Hybrid Principal Project Engineer – MEMS

at RTX

• Job title: Principal Project Engineer – MEMS
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $101,000 - $203,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: React
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Burnsville, United States

About the role

• Project Engineer coordinating cross-functional design teams for EMEMS products at Collins Aerospace. Responsible for project plans, budgets, schedules, and communications with leadership.

Responsibilities

• Confidently provide clear, concise communications with peers and Collins leadership.
• Develop project plans, schedules, and budgets for projects and suggest appropriate adjustments to ensure adherence to the established project plan, schedule, and budget.
• Record and document delays, changes in scope, and any other incidents that impact the scope of work or schedule to ensure smooth project operations.
• Identify mitigation plans for impacted projects.
• Pursue cost saving opportunities to maximize project profitability.
• Perform critical path analysis; prepare and implement work-around plans to ensure the successful completion of projects.
• Conduct meetings and consolidate and present plans and progress reports relating to business aspects of the project.
• Identify and react to project problems and recommend solutions, such as reallocating resources or changing contractual specifications.
• Direct all phases of the project from inception through completion.
• Oversee and coordinate the administrative and operational aspects of ongoing projects within program guidelines.
• Liaise between project management and planning, project teams, and production line management.
• Coordinate the preparation of proposals, business plans, proposal work statements and specifications, operating budgets.
• Review project and budget status, manage schedules, and prepare reports.
• Manage and coordinate hardware and software development configurations throughout the engineering process.
• Monitor and assess project issues; develop resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and customer-satisfaction goals and objectives.
• Direct the work of employees assigned on projects in technical manufacturing and administrative areas.
• Establish design work scope content for concepts, criteria, and engineering efforts for product development, integration, and test.
• Meet program schedules and budgets; maintain the integrated master schedules for the project.
• Coordinate HW & SW equipment modifications throughout the development process.

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
• Must be a U.S. Person/Permanent Resident “Green Card” holder - Job requires access to ITAR or 600/500-series EAR information or hardware (directly or indirectly) and the company will not seek an export authorization for this role.
• Prior experience managing and coordinating hardware and software development configurations throughout the engineering process.
• Prior experience establishing design work scope content for concepts, criteria, and engineering efforts for product development, integration, and test.

Benefits

• 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 illness insurance, 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