**Date Posted:** 2025-03-19 **Country:** United States of America **Location:** HIA32: Cedar Rapids, IA 400 Collins Rd NE , Cedar Rapids, IA, 52498-0505 USA **Position Role Type:** Hybrid **Associate Director, Systems Engineer** **- Mission Engineering / Operations Analysis (Hybrid)** **Available Work Locations** : Cedar Rapids, IA | McKinney, TX | Richardson, TX |Sterling, VA The Mission Engineering organization within Collins Aerospace is seeking a Systems Engineer to support our Mission Engineering / Operations Analysis projects. With Mission Engineering, we focus on the operational needs of the customer and how our solutions can fit those needs. We model complex threat environments, then develop and integrate advanced simulation and analysis tools to effectively capture system performance in those environments. We generate quantitative results to demonstrate the operational benefit of our products and system solutions, focus further technology investment, and refine architectural approaches and requirements. The successful candidate will lead a distributed team composed of professionals from several disciplines and must have the ability to function well, both alone and with others, and have strong interpersonal skills. This candidate will establish and implement critical functional strategies and operational plans for the area of responsibility, with impact on the achievement of results. They are expected to survey emerging trends in Modeling & Simulation, be able to roadmap our future paths in certain areas, assess the team’s System Engineering capabilities, identify gaps, create steps to bring the team to the next level, contribute significantly to our engineering playbook, and further grow the discipline. The successful candidate will be comfortable with extensively analyzing problems to seek understanding of the underlying issue and root cause. This position may require occasional travel (up to 10%.). This position does require that candidate has a final US DoD security clearance in order to access classified information. **What You Will Do:** + Influence business decisions made by leadership. + Lead cross discipline teams. Engage across disciplines to bring focus to strategic projects and add value and velocity to engineering + Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders across departments and business units + Present your ideas to internal and external groups; lead proposal and white paper activities + Understand and promote key analytical projects that assist and influence the business. Ensure alignment with the customer program objectives. + Be a resource for policy knowledge and provide strategic guidance on related issues to leadership + Establish and implement critical functional strategies and operational plans for the area of responsibility, with impact on the achievement of results. + Focus is on medium to-long term strategies (e.g., 2 - 3 years) to achieve business results, which may require substantial development of new processes, standards or operational plans. + Requires ability to communicate with senior executive leadership regarding matters of strategic importance to the organization. + Frequently conducts briefings to senior leaders both within and outside of the function. + Resolve mission/threat questions encountered through study execution + Engage with operators to decompose missions + Lead Non-Advocate Review activities and vector checks + Lead analysis activities **Qualifications You Must Have:** + 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 or in absence of a degree, 16 years of relevant experience + Active and transferable U.S. government issued **Top Secret** security clearance is required prior to start date + U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance + Experience leading strategic discussions inclusive of cost, schedule, risk, and technical considerations + Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization + Experience in concepts such as CONOPS, system tradeoffs, threat definitions, and system of system assessments + Experience working within the Mission Engineering and/or Operations Analysis discipline **Qualifications We Prefer:** + Recognized within your organization as a thought leader in area of expertise. + Expert knowledge of market and industry with the ability to identify best practices and how to best utilize within RTX + Background in military operations and tactics + Experience with Nuclear Command and Control (NC3) systems and operations + Experience with Modeling and Simulation tools such as Rapid Campaign Analysis and Demonstration Environment (RCADE), Advanced Framework for Simulation, Integration and Modeling (AFSIM) or Next Generation Threat Simulation (NGTS) + Experience with scripting languages such as Python or MATLAB + Exceptional communication skills + Experience with Numerical Optimization Techniques, Analysis of Alternatives, or Design of Experiments + Experience with executing Research and Development / Science and Technology Programs, delivering new technologies to internal and external customers + Familiarity with configuration management (GIT, subversion) + Ability to understand tactics as described by military experts and to represent their employment (verbally, graphically, and in simulations) 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. **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 + Eligible for relocation assistance + And more!  **Learn More & Apply Now!** *Please ensure the role type (defined below) is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role. **Hybrid:** Employees who are working in Hybrid roles will work regularly both onsite and offsite. Ratio of time working onsite will be determined in partnership with your leader. 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.  ** The salary range for this role is 147,000 USD - 295,000 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. 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