Senior Project Engineer - Connected Aviation (Remote)

Collins Aerospace is a leader in aerospace solutions, and they are seeking a Senior Project Engineer to lead projects developing complex engineering solutions. This role involves ensuring successful project execution from inception to deployment, while collaborating with engineers and leaders globally.

Responsibilities:

• Lead project execution and maintain performance metrics for decision making and continuous improvement purposes
• Manage project scope (requirements and change requests) ensuring it meets agreed to commitments
• Generate and maintain project schedules with understood dependencies, deliveries, and critical path
• Utilize Earned Value (EV) methods for managing project budget (and schedule)
• Ensure project meets quality expectations
• Identify risks and opportunities and resolve them through proactive ownership
• Prepare well-crafted presentations reporting project status to leadership teams
• Develop Engineering estimates and proposals for potential projects and gain organizational buy-in
• Facilitate communication and alignment with other groups and track low level deliverables

Requirements:

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 9 years of relevant experience
• Proficiency with developing and maintaining schedules using Microsoft Project
• Proficiency with developing and maintaining information in Jira
• Proficiency with Agile planning and methodologies, experience with leading teams to meet deliverables
• Experience establishing and maintaining effective customer relationships
• Problem-solving skills with ability to proactively identify alternate solutions to overcome difficult technical challenges
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve operational goals
• Detail-oriented and capable of managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment