Associate Director - Resilient Navigation (ONSITE)

• Motivated self-starter with a strong enthusiasm to learn and a passion for the speed and agility necessary to deliver disruptive technologies. Well-organized with excellent interpersonal, leadership and communication skills for effective collaboration across a global team. 

Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market. 

Collins Aerospace makes modern flight possible. Of course, that wouldn’t be possible without the capabilities and technologies of our organization, as well as our engineers – a highly skilled, accomplished network that spans more than 180 sites, 24 countries and 6 Strategic Business Units (SBUs). 

Our industry-leading experts are setting the standards for the aerospace industry and paving the way for the future. But as new challenges present themselves, we need fresh, creative, and motivated minds to overcome these hurdles, help us break barriers and achieve new levels of innovation.

Do you have what it takes to join a global, diverse organization that doesn’t shy away from big opportunities? If so, we invite you to join our ranks and create the next generation of aerospace technologies. Together, we will nurture an engineering culture that values intellectual curiosity, risk takers and integrity. A place where we will challenge ourselves, our teams, and the status quo and where we will work to find a way – the right way – to achieve what others can only dream of. 

Collins Aerospace Avionics Navigation seeks candidates with industry-recognized technical leadership in navigation technologies to lead the Resilient Navigation technology strategy within our CNS Navigation product lines working closely with our Advanced CNS Sandbox. As a technology visionary, the successful candidate will be responsible for implementing the future of our commercial aircraft navigation technology, from technology inception through to transition of differentiated industry-leading capabilities to product teams. The candidate will serve as a key bridge between Avionics product lines & Applied Research & Technology, ensuring that innovative concepts are aligned with business and customer needs and are successfully matured into market ready solutions. 

This role requires an unusual mix of experience covering early-stage technology research and demonstration through product line strategy. Our ideal candidate is a passionate technology leader with an action-oriented, collaborative mindset, who operates with a vision for the future, while delivering benefits that exceed industry expectations.  

As a member of Avionics product lines leadership and key partner to our Advanced CNS Sandbox, the successful candidate will be a core contributor to strategic planning, business development, and engagement with our internal and external stakeholders. This role has a high level of visibility, including direct engagement with major aircraft manufacturers, standardization & regulatory organizations, and suppliers. As a technology leader the candidate is expected to contribute to technical staff development, evaluate and take action on the performance of self and others, and proactively plan for team and customer needs, while operating with full integrity. 

This is an onsite position in Melbourne, Florida.