)
- Explicit knowledge of the Collins Resilient Autonomous Networking technical baseline and architecture.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrated Systems or Software Engineering experience through all phases of development
- Leading and coordinating projects with cross-functional Engineering teams, including technical aspects as well as program cost and schedule
- Work directly with Value Stream Leaders (VSL) to align IRAD technical roadmaps to emerging business needs/opportunities and engineering inputs on technical differentiators
- Understanding of DoD open systems architecture
- Ensure the logical and systematic conversion of customer requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
- Capable of estimating, tracking, and communicating cost, schedule, risks, and opportunities in support of program earned value metrics.
- Follow Agile development methods to organize and lead effective Performance Increment Planning Events
- Work with Product Owners to plan, forecast, and communicate staffing demand to engineering resource leaders
- Support monthly and quarterly PMR and EAC reviews with cross functional leadership
- Lead an effective cadence with an IPT
- Demonstrated ability to adapt decision-making style based on the situational circumstances
- Apply best practices to identify issues, potential problems, and risk.
Preferred Qualifications
- Top Secret Security Clearance
- Prior experience with bid and proposal leadership
- Prior experience leading effective teams utilizing Agile environments
- Experience standing up or managing product lines for reuse across multiple programs and customers
- Experience with executing Research and Development / Science and Technology Programs, delivering new technologies to external customers is desired
- Background and/or knowledge of the following technologies is helpful but not required: CTEN, KC-135, Resilient Autonomous Networking (RAN), Rossetta, Cross Domain Solutions, Datalink Waveforms (e.g. TTNT, MUOS, Starlink, etc.)
