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About RTX

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 talented professionals are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference by solving some of the world’s most complex challenges.

With three market-leading businesses, world-class operations, and significant investments in research and development, RTX brings together exceptional capabilities and opportunities. Together, we push the boundaries of science and technology to create innovative solutions that connect and protect our world.

Join RTX and work alongside some of the brightest minds in aerospace and defense while contributing to technologies that shape the future.

About Collins Aerospace

Collins Aerospace is a global leader in technologically advanced and intelligent aerospace and defense solutions.

With a comprehensive portfolio and deep technical expertise, Collins Aerospace helps customers meet the evolving demands of the global aerospace market.

Our teams develop mission-critical technologies and innovative engineering solutions where safety, quality, collaboration, and engineering excellence are at the core of everything we do.

Join Collins Aerospace and be part of a team that is shaping the future of aerospace through advanced engineering, automation, and digital technologies.

Job Overview

We are looking for an experienced Tools Engineering Manager to lead the development, deployment, and lifecycle management of engineering tools that improve productivity, quality, compliance, and delivery predictability.

This role combines technical leadership, people management, software development lifecycle expertise, process excellence, and stakeholder management.

You will lead a team of engineers developing automation, verification, analysis, and digital engineering tools, while establishing and driving the overall tools engineering strategy.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to influence engineering processes, introduce innovative automation solutions, build reusable capabilities, and enable engineering teams to deliver products more efficiently and effectively.

Band: M4
Department: Advanced FMS #2
Location: Bangalore / Hyderabad
Desired Experience: 12+ Years

What You Will Do

• Lead and develop a team of engineers responsible for automation, verification, analysis, and digital engineering tools.
• Define and execute the Tools Engineering strategy, including development, deployment, maintenance, modernization, and lifecycle management.
• Develop and maintain engineering applications and automation solutions using Python and Java.
• Ensure engineering tools follow established SDLC, configuration management, verification, validation, and release processes.
• Apply knowledge of DO-330 to support tool qualification and compliance activities.
• Manage source code and configuration using SVN and Git.
• Use Jama for requirements management and traceability.
• Use Jira for Agile planning, issue tracking, reporting, and execution.
• Lead PREP activities, including planning, reviews, execution, and process compliance.
• Drive automation, reusable frameworks, CI/CD, testing, and continuous improvement.
• Manage priorities, schedules, risks, resources, and delivery commitments.
• Monitor productivity, quality, delivery, adoption, and customer satisfaction metrics.
• Mentor engineers and build strong technical capabilities within the team.
• Partner with Engineering, Quality, Systems, Software, Cybersecurity, and Program Management teams.
• Support audits, assessments, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions.
• Conduct regular one-on-one discussions, performance reviews, and annual performance assessments.
• Establish clear team objectives, success measures, and development plans.
• Promote a culture based on Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.

What You Will Learn

• Advanced engineering tools and digital engineering practices within the aerospace industry.
• Aerospace tool development, qualification, and lifecycle management.
• DO-330 and aerospace tool qualification processes.
• Engineering automation using Python and Java.
• Modern DevOps, CI/CD, automated testing, and reusable frameworks.
• Requirements and traceability management using tools such as Jama.
• Agile execution and engineering process excellence.
• Configuration management using Git and SVN.
• Cross-functional collaboration with Engineering, Systems, Software, Quality, Cybersecurity, and Program teams.
• People leadership, talent development, and technical capability building.
• Opportunities to drive digital transformation and productivity improvements across aerospace engineering.

Qualifications You Must Have

• 12+ years of relevant professional experience in engineering tools, software, automation, digital engineering, or related technical areas.
• Proven experience leading engineering tools, software, automation, or digital engineering teams.
• Strong knowledge of SDLC, Agile methodologies, configuration management, and software quality processes.
• Working knowledge of DO-330 and aerospace tool qualification practices.
• Experience with SVN, Git, Jama, and Jira.
• Experience with PREP activities and engineering process compliance.
• Strong leadership and people-management skills.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder-management, and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong experience managing priorities, schedules, risks, resources, and delivery commitments.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, highly collaborative engineering environment.
• Strong focus on quality, compliance, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Experience working in aerospace or another highly regulated engineering environment.
• Practical development experience using Python and Java.
• Experience developing engineering automation tools and reusable frameworks.
• Experience with CI/CD, automated testing, and DevOps practices.
• Experience supporting tool qualification and certification activities.
• Experience driving engineering process improvements and digital transformation initiatives.
• Experience managing geographically distributed engineering teams.
• Strong customer and stakeholder management experience.
• Experience establishing engineering tools as a strategic organizational capability.
• Ability to use engineering metrics to improve productivity, quality, adoption, and delivery predictability.
• Strong understanding of engineering quality and compliance processes.

Educational Qualification

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in:
  • Electronics Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Computer Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Information Technology
  • or a related engineering/technical discipline.
• For engineering and technical positions, a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) with relevant professional experience is typically required, subject to applicable local laws and regulations.
• Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field with a minimum of 5 years of experience.

Avionics

Our Avionics team advances aviation electronics and information management solutions for commercial and military customers across the world. That means we’re helping passengers reach their destination safely. We’re connecting aircraft operators, airports, rail and critical infrastructure with intelligent data service solutions that keep passengers, flight crews and militaries connected and informed. And we’re providing industry-leading fire protection and safety systems that our customers can count on when it matters most. Are you ready to learn from the most knowledgeable experts in the industry, develop the technologies of tomorrow and reach new heights in your career? Join our Avionics team today.

WE ARE REDEFINING AEROSPACE.

*Please consider the following role type definitions as you apply for this role.

Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

Hybrid: Employees who are working in Hybrid roles will work regularly both onsite and offsite.  Ratio of time working onsite will be determined in partnership with your leader.

Remote: Employees who are working in Remote roles will work primarily offsite (from home).  An employee may be expected to travel to the site location as needed. 

Regardless of your role type, collaboration and innovation are critical to our business and all employees will have access to digital tools so they can work with colleagues around the world – and access to Collins sites when their work requires in-person meetings.

Some of our competitive benefits package includes:

Benefits package includes:

-         Meal coupons

-         Group Term Life Insurance.

-         Group Health Insurance.

-         Group Personal Accident Insurance.

-         Entitled for 18 days of vacation and 12 days of contingency leave annually.

-         Employee scholar programme.

-         Work life balance.

-         Car lease programme.

-         National Pension Scheme

-         LTA

-         Fuel & Maintenance /Driver wages

Nothing matters more to Collins Aerospace than our strong ethical and safety commitments. As such, all India positions require a background check, which may include a drug screen.

Note:

• Background check and drug screen required (every external new hire in the India)
• Drug Screen only performed for Operations Positions

At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form – with our customers and with each other -- propel us all higher, again and again.

Apply now and be part of the team that’s redefining aerospace, every day.

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.  

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