Senior Project Engineer

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

Collins Aerospace is a leader in technologically advanced, intelligent solutions that help redefine the aerospace and defense industry. With a comprehensive portfolio and deep technical expertise, we help customers meet the demands of the global market. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

Job Description

• Lead and coordinate engineering projects and work packages from initiation through completion, ensuring alignment with business objectives, customer requirements, and engineering standards.
• Manage project scope, schedule, risks, actions, and deliverables to ensure commitments are achieved on time and within budget.
• Serve as the primary focal point between Engineering, Program Management, and other stakeholders.
• Coordinate engineering activities related to product development, sustaining engineering, engineering changes, customer requests, and technical issue resolution.
• Support and monitor Engineering Change Requests (ECRs), Engineering Change Orders (ECOs), Design Change Requests (DCRs), Quality Notifications (QNs), and other engineering workflow processes.
• Facilitate project reviews, status meetings, and stakeholder communications, ensuring timely escalation and resolution of issues.
• Track project performance, resource utilization, risks, and key milestones, and prepare management reports and presentations.
• Support demand and capacity planning activities and help prioritize work across multiple projects and stakeholders.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to improve project execution, operational efficiency, and customer satisfaction.
• Ensure compliance with company processes, quality requirements, and applicable regulatory standards.

Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline.
• 3–5 years of experience in project engineering, project management, engineering operations, or related technical coordination roles.
• Experience managing project scope, schedule, risks, actions, and stakeholder communications.
• Experience supporting engineering change management processes such as ECRs, ECOs, DCRs, QNs, or similar workflows.
• Strong organizational, planning, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to coordinate effectively across cross-functional and global teams.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Project.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in aerospace, manufacturing, engineering services, or a related industry.
• Familiarity with project management, engineering lifecycle, and configuration management processes.
• Experience using tools such as Jira, Teamcenter, SAP, Primavera P6, Power BI, Tableau, or equivalent project and engineering management systems.
• Knowledge of quality, change management, and issue-resolution processes.
• Experience working with global customers, suppliers, and cross-site engineering teams.
• PMP, CAPM, Agile, or equivalent project management certification is a plus.
• Continuous improvement mindset with experience driving process and operational improvements.

Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.

Collins Aerospace makes modern flight possible. Of course, that wouldn’t be possible without the capabilities and technologies of our organization, as well as our engineers – a highly skilled, accomplished network that spans more than 180 sites, 24 countries and 6 Strategic Business Units (SBUs).

We make modern flight possible for millions of travelers and our military every second.  Our major product lines are on-board virtually every aircraft flying. Be it keeping passengers safe with our emergency power generation systems, or creating a positive in flight experience through reliable cabin pressure controls and quieter engines, Power & Controls focuses on delivering a best-in-class experience to our customers. We hire the top people in the industry. Their ideas drive our performance, and their integrity keeps our customers happy. Join us as we take flight!