Technical Project Manager

• Engineering Product Development

Date Posted: 2025-02-04
Country: Australia
Location: Unit 8, 12 Mars Road, Lane Cove West, NSW 2066 Australia

About the Role

Senior Engineering opportunity; pathway to leadership supporting Australia's security capability. Join a friendly and collaborative team at Collins Aerospace, a global leader and major technology innovator in Defence, based at Lane Cove West NSW.

At Collins Aerospace, we are dedicated to working on the toughest challenges in global aerospace and defense. We are driving the industry forward through technologically advanced and intelligent solutions in defense. Every day we imagine ways to make the skies and the spaces we touch smarter, safer and more amazing than ever.

Reporting to the Associate Director Engineering, your new role as a Technical Project Manager is a leading responsibility in the project management and systems engineering delivery attached to a major Australian Defense Force (ADF) program. Collaborating with colleagues and key ADF and supplier personnel, you will work to meet project milestones and objectives in a transdisciplinary environment to deliver a fully integrated system.

Oversight requirement and activities in your new role include task analysis, specification, design, as well as system verification and validation to ensure functional interface performance, physical and qualitative characteristics and costs are balanced to secure stakeholder requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Undertake the full remit of technical aspects of project management, leading and developing project team skills
• Coordinate engineering tasking, including planning and co-ordination, task estimation, allocation and management
• Resource planning, schedule development, project risk and financial management
• Responsibility for Earned Value metrics, change, issue resolution and reporting
• Review and approve technical documentation in accordance with authority levels
• Ensure the logical and systematic conversion of customer requirements into total systems solution; accounting for technical, schedule and cost priorities
• Develop and deliver project and support deliverables including technical documentation
• Ensure governance and compliance with policies and procedures to meet contract commitments, using a systems engineering approach and Trusted Agile methodologies to plan and execute engineering and project requirements
• Maintain professional personal presentation in communication and collaborate proactively with key stakeholders including Systems, Hardware and Software design functions in-country and across international teams
• Lead and champion the development of new design approaches, methods and technologies as well as process and quality updates with a focus on and commitment to continuous improvement and continuous learning

Essential Qualifications and Experience

• B.Eng or B.Sc qualification
• Experience in Project Management and Systems Engineering, in the design and development of systems and products across the development of engineering hardware and software components
• Proven background and experience in Systems Integration
• Core competence and proven skills in cross-team collaboration
• Strong communication skills with multi-disciplinary groups and internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to maintain professional standards at all times
• Skills and experience to lead company representation in various forums

Desirable Qualifications and Experience

• Proven success in developing and delivering complex, high technology products involving software and hardware through to delivery of integrated systems
• Proficiency in Systems Engineering, including open systems architecture and secured cloud-based technologies
• Experience as a Senior Systems Engineer involved through the entirety of systems development, including requirements capture, design, decomposition, integration, plus verification and validation through to the transition to production; ideally in Defence industry environments
• Familiarity with engineering development in an Agile and DEVSECOPS environment

Additional Requirements

• Ability to travel in-country or overseas where required
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an Australian Defence Security Clearance (eligibility information at http://www.defence.gov.au/agsva)
• Eligible to be certified compliant against ITAR technology access requirements

About Collins Aerospace and 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.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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.