Associate Manager, Applied Research & Technology

Date Posted:

2023-09-12

Country:

India

Location:

North Gate Business Park Sy.No 2/1, and Sy.No 2/2, KIAL Road, Venkatala Village, Chowdeshwari Layout, Yelahanka, Bangalore, Karnataka 560064

Position Role Type:

Unspecified

Associate Manager, Applied Research & Technology (ART)

The Applied Research & Technology (ART) department works with teams around the globe, collaborating with them towards building prototypes, demonstrators, and new products, thereby enabling better innovation and business outcomes for Collins Aerospace.

The Emerging Technologies team, part of ART, pursues advanced, emerging, and disruptive technologies and methods relevant to multiple strategic business units (SBUs) with a focus on AI/ML, AR/VR, Cloud and Advance Software Engineering methods.

Position Overview:

We are seeking a highly motivated individual who is ready to grow and develop the ART – Emerging Technologies team. The individual will be responsible for managing multiple advanced and disruptive technology projects with different stakeholders around the globe. The individual will also be responsible for guiding the teams towards delivering successful Proof of Concepts, Technology Demonstrators and New Product Development.

We are also looking for a candidate who is passionate about both people and technology development. The candidate should have a strong background in software development, should be curious about cutting edge technologies such as Cloud, DevSecOps & IoT etc., and have a strong will to redefine aerospace. The candidate needs to an organized Engineering manager, an active communicator, a good influencer and fluent in the dynamic and everchanging environment of the research and innovation domain.

Responsibilities & Duties:

Build and develop the project teams to ensure maximum performance, providing purpose, direction, and motivation

Lead projects from requirements definition through deployment, identifying schedules, scopes, budget estimations, and project implementation plans, including risk mitigation

To coordinate internal and external resources, ensuring projects remain within scope, schedule, and defined budgets, in collaboration with project staff from various functional departments

Analyze project progress and, when necessary, adapt scope, timelines, and costs to ensure that project team adheres to project requirements

Establish and maintain relationships with appropriate client stakeholders, providing day-to-day contact on project status and changes

Identify Technology and Industry disruptions on the horizon

Key Competencies & Skillsets:

Good Team Management skills in prior roles as a Project Engineer, Team Lead or a Scrum Master. Experience in coaching and educating project teams to strengthen team members’ capabilities and skill sets

Strong Software Development experience with applications developed for Cloud or Embedded platforms. Good hands-on experience in at least two of the languages - Python, C, C#, C++ or Java is required.

Good experience with Cloud Services & DevOps. Additionally, experience in developing software for IoT technologies is a plus.

Strong project management skills with the ability to juggle multiple workstreams simultaneously.

Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills for influencing without authority

Ability to communicate clearly and well, both verbally and in written form, developing strong partnerships across functions to drive measurable operational results

Strong focus on quality and ability to navigate through company specific processes

Ability to ensuring alignment across multiple stakeholders both internally across several business units, and externally with third parties

Excels in a fast-paced environment with high degree of accountability

Diligent, disciplined, flexible, reliable, and strives for highest quality output

Qualifications:

Minimum:

B Tech. in Computer Science Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering or Avionics with a minimum experience of 6 years

At least 2 years of project management experience with teams working on complex technologies.

In depth understanding of project management methodologies (including Agile), and tools like MS Office, MS Project, Kanban boards etc

Recommended:

PMP Certification or Agile SCRUM Master Certification

Experience with Airborne software development is a plus

Advanced degree/certification in Engineering/Management would be a plus

RTX is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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