Collins Aerospace is seeking a Senior Principal Engineer to serve as the System Integrated Project Team (SIPT) Lead for the 787 Liquid Cooling Systems (LCS), including PECS, ICS, and FCAC. The role aims to solve complex engineering challenges in aerospace applications, drive creative solutions, own engineering execution, improve system reliability, and support cost reduction initiatives for these critical systems.
Requirements
- Experience with vapor cycle or refrigeration systems in aerospace
- Prior experience in project engineering or program engineering leadership role
- Experience managing engineering scope to meet schedule, cost, and technical performance requirements
- Experience coordinating engineering activities across internal teams, suppliers, and customers
- Experience supporting in-service systems, including root cause investigation, corrective actions, and reliability improvements
- Experience preparing and delivering technical briefings and status updates to senior leadership and external stakeholders
Responsibilities
- Lead a multi-disciplinary engineering team to drive creative, cross-functional solutions to technical issues, spanning Collins and supplier manufacturing, customer production environments, and airline fleet operations.
- Own the engineering execution of the 787 PECS, ICS, and FCAC systems across the full product lifecycle from design and integration through to in-service support.
- Become an expert in system architecture, performance, and operation of all 787 Liquid Cooling subsystems.
- Drive system reliability improvements, partnering with Product Line leadership to identify, prioritize, and resolve root causes of in-service issues.
- Coordinate and execute supplier transitions, collaborating across supply chain, customer engineering, and operations to meet program objectives.
- Lead system-level troubleshooting, including root cause investigations of fleet issues, working with internal teams and Boeing stakeholders.
- Assess and define requirements for Prognostic Health Management (PHM) analytics development across the PECS, ICS, and FCAC systems; establish priorities to support system health monitoring and predictive maintenance objectives.
Other
- 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 or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience
- Travel up to 20% is required, including visits to customer sites, supplier facilities, and internal Collins locations to support program execution and stakeholder engagement.
- Communicate effectively with senior leadership at Collins and Boeing, keeping all stakeholders informed of risks, issues, and resolution plans.
- Mentor and coach early- and mid-career engineers, promoting systems thinking, technical excellence, and leadership development within the organization.
