Technical Excellence and Standardization Leader, EPS (Onsite)

Department Leader For Technical Excellence And Standardization

As the Department Leader for Technical Excellence and Standardization within the Ejection, Propulsion, Simulation and Tactical Organization, you will play a critical role in driving technical rigor, fostering collaboration, and building a unified framework for skills and capabilities. This position focuses on ensuring consistent, compliant, and high-integrity engineering outcomes. You will lead a team of Discipline Chief Engineers and Subject Matter Experts, partnering closely with various leaders to establish and maintain technical excellence across the organization.

This individual can work out of one of the following locations:

• Colorado Springs, CO
• Salt Lake City, UT
• Fairfield, CA

What You Will Do

• Build and develop a team of Discipline Chief Engineers and Subject Matter Experts, fostering talent growth and capability development.
• Lead efforts to harmonize technical expertise across the Ejection, Propulsion, Simulation and Tactical departments.
• Collaborate with Department and Functional Leaders, Project Family Chief Engineers, and Discipline Leads to align engineering goals and strategies.
• Define and uphold discipline standards, methods, and tools to ensure technical excellence and design integrity.
• Establish and maintain a unified framework for skills and capabilities across the organization.
• Ensure compliance with engineering standards and deliver high-quality, consistent outcomes.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance technical rigor and operational efficiency.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Experience in defining and implementing discipline standards, methods, and tools within an engineering organization.
• Experience in leading teams focused on technical excellence and design integrity.
• Experience in talent development and fostering growth within engineering disciplines.
• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 12 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 10 years of experience
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Experience with Ejection, Propulsion, Simulation, and Tactical products.
• Experience in one or more of the nine Collins Disciplines.

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
• Carrot Health to hormonal health, fertility, and family building
• 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
• Eligible for Relocation
• And more!