Sr Manager, Engineering

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We are currently seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Software Engineering team which forms part of the Simulation Solutions & Services Engineering Department located in Burgess Hill, West Sussex, UK.

Responsible for software development activities from capturing of use cases and requirements through to verification and validation with both internal and external customers, including activities related to the adherence to schedules & budgets.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Responsible for success of the team in meeting planned program milestones and activities.
• Participates in team’s technical activities in order to coach and influence the team.
• Adherence to budgets, schedules, work plans and performance requirements, along with planning and budgeting.
• Assigns technical resources to work assignments.
• Addresses employee performance and development, both issues and career growth.
• Participates in development of engineering bids to ensure success.
• Enhancing the team’s capability, including the on-boarding of new hires.
• Interacting with program management to ensure that scope is managed.
  
  

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in appropriate discipline, with appropriate proven experience. In the absence of a bachelor’s degree, extensive proven experience
• Proven experience to collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams in a matrix organisation.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in simulation systems design and development.
• Familiarity with software engineering processes and requirements and design capture tools such as Atlassian toolset, JAMA, and Subversion is desirable.
• Strong teamwork orientation
• Well organised and able to communicate effectively with engineers, leaders and customers.
  
  

Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defence 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.

Mission Systems:

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.

Engineering & Technology: Collins Aerospace makes modern flight possible. Of course, that wouldn’t be possible without the capabilities and technologies of our organisation, as well as our engineers – a highly skilled, accomplished network that spans more than 180 sites, 24 countries and 6 Strategic Business Units (SBUs).

Our industry-leading experts are setting the standards for the aerospace industry and paving the way for the future. But as new challenges present themselves, we need fresh, creative and motivated minds to overcome these hurdles, help us break barriers and achieve new levels of innovation. Do you have what it takes to join a global, diverse organisation that doesn’t shy away from big opportunities? If so, we invite you to join our ranks and create the next generation of aerospace technologies.

Together, we will nurture an engineering culture that values intellectual curiosity, risk takers and integrity. A place where we will challenge ourselves, our teams, and the status quo and where we will work to find a way – the right way – to achieve what others can only dream of.

Diversity drives innovation; inclusion drives success. We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers. We are committed to fostering a culture where all employees can share their passions and ideas so we can tackle the toughest challenges in our industry and pave new paths to limitless possibility.

WE ARE REDEFINING AEROSPACE.

At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form – with our customers and with each other -- propel us all higher, again and again.

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

Some of our competitive benefits package includes:

• Flexible working from Day 1
• 25 days of vacation
• Competitive pay package
• Company pension plan
• Corporate health insurance
• Career Development Opportunities
  
  

Collins Aerospace, in accordance with our ’Baseline Security’ requirements, will request from candidates evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK, and employment and/or education history for up to three years, in relation to certain roles within the business. These relate to positions where access to export controlled items, (e.g., Technical data, hardware, software, and services subject to international trade control laws and regulations) and Collins IT Systems may apply. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency