Sr Prin Systems Engineer, Helmet Vision Systems (Onsite)

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Country:

United States of America

Location:

HIA32: Cedar Rapids IA 400 Collins Rd NE Cedar Rapids IAUSA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

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Collins Aerospace is seeking a highly experienced and motivated Senior Principal Systems Engineer to join our team in Cedar Rapids Iowa. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading highlevel system design and integration activities ensuring the successful development and deployment of advanced helmet vision systems. With an emphasis on product quality we are developing optical systems which bring improved value to the flight deck through enhanced situational awareness lower operating minima and added safety benefits. From being the HeadUp Display provider for the Boeing Dreamliner to the Helmet Mounted Display provider for the F35 Joint Strike Fighter Collins Aerospace continues to build trust every day.

Our Systems Engineering team is responsible for overall helmet display system requirement definition including the definition of interfaces with other aircraft systems the definition of desired functionality (including display formats and behaviors) and the verification and validation of the correct implementation of these defined characteristics as well as LRU system definition and qualification.

We are actively seeking engineers with hardware experience and knowledge of the aviation industry that are motivated to become leaders in the Systems Engineering department. Driven individuals will lead their cross functional teams through technical challenges as well as manage schedule and cost to meet milestones. We are looking at leaders who can hit the ground running and execute projects that develop our hardware systems into the latest technology. This role will start on a military program.

This role will be onsite in Cedar Rapids Iowa.

What You Will Do:

• Manages overall project requirements reliability logistics coordination of different teams evaluation measurements and other disciplines for large or complex projects. Coordinates project management.

• Monitors budgets cost effectiveness and reliability of activities and make recommendations to optimize resources prioritize spending and ensure that standards are met.

• Provides analysis for the decomposition of customer specifications and preparation of systemlevel requirements system descriptions wiring diagrams interface control documents software andhardware requirement documentation. Make recommendations to improve the quality of the organizations systems products and services.

• Provides recommendations to develop system and safety requirements in accordance with MILSTD882.

• Providing conceptual design to foster decomposition of the system requirements into lower level requirements; leads collaborative work with hardware and software engineering design teams to develop functions into their design states.

• Preparing and participating in system design reviews in accordance with MILSTD1521 or other internal process.

• Coordinates system integration cases and procedures.

• Makes recommendations for the generation of plans and verification criteria for the requirements.

• Performs analysis at all levels of the total system product including concept design fabrication modeling test installation operation maintenance and disposal.

What You Will Learn:

• How to perform architectural exploration.

• Synthesize analyses of data and uses the results to prepare technical reports of findings and recommendations.

• Experience with ARINC standards: ARINC 429 ARINC 664 ARINC 818 and ARINC 661.

• Experience with safetycritical realtime embedded system development

• Experience with optics and hardware integration

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Experience managing multiple levels of requirements.

• Experience with Verification Validation and Qualification Testing.

• Ability to serve as technical leader for highly complex systems.

• Demonstrated ability to work well in a team environment excellent interpersonal skills and proactive problemsolving abilities.

• Must be willing to travel 10% or as needed.

• Desire to work with team members located in domestic and global locations.

• Experience with estimating tracking and reporting project costs and schedule and leading crossfunction teams.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Experience with optics and hardware integration

• Experience with Matlab

• Military avionics deployment.

• Experience working with Electrooptical and/or infrared imaging sensor systems and/or display systems.

• Knowledge of hardware systems such as FPGA development optical light sources and mechanical tolerance stackup.

• Knowledge of advanced electrooptical systems to include imaging systems in multiple spectral bands and digital image processing.

• Knowledge of advanced display technologies to include experience with microdisplay and projection technologies.

ROLE TYPE:

*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.

Regardless of your role type collaboration and innovation are critical to our business and all employees will have access to digital tools so they can work with colleagues around the world and access to Collins sites when their work requires inperson meetings.

WHAT WE OFFER:

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 insurancecritical illnessinsurance 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 and Apply Now!

Avionics delivers advanced cockpit displays vision systems and comprehensive digital solutions for global government commercial and business aviation customers. We provide connectivity and managed data services to ensure safety and seamless communication for passengers crews and militaries from aircraft and airports to air traffic management. Join us in creating solutions that connect the world one flight at a time. Start your application today.

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 thats redefining aerospace every day.

The salary range for this role is 124000 USD 250000 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 candidates 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 shortterm disability longterm 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 collectivebargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual shortterm and/or longterm incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collectivebargaining 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 companys performance.

This role is a 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 Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability or veteran status or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act.

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