Senior Principal Product Owner - Embedded Communications (Onsite)

Senior Principal Product Owner - Embedded Communications (Onsite)

Our nation's security depends on the sacrifice of the men and women who defend our country. For them to do this effectively, they need the technology that keeps them a step ahead of their adversaries. This means providing secure yet technologically advanced equipment to our service personnel, fielded as quickly as possible. Our commitment is to do precisely that.

The Secure Subsystems Department is responsible for the design, test, and certification of cross-domain technologies and cryptographic products that equip our warfighters to thrive in today's multi-domain battlespace. Our department collaborates with portfolio teams across the organization to help capture new business and create security-hardened solutions that address our customers' demanding needs.

The Cross-Domain Solutions Engineering team seeks a Systems Product Owner with a passion for innovation and the drive to see new technology and capability matured into fielded solutions. The Product Owner (PO) ensures the Scrum Team is focused on developing the right things and performs Control Account Management (CAM) responsibilities. The PO is a technical leader embedded within the Scrum Teams to provide technical guidance, influence work backlog, and collaborates with Product Management to plan and deliver solutions. This role will contribute to a team responsible for systems and cyber security engineering tasks related to our next-generation security-enabled mission computing, crypto, and cross-domain technologies, maturing products from low TRL through a program of record accreditation and factory production.

We are looking for talented individuals who are influencers, problem-solvers, collaborators and desire to grow and gain exposure to new skills. Our customers come from all different backgrounds, and so do our employees. If you're passionate about what you could accomplish here, we'd love to hear from you.

What You Will Do :

Lead and mentor a Systems Engineering Scrum Team through Design and Development efforts

Communicate with multiple levels of management, team members, and customers

Interface with multiple Hardware and Software Scrum Teams to work through dependencies and technical challenges

Prepare and maintain project plans, budgets, and staffing requirements to ensure that all action item lists are completed, and project quality expectations are met

Estimate costs, resources, and time required to complete projects to ensure business targets are met

Maintain and provide analysis of trends, performance, resource cost and forecasting reports

Gather and analyze data to monitor projects' progress in terms of cost, schedule, and technical specifications to facilitate operations and ensure that established objectives and budgets are achieved

Meet with the project team regularly to manage project performance, status, open issues, and tasks

Conduct critical path analysis and works closely with the program leadership to manage tasks and workflow

Monitor and assess project issues, escalates when necessary, and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and customer satisfaction goals and objectives

Provide support for proposal and bids, and using estimation tools.

What You Will Learn :

You will gain technical leadership experience, mentorship opportunities, and exposure to very influential individuals within Mission Systems that will help advance your career.

You will obtain invaluable experience working with our security and crypto certification specialists, our customer base, and cross-functional integrated product team.

You can take flight to becoming knowledgeable in security hardened products with exposure to the variety of business and products in an ever-evolving field. We are growing, so can you!

Basic Qualifications :

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

Active and transferable U.S. government issued secret security clearance is required prior to start date

Experience operating as a Product Owner in an Agile Environment

Experience as a Control Account Manager (CAM) focusing on Earned Value (EV).

Preferred Qualifications :

Exceptionally strong communication skills, experience presenting technical data to program management.

Experience with Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE) concepts and tools.

Experience capturing customer requirements, design concept development, and deriving and tracing system and sub-system level requirements.

Experience with peer review processes, configuration and change management.

Familiarity with bidding and project / task estimation tools.

Experience conducting root cause analysis and corrective actions.

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 :

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!

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