Senior Electrical Engineer - Team Lead

Date Posted:

2025-06-03

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HTX36: Richardson, TX 3200 E Renner Rd , Richardson, TX, 75082-2402 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Security Clearance:

DoD Clearance: Top Secret

Collins Aerospace, an RTX 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.

This position is for a Senior Electrical Engineer with circuit card assembly (CCA) design and leadership experience. The task includes leading a small group to design, integrate and deliver equipment for a system-in-lab installation.

This opportunity is targeted toward engineers who enjoy working in a systems environment as it includes electrical and mechanical design elements, as well as interacting with mechanical, software, and test team members, developing CCA and system requirements, and supporting system integration and test.

What You Will Do:

• Review system/subsystem level requirements and generate hardware requirements
• Generate detailed circuit board and subsystem level block diagrams and interconnect diagrams
• Manage budgets through Earned Value metrics
• Manage schedule in accordance with the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS)
• Assign tasking for team members
• Communicate staffing needs to managers
• Communicate team status, risks and opportunities, challenges, and mitigation to project leadership team
• Support firmware, software, and systems team members during integration and test
• Support production team during fabrication and testing of electronic and mechanical components
• Ensure work is completed on time and established quality and budgets are achieved.
• Prepare documentation including design review slide deck, confidential descriptions or specifications of proprietary hardware or software, information on product development, schedules, product costs, and performance weaknesses to track progress and analyze performance
• Identify risks and opportunities as well as mitigations to burn down risks
• Some domestic travel required

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
• Ability to lead small teams and report status to management
• Experience working with industry standard toolsets for task management (e.g. Microsoft Project)
• Good communication skills and the ability to tailor to audience at all levels

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Cost Account Management (CAM) experience using Earned Value Metrics
• Previous experience in CCA or systems integration design
• Active DoD security clearance
• Microsoft Project experience
• CCA design experience (analog, digital, mixed signal, high-power, or RF)
• Working knowledge of EMI/EMC standards for military applications
• Experience designing for Military Aircraft applications.
• Experience using ALM tools including Jira and Confluence
• Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering (e.g. CAMEO)
• Experience in developing test procedures and test fixtures
• Ability to read, create and review engineering drawings including schematics, assembly drawings and parts lists
• Experience with Mentor Graphics tool suite
• Experience with design review presentations
• Knowledge of the hardware life cycle

Learn More & Apply Now!

Do you want to be a part of something bigger? A team whose impact stretches across the world, and even beyond? At Collins Aerospace, our Mission Systems team helps civilian, military and government customers complete their most complex missions - whatever and wherever they may be. Our customers depend on us for intelligent and secure communications, missionized systems for specialized aircraft and spacecraft and collaborative space solutions. By joining our team, you'll have your own critical part to play in ensuring our customer succeeds today while anticipating their needs for tomorrow. Are you up for the challenge? Join our mission today.

Eligible for relocation

• 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 in-person meetings.

Apply now and be part of the team that's redefining aerospace, every day.

The salary range for this role is 82,000 USD - 164,000 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 candidate's 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, short-term disability, long-term 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 collective-bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining 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 company's performance.

This role is a U.S.-based 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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