Substation Engineer III or Senior
Dairyland Power Cooperative
Senior Project Engineer
RTX
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Rockford • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $82,000 - $164,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Provide technical oversight of supplier-designed products from proposal through production, ensuring they meet performance and schedule requirements.
- Play a key role in selecting and evaluating suppliers, developing sourcing strategies, and creating design packages.
- Act as the main technical contact between suppliers, the program team, and internal engineering and operations groups.
- Lead the development of system-level requirements and detailed design documentation to guide product development.
- Manage project planning, identify technical risks, and drive mitigation strategies to keep the program on track.
- Participate in supplier design and testing reviews, including early concept reviews, design milestones, test witnessing, and technical investigations.
- Address and resolve technical and manufacturing challenges, ensuring designs are both functional and producible.
- Travel to supplier facilities when needed and contribute to continuous improvement efforts, including process updates and sharing lessons learned.
Requirements
- Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or Power Electronics
- Hands-on experience in aerospace product development, including design and integration of electrical or electromechanical systems
- Knowledge and experience with DO-160 testing and verification processes
- Proven success participating in or leading design reviews (conceptual, preliminary, critical, etc.)
- Experience managing complex projects or working directly with suppliers in project engineering or project management capacity
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) for technical reporting and project tracking
- Familiarity with DOORS (for requirements management), PLM systems, and CAD tools (preferred but not required)
Benefits
- 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 Incentives, wellness rewards program
- Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
- Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
- Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
- And more!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
aerospace product developmentdesign and integration of electrical systemsDO-160 testingrequirements managementproject managementtechnical oversightsystem-level requirements developmentdesign documentationrisk managementcontinuous improvement
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationproblem-solvingcollaborationproject planning
