Software Project Engineer II - Advanced System Tools (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2026-10-23

 Country:

United States of America

 Location:

US-IA-CEDAR RAPIDS-107 ~ 400 Collins Rd NE ~ BLDG 107

 Position Role Type:

Onsite

 U.S. Citizen, U.S.

Person, or Immigration Status Requirements

• This job requires a U.S.
• Person.
• A U.S.
• Person is a lawful permanent resident as defined in 8 U.S.C.
• 1101(a)(20) or who is a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C.
• 1324b(a)(3).
• U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents, or individuals granted refugee or asylee status in the U.S. are considered U.S. persons.
• For a complete definition of “U.S.
• Person” go here. https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-120/subpart-C/section-120.62

 Security Clearance Type: None/Not Required

 Security Clearance Status: Not Required At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems.
• With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can.
• Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.
• Collins Aerospace is a leader in technologically advanced, intelligent solutions that help redefine the aerospace and defense industry.
• With a comprehensive portfolio and deep technical expertise, we help customers meet the demands of the global market.
• Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.
• We are seeking a Software Engineer II to join our Advanced System Tools (AST) organization onsite in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
• This role combines technical project execution and hands-on engineering.
• You will help lead the day-to-day execution of the Database Processing Software (DBPS) Tool, working with a team of software engineers to drive and deliver high-quality avionics databases while maintaining alignment across scope, schedule, cost, technical priorities, and certification needs.
• Approximately half of this role will focus on project engineering and execution leadership, while the remaining responsibilities will include hands-on technical contribution to DBPS or other AST projects.

What You Will Do

• Support day-to-day technical execution of the DBPS project and help coordinate the activities for a small team of software engineers.
• Lead team-level execution cadences, regular standups, work-planning discussions, progress reviews, and follow-up on open actions.
• Track project progress, schedule, budget, risks, dependencies, and technical execution; identify issues early and help drive them to resolution.
• Work closely with product management and engineering leader to communicate project status, emerging risks, resource needs, and recovery plans.
• Develop and maintain short- and long-term project plans, including work-package estimates, execution schedules, future roadmap activities, and anticipated budget needs.
• Ensure engineering work is appropriately scoped, estimated, assigned, tracked, and completed in support of program and product line commitments.
• Facilitate technical discussions when progress is stalling and ensure the appropriate subject-matter experts are engaged.
• Coordinate and support release planning, certification activities, customer commitments, and production-support needs associated with DBPS.
• Contribute technically to the project through software requirements, design, development, integration, verification, peer reviews, release activities, or certification artifacts based on project needs and individual experience.
• Investigate execution issues, support root-cause analysis, and help develop practical corrective actions.
• Identify opportunities to improve team execution, planning accuracy, engineering processes, automation, and overall project efficiency.
• Support other AST projects through project engineering or technical contributions as organizational priorities evolve.

What You Will Learn:

• Gain hands-on experience balancing technical execution with project management in a safety-critical avionics environment.
• Develop experience managing scope, schedule, budget, risk, dependencies, and technical commitments for a small engineering project.
• Build experience working across the full engineering lifecycle, including bids, design, development, verification, certification, and release.
• Gain exposure to DO-200B/DO-330 qualified software tools, Avionics database production, and engineering processes that support certified airborne products.
• Develop stronger technical leadership, stakeholder communication, planning, estimation, and decision-making skills.
• Work closely with engineering leaders, product managers, certification office, production team, and technical experts across Collins Aerospace.
• Build the skills needed to take on progressively larger technical and project leadership responsibilities.

Qualifications

You Must Have:

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 2 years of prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field.
• Experience contributing to software development, systems engineering, project engineering, or another technical engineering discipline.
• Experience working within a structured engineering lifecycle that includes planning, implementation, verification, and delivery.
• Experience using engineering planning, configuration-management, or work-management tools such as MS Project, Jira, Git, or similar tools.

Qualifications

We Prefer:

• Experience supporting or coordinating the execution of a small technical project.
• Ability to work effectively across technical and non-technical teams and help drive issues toward resolution.
• Demonstrated ability to organize work, track multiple priorities, and communicate status, risks, and dependencies to teammates or stakeholders.
• Familiarity with Agile practices and leading or facilitating team execution cadences.
• Experience with project planning concepts including scope, schedule, cost, budget, risk, dependencies, and resource planning.
• Experience with tracking actual performance against planned work.
• Software-development experience using one or more languages such as C#, C, C++, Python, or Java.
• Experience developing or reviewing software requirements, designs, test cases, or automated test procedures.
• Familiarity with software integration, debugging, root-cause analysis, and issue resolution.
• Exposure to avionics, embedded systems, engineering tools, simulation environments, or safety-critical software development.
• Familiarity with DO-330, DO-200, DO-178 or other regulated engineering environments.
• Experience supporting software releases, certification activities, or customer/production issues.
• Ability to work independently, recognize when work is becoming blocked, and proactively engage others to maintain progress.
• Active interest in growing into broader technical and project leadership responsibilities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Benefits

Some of our competitive benefits package includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
• Adoption Assistance
• Autism Benefit
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
• Healthy You Incentiv