Engineering Jobs in Cedar Rapids, IA

Date Posted:

2026-04-14

Country:

United States of America

Location:

US-IA-CEDAR RAPIDS-130 ~ 5350 C Ave NE ~ BLDG 130

Position Role Type:

Onsite

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

U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Security Clearance Type:

None/Not Required

Security Clearance Status:

Not Required

Collins Aerospace is looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a team of electrical design engineers and project engineers focused on complex product development for ruggedized electronics solutions used in many equipment types across the Collins Avionics business portfolio. The designs include elements of processing, graphics, video, ethernet, and IO for mission computer and displays products. This equipment is used on a range of aircraft platforms from Military Fixed Wing, Military and Commercial Rotary Wing, Commercial Air Transport, and Business and Regional aircraft.

The team has responsibilities for the full product life-cycle activities from road-mapping and conceptual design to sustainment support of in-production solutions. This team works closely with product development groups that specialize in mechanical design, platform (product) software, and systems engineering.

Candidates must have strong technical, organizational, and leadership skills as well as a good project management understanding to enable predictable execution by the team. They will be responsible for performance management, talent acquisition, and career development for a geographically distributed team in order to position the team for strong performance now and into the future. The candidate should show the ability to motivate and empower a team through passion and enthusiasm. An individual in this role will interface with technical and non-technical personnel across many business areas within Collins Aerospace as well as external customers requiring excellent written and verbal communication skills.

What You Will Do:

• Responsible for the success of the team in meeting program milestones and activities

• Responsible for adherence to existing budgets, schedules, work plans, and performance requirements, along with planning and budgeting of new efforts

• Responsible for building and refining technical roadmaps that support the variety of needs from different product and business markets

• Responsible for developing team staffing plans to meet a wide variety of technical projects

• Actively participates in team’s technical activities in order to coach and influence the team

• Actively evaluates individual employee performance and career development needs

• Oversees and participates in the development of engineering bids to ensure success

• Responsible for continually growing team capabilities through career development and onboarding of new hires.

• Occasional domestic travel (<10%)

• Lead the design effort for circuitry (Digital, Analog, and Power) for design of the System architecture. These designs will be to Aerospace standard including but not limited to DO-160 and DO-254

• Integrate hardware and software for embedded microprocessor devices and firmware based FPGA devices.

• Assist in the design and development of embedded systems circuitry and printed circuit assemblies according to IPC standards.

• Generate design documentation including requirements specifications, design details, test procedures and reports.

• Prepare and review the drawings and layouts for production parts, components, and test equipment.

• Create, document and test software and hardware to validate design details

• Provide oversight and leadership to their direct reports including professional development, resource planning, coaching, and additional future recruiting

• Communicate status and progress across levels of management within the organization, as well as customer communication as necessary

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires University Degree and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience ​

• Ability to obtain a DoD Security Clearance

• Must have experience with performing bid and pursuit efforts

• Must be able to demonstrate experience in leading a team

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Experience leading teams in a formal engineering manager role

• Familiarity with avionics hardware product design and development life cycle activities including requirement capture, detailed design, integration, and qualification (MIL-STD-704, MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, DO-160)

• Expert circuit designer with product design experience in both analog and digital circuits.

• Experience in analysis and schematic layout software packages

• Familiarity with an industry standard electrical analysis

• Evaluate concepts by creating analytical models and provide direction on which concept will meet component and or system level performance.

• Interact cross-functionally with a wide variety of people and teams. Work closely with engineers to identify opportunities for design improvements.

• Experience with developing proposals and cost estimates for new business

• Make business recommendations (e.g. cost-benefit, forecasting) with effective presentations of findings at multiple levels of stakeholders.

• Demonstrable critical thinking and analytical skills, including the ability and confidence to make conclusions and recommendations from data

• Work with a team of engineers to design, develop, test and document electrical components.

• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously

• Proven project management experience including budgets, schedules, resources, and risk management

• Working knowledge of DO-160 and DO-254

ROLE TYPE:

*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.

WHAT WE OFFER:

Some of our competitive benefits package includes:

• 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.

• And more!

Avionics delivers advanced cockpit displays, vision systems, and comprehensive digital solutions for global government, commercial and business aviation customers. We provide connectivity and managed data services to ensure safety and seamless communication for passengers, crews, and militaries, from aircraft and airports to air traffic management. Join us in creating solutions that connect the world, one flight at a time. Start your application today.

The salary range for this role is 132,400 USD - 251,600 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.