Senior Principal Engineer – Quality Engineering

RTX, the world 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.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Principal Quality Engineer to join the Customer Quality team within Collins Aerospace’s Engine Control Systems (ECS) business unit, supporting the Power and Controls organization. This individual will bring extensive quality assurance expertise and leadership to drive customer satisfaction, product quality, and continuous improvement.

Location: US-CT-WINDSOR LOCKS-B1A ~ 1 Hamilton Rd ~ BLDG 1A

Role Type: Hybrid

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements: U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Security Clearance Type: None/Not Required

Security Clearance Status: Not Required

What You Will Do:

• Understand customer requirements and expectations and communicate key points to the supply chain. Potential to include programs of both military and commercial applications.
• Understand objectives and procedures for initial development projects (APQP) and implement corporate level quality initiatives and procedures (RTX ZERO) in addition to RCCA for customer investigations.
• Analyze and make recommendations for Quality Assurance plans, guidelines, policies, and processes to ensure the achievement of Quality targets in relation to customer flow down and develop compliance documentation to ensure alignment to customer requirements.
• Implement projects and processes to ensure overall quality is continuously improving as well as overseeing team working with specific customer.
• Provide production process analysis, ensuring quality standards are met and make recommendations for quality improvements.
• Conduct collection and analysis of quality information from multiple sources for the development of quality strategy and programs.
• Review quality improvement processes to ensure on‑going reductions in Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) and escapes.
• Communicate with internal team on customer process changes and engineering changes.
• Support for customer presentation and audits.
• Potential travel 10–20%.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited by local laws/regulations or
• An Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years experience, in absence of a degree, 10 years of relevant experience is required
• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Experience with Microsoft Office (Powerpoint, Excel, Word)
• Experience with SAP
• Experience with RCCA/problem-solving using 8D or other tools

Qualifications We Prefer:

• A bachelor’s degree in an engineering field
• Experience communicating to all levels of an organization (executive to technician)
• Experience in a manufacturing and/or operations environment
• Experience with APQP and PPAP
• Experience with industry and customer standard, such as but not limited to, AS9100, AS13100, AS9102, AS9145 and customer requirements (Rolls‑Royce SABRE experience preferred)
• Certified CORE apprentice
• Experience with MRB (Materials Review Board) is a plus, but not required
• Security clearance a bonus

What We Offer: