Program Chief Engineer - Hardware Development (Onsite)

Raytheon Technologies - Wilsonville, OR

Full-time - Senior

Wilsonville, OR

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Program Chief Engineer (PCE) at Collins Aerospace is responsible for leading a multidisciplinary engineering team in the development of complex electro-optical-mechanical hardware within a regulated avionics environment. This role involves project management, technical guidance, and ensuring compliance with industry standards while overseeing the execution of engineering deliverables and schedules.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical system level specifications and requirements capture.
• Manage program activities for a multi-discipline engineering development team.
• Coordinate Complex Electronic Hardware (CEH) DO-254, DO-160 and SW DO-178 certification compliance planning and activities.
• Create, execute, and track program schedules.
• Oversee detailed designs including architecture, drawing creation, design analysis, test plans, and design reviews.
• Establish functional test and design verification strategies.
• Help define Production Test Requirements.
• Coordinate with manufacturing teams to support New Product Introduction and early customer deliverables.
• Plan and track all engineering deliverables to the customer.
• Coordinate the development of Support Test Equipment.
• Plan and track the execution of Electrical and Environmental Qualification Tests.

Requirements

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience, or in absence of a degree, 14 years of relevant experience.
• U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, or granted refugee or asylee status).
• 10+ years of engineering development experience with technical project management and/or extensive engineering lead background is required.
• Experience with Earned Value based project management is required.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in Complex Electronic Hardware development and DO-254/DO-160 compliance preferred.

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.
• Tuition reimbursement program.
• Student Loan Repayment Program.
• Life insurance and disability coverage.
• Optional coverages such as 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.