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Passenger Verification Engineering Manager

Business: Airports & Passenger Processing (Biometrics / Identity)

Role summary

Own the engineering strategy and delivery for Collins Aerospaces passenger identity products (biometric verification and clearance across kiosk bag-drop security and boarding). Youll lead a multi-disciplinary team to build scalable secure low-latency solutions that integrate seamlessly with airport and airline systems worldwide.

Key responsibilities

• Strategy & roadmap: Define and execute the engineering roadmap for the biometric identity product linecloud architecture face/iris modules enrollment workflows and integrations across the airport journey.

• Technical leadership: Make architecture decisions that meet targets for scalability reliability security and sub-second (<1s) biometric match performance.

• Team leadership: Hire mentor and grow software AI/ML cloud embedded/hardware systems integration and test engineers; create a high-ownership delivery-driven culture.

• SDLC ownership: Run requirements design development V&V deployment and lifecycle maintenance with strong metrics and change control.

• Cross-functional partnership: Translate market and customer needs with Product UX Marketing Sales and Customer Success into clear testable deliverables.

• Ecosystem integration: Ensure robust integration with DCS/PSS CUPPS/vMUSE/CUSS self-service bag-drop security gates and e-gates/boarding gates.

• Cloud & global scale: Implement and operate cloud-native infrastructure (preferably AWS) for multi-tenant multi-airline multi-region deployments and localization.

• Quality & DevSecOps: Establish CI/CD test automation observability SLOs/SLAs and certification readiness; enforce DevSecOps and secure SDLC practices.

• Security & privacy: Partner with cybersecurity identity/privacy and data governance to ensure regulatory compliance secure template storage auditability and risk mitigation.

• Commercial enablement: Manage budget resource planning and partner/vendor relationships (sensors biometric SDKs); support bids proposals trials and customer deployments.

Required qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science Electrical/Systems Engineering or related field; MBA a plus.

• 8 years delivering complex software/hardware or identity systems; 35 years leading engineering teams and programs.

• Hands-on experience with cloud-native architecture (AWS preferred) identity management and biometrics (face/iris/fingerprint) or adjacent CV/digital identity domains.

• Proven record integrating hardware software (sensors embedded and back-end services) at scale in aviation airport security or other high-reliability environments.

• Deep familiarity with CI/CD DevSecOps automation agile delivery and KPI-driven execution.

• Strong systems thinking across software hardware networks and airport/airline operations.

• Excellent leadership and stakeholder skills; credible with C-level customer audiences.

• Willingness to travel to airport sites customer labs and industry events.

Preferred qualifications

• Domain experience in airport passenger processing (CUPPS CUSS DCS gates).

• Knowledge of biometric/identity standards (ICAO IATA ISO).

• Global deployment expertise (multi-region cloud multi-tenant localization).

• Experience with face/iris media pipelines and ML/AI verification workflows.

• Familiarity with cybersecurity frameworks for airports/critical infrastructure.

What we can offer you:

• Competitive Salary

• Private Medical Insurance

• Health & Wellbeing Cash Plan

• Fantastic Pension Scheme which operates as a 2:1 match up to 10%

• Life Assurance

• 25 days vacation plus bank holidays plus the ability to buy/sell 5 days per year

• Flexible working

• Employee selectable top up benefits

• And so much more!

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