Project Engineer

Date Posted: 2026-02-03
Country: United Kingdom
Location: GB-PLY-PLYMOUTH-C ~ Clittaford Rd Southway ~ BLDG C
Position Role Type: Unspecified

About the Role

At Collins Aerospace, precision and reliability guide everything we do. Our Plymouth site is a centre of excellence for advanced navigation and control systems, delivering world-class technologies such as MEMS-based Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) and TERPROM® terrain navigation systems. We support some of the most demanding aerospace and defence programmes in the world and now, we're looking for a Project Engineer onsite to help shape the next generation of aerospace technology. This is your opportunity to work at the forefront of innovation, alongside highly skilled engineers in a business where technical excellence truly matters.

Responsibilities

As a Project Engineer, you will play a key technical leadership role across new product development and current production programmes, supporting both existing business and future growth. You will:

• Act as a technical lead across the full project lifecycle, owning the technical vision and delivery
• Work closely with discipline leads to deliver complex, multi-disciplinary engineering projects
• Serve as the customer's technical focal point, managing technical delivery, change, and communication
• Ensure projects are delivered to schedule, cost, and quality
• Lead systems engineering activities, including requirements management and compliance
• Provide technical input to planning, estimation, and project management
• Support customer presentations, technical meetings, trials, and exhibitions
• Contribute to bids and proposals, including resourcing and technical compliance
• Translate customer requirements into technical specifications, solution development, and compliance tracking
• Travel occasionally to UK and international customer sites for meetings, trials, and programme reviews

What You Will Learn

In this role, you'll gain:

• Deep exposure to cutting edge aerospace navigation and sensor technologies
• Experience leading projects through the full product development lifecycle
• Hands-on involvement in customer integration and aircraft systems
• Insight into international collaboration across engineering teams
• Opportunities to develop your technical leadership, stakeholder engagement, and systems engineering expertise
• Access to world-class training, mentoring, and long-term career development pathways

Qualifications

Essential

• A strong technical background, with a 2:1 Bachelor's Degree (or higher) in Engineering or a closely related technical discipline such as Mathematics or Physics
• Experience working within an engineering and/or manufacturing organisation
• Ability to operate effectively in a technical environment, contributing to engineering delivery and problem-solving
• A clear and confident communicator, able to work with customers, engineers, and project stakeholders

Desirable

• Background or experience in Systems Engineering
• Experience leading or coordinating project teams within an engineering environment
• Exposure to sensor-based technologies, electronics, or complex technical systems
• Experience working across multi-disciplinary engineering teams

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package
• Flexible working options
• Excellent 2:1 matched pension (up to 10%)
• Private health insurance and life assurance
• 25 days annual leave, plus the option to buy or sell up to 5 additional days
• Early finish on Fridays
• Structured career development, mentoring, and access to world-class training
• And much more!

Important Notes

The successful candidate must hold an active or be willing and eligible to obtain SC level security clearance. Please note that access to certain projects may be restricted based on nationality.

About RTX

RTX is an aerospace and defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It comprises three industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. Its 195,000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics, electric propulsion, directed energy, hypersonics, avionics and cybersecurity. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.