Principal Systems Engineer - Program Lead - Military FMS; Onsite
Listed on 2026-02-06
-
Engineering
Systems Engineer, Aerospace / Aviation / Avionics
Join to apply for the Principal Systems Engineer - Program Lead - Military FMS (Onsite) role at Collins Aerospace
Principal Systems Engineer - Program Lead - Military FMS (Onsite)5 days ago Be among the first 25 applicants
Join to apply for the Principal Systems Engineer - Program Lead - Military FMS (Onsite) role at Collins Aerospace
Location:
HIA
32:
Cedar Rapids, IA 400 Collins Rd NE , Cedar Rapids, IA, USA
Date Posted:
Country:
United States of America
Location:
HIA
32:
Cedar Rapids, IA 400 Collins Rd NE , Cedar Rapids, IA, USA
Position Role Type:
Onsite
U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.
Security Clearance:
None/Not Required
Collins Aerospace is currently seeking qualified candidates for an experienced Principal Systems Engineer - Program Lead role for the Special Operations Aircraft (SOA) and UH-60M programs in our Military Avionics Flight Management Applications department based out of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Our teams are comprised of cross-functional engineers working in an AGILE environment focused on the design and development of Flight Management Software Applications.
Product Summary
CAAS Flight Management Solutions - Our signature products for Military Avionics and Helicopters as part of the Collins Integrated Avionics Systems, are fielded on thousands of aircraft today. Specific capabilities include FMS (Flight Management Systems), Performance Application, System Manager, Communications Management, Flight Director, and Flight Controls.
Links to More Details
This job will encompass being both a Systems and Project Engineer (i.e., subsystems team lead), representing the flight management and controls department. Specific expectations include:
- Demonstrated time management skills - ability to work unsupervised, multi-task, and coordinate work.
- Accountable for managing scope, schedule, cost, and quality for a large, high-visibility program.
- Provide daily support of cross-functional teams executing development work.
- Organize, document, and communicate to teams all relevant program resources, processes, and updates.
- Coordinate with program team and other subsystem teams to identify and collaborate on dependencies.
- Actively manage risks & opportunities to identify areas of concerns, cost/schedule impacts, and come up with and execute mitigation strategies.
- Lead bidding and estimating efforts, including:
- Lead technical scope breakdown and initial design
- Identify and communicate required resources and external dependencies
- Coordinate SME engagement for estimates
- Aggregating estimates
- Risk and Opportunity identification, quantification, and mitigation plans
- Presenting to and getting approval from Level 5 and Level 4 management
- Finalizing bid in Bid Master Web (BMW)
- Decompose platform designs/requirements into subsystem designs ready for execution
- Perform initial software issue investigation efforts to identify replication scenarios and operational impact
- Be able to demonstrate the replication of issues to the development teams and the resolution of issues or completion of features to the program team
- Perform subsystem verification tasks to ensure expected product performance is met before delivering to the platform team
- Lead technical and operational conversations with program team and external customers
- Onboard and train new engineers on cognizant program(s)
Qualifications You Must Have:
- AGILE development experience.
- Excellent, proactive communication (written, verbal, and interpersonal).
- Demonstrated earned value management experience.
- Project schedule creation and management.
- ARP
4754 and DO-178 (or similar) certification-based development experience. - JIRA experience.
What We Offer :
Benefits:
Some of our competitive benefits package includes:
- 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…
(If this job is in fact in your jurisdiction, then you may be using a Proxy or VPN to access this site, and to progress further, you should change your connectivity to another mobile device or PC).