Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. RTX, through its Collins Aerospace business, is an aerospace and defense company developing advanced technologies and manufacturing solutions. The Senior Engineering Manager will lead and mentor a structural processing engineering team while providing technical direction for industrial automation, robotics, controls, and complex manufacturing equipment. The role also oversees solution architecture, vendor partnerships, equipment deployment, engineering quality, resource planning, and enterprise-wide standardization.
Responsibilities
- Lead, develop, and mentor a team of manufacturing and automation engineers
- Provide hiring, performance management, and talent development for a team of primarily experienced professionals
- Provide technical leadership for complex manufacturing equipment and process automation solutions
- Lead technical solution development from initial problem definition through equipment deployment and operational handoff
- Guide equipment architecture, controls strategy, robotics integration, and functional safety
- Develop enterprise solutions for structural processing and process-oriented manufacturing equipment
- Partner with manufacturing sites, Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, EHS, and other stakeholders to define technical requirements
- Influence stakeholders outside the Equipment Engineering function, including external vendors, OEMs, integrators, and technology suppliers, on standards and technical direction
- Translate complex manufacturing problems into practical, scalable equipment solutions
- Lead technical design reviews and challenge internal and external engineering solutions
- Develop strategic partnerships with equipment OEMs, system integrators, and technology suppliers
- Provide technical oversight of vendor-designed and vendor-built manufacturing equipment
- Promote reusable and standardized solutions that can be deployed across multiple manufacturing sites
- Support equipment commissioning, startup, and transition to site ownership
- Develop technical expertise and engineering capability within the team
- Serve as a senior technical consultant for complex automation and manufacturing equipment challenges across the enterprise
- Solve undefined, moderately complex engineering problems requiring integration of multiple technologies, manufacturing sites, process constraints, and high-energy or high‑force systems
- Execute tactical and operational plans that directly impact manufacturing performance and structural processing capability across the enterprise
Skills
- U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract
- Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience in manufacturing automation, robotics, controls, OR advanced industrial equipment development, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience
- Experience developing, integrating, or deploying industrial manufacturing equipment
- Demonstrated experience with industrial automation and robotics
- Working knowledge of industrial controls, PLC-based systems, and equipment integration
- Knowledge of functional safety and machine safety principles
- Experience leading engineers or technical teams
- Experience working with equipment OEMs, system integrators, or automation suppliers
- Ability to lead technical design reviews and evaluate complex engineering solutions
- Ability to travel to up to 25% to support manufacturing sites and vendor facilities as required
- Experience leading engineering teams in a complex manufacturing environment
- Strong background in manufacturing automation and capital equipment development
- Experience with industrial robotics and robotic manufacturing processes
- Experience with robotic welding, press systems, forming equipment, or other process-oriented manufacturing technologies
- Experience with functional safety standards and safety-rated automation systems
- Experience with complex machine controls and integrated manufacturing cells
- Experience developing equipment solutions for deployment across multiple manufacturing sites
- Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop technical engineering talent
- Strong technical problem-solving and systems thinking skills
- Experience influencing enterprise standards and long‑term technology direction across multiple manufacturing sites
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 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
- Holidays
- Eligible annual short-term incentive compensation programs, depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement
- Eligible annual long-term incentive compensation programs, depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement
- Remote work arrangement, with employees working primarily offsite from home
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