Associate Manager - Systems Engineering

Date Posted:

2026-11-11



Country:

India



Location:

IN-KA-BENGALURU-NORTHGATE ~ Sy No 2/2 Venkatala Village ~ SY NO 2/2 VENKATALA VILLAGE, Yelahanka Hobli



Position Role Type:

Hybrid

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.

Overview

Systems Engineering (Aircraft Interiors) will provide technical and people leadership to a team of systems engineers responsible for the development, integration, verification, and validation of aircraft interior systems and solutions.

The position will drive systems engineering excellence across the product development lifecycle, ensuring technical integrity, product quality, customer satisfaction, program execution, and compliance with applicable aerospace engineering and certification standards.

The incumbent will be responsible for building and developing engineering talent, managing technical deliverables, driving cross-functional collaboration, and ensuring alignment with organizational engineering strategies and business objectives.

What You Will Do

• Systems Engineering and Technical Leadership
• Lead end-to-end systems engineering activities for aircraft interior products and solutions.
• Drive system requirements definition, decomposition, allocation, traceability, and management.
• Lead system architecture development, functional decomposition, and interface definition.
• Provide technical guidance for system design, integration, verification, and validation.
• Ensure consistency and traceability between customer requirements, system requirements, design specifications, and verification evidence.
• Ensure effective management of system interfaces and integration dependencies.
• Support customer technical reviews and engineering discussions with aircraft OEMs and suppliers.
• Ensure appropriate consideration of aircraft installation requirements, environmental conditions, safety, reliability, and certification requirements.
• Review and provide technical approvals for engineering deliverables and design documentation.
• Drive technical problem-solving, root cause analysis, and resolution of complex engineering issues.
• Drive adoption and implementation of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methodologies for system architecture development, requirements management, and system integration.
• B. People Leadership and Talent Development
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of systems engineering professionals.
• Establish individual performance objectives aligned with business and engineering priorities.
• Drive employee engagement, technical competency development, and succession planning.
• Conduct performance reviews and provide continuous coaching and feedback.
• Ensure optimal resource allocation and workload management.
• C. Program and Project Execution
• Ensure timely execution and delivery of engineering commitments across assigned programs.
• Partner with program management, design engineering, software, hardware, systems integration, quality, and operations teams.
• Monitor engineering schedules, resource requirements, technical risks, and deliverable quality.
• Support program milestone reviews, design reviews, and customer technical reviews.
• Identify potential program execution challenges and implement mitigation plans.
• Drive continuous improvement in engineering productivity and delivery effectiveness.

What You Will Learn

• Strategic Systems Engineering Leadership: Deepen your expertise in leading end-to-end systems engineering activities across the aircraft interiors product development lifecycle. Expand your capabilities in Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).
• People Leadership and Talent Development: Grow leadership capabilities in managing, mentoring, and developing engineering professionals, strengthening technical competencies, driving employee engagement, and building a high-performing systems engineering team.
• Program and Project Execution Excellence: Gain broader experience in managing engineering deliverables, resource planning, schedules, technical risks, and cross-functional dependencies to ensure successful execution of complex aerospace programs.
• Customer and Stakeholder Engagement: Enhance your ability to lead technical discussions and reviews with aircraft OEMs, suppliers, customers, and internal stakeholders, influencing engineering decisions and ensuring alignment with customer and business objectives.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical or Electronics Engineering.
• 9–12 years of relevant experience in systems engineering or a closely related engineering domain, with at least 3 Years of demonstrated experience in Project and People Management. 
• Demonstrated experience in systems engineering lifecycle activities, including requirements development, architecture, integration, verification, and validation.
• Practical experience in Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), including system architecture modeling, requirements traceability, and interface management.
• Demonstrated experience leading engineering teams or providing technical leadership.
• Strong understanding of engineering development processes and aerospace product development methodologies.
• Experience working in cross-functional and multidisciplinary engineering environments.
• Strong technical communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving capabilities.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Master’s degree in aerospace engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Experience working with aircraft OEMs, aerospace suppliers, and airline customers.
• Knowledge of ARP4754, ARP4761, DO-160, DO-254, DO-178.
• Understanding of applicable aircraft certification and development assurance processes.
• Experience with requirements management tool (Polarion, DOORS or JAMA) and systems modeling tools (MATLAB/Simulink, Cameo System Modeler, MagicDraw or IBM Rhapsody)
• Previous experience managing geographically distributed engineering teams.
• Exposure to Systems Engineering competency development, process improvement, and productivity initiatives.
• Exposure to MBSE, digital engineering, model-based verification, and digital thread concepts.

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

-           Meal vouchers

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

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