Job Description

Job Description

Date Posted:

2025-07-11

Country:

United States of America

Location:

A01: Rockford - Aerospace 4747 Harrison Avenue, Rockford, IL, 61125 USA

Position 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:

None/Not Required

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. We are currently seeking a Communications Systems Interface Engineer to join our Engine Controls & Accessories (EC&A) Digital Controls product line team.

The Electrical Systems Aerospace Interface Development Team is looking for a Communications Systems Interface Engineer to play a key role in the development and integration of advanced communications and serial data bus technologies for next-generation aerospace power generation and distribution systems. This role involves working across multiple disciplines to ensure reliable, high-performance system interfaces and communication protocols critical to aerospace applications.

What You Will Do

• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team of systems, hardware, software, and test engineers to develop advanced aerospace communications and interface solutions.

• Write and manage functional interface requirements and flow down to hardware, software, and test equipment groups.

• Define and document I/O signals and data paths, using modern, web-based tools to ensure traceability and consistency.

• Develop and execute interface verification plans, using both lab testing and simulation tools to ensure interoperability across all components.

• Troubleshoot interface and communication issues, performing root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions.

• Support technical reviews, design documentation, and interface control documents (ICDs) throughout the project lifecycle.

• Drive innovation in interface architectures and communication strategies to improve system performance and reliability.

• Work hands-on in system-level integration labs to integrate and validate power distribution systems, ensuring proper function and communication over serial data buses (e.g., ARINC, MIL-STD-1553, CAN, AFDX).

Qualifications You Must Have

• 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

Qualifications We Prefer

• Experience with requirements development

• Experience with design and verification of data communications electrical hardware. E.g. IEEE802.3 (ethernet) or CAN

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or similar discipline

• Experience with decomposing system requirements to support Hardware and Software design teams.

• Designed at least one aircraft industry Communications standard such as ARINC 664, SAE AS6003, ARINC 825, ARINC 429, ARINC 629, or Mil-Std-1553B or equivalent.

• Familiarity with the Scaled AGILE Framework process using JIRA

• Experience using the requirements management tool “DOORS” and configuration management tool “Synergy”

• Experience with python, VBA, DXL, and XML

• Previous experience working with certifying authorities to comply with aviation data bus design assurance guidelines such as CRI-F66, CRI-F30, CM E-09 Edition 1, and AC20-156

• Previous experience troubleshooting labs using an oscilloscope and/or Time domain reflectometer.

• Understands signal integrity issue’s (ie transmission line theory)

What We Offer

Some of our competitive benefits package includes: 

• 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 d

• 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!  

Eligible for relocation

Learn More & Apply Now!​

We make modern flight possible for millions of travelers and our military every second.  Our major product lines are on-board virtually every aircraft flying. Be it keeping passengers safe with our emergency power generation systems or creating a positive in flight experience through reliable cabin pressure controls and quieter engines, Power & Controls focuses on delivering a best-in-class experience to our customers. We hire the top people in the industry. Their ideas drive our performance, and their integrity keeps our customers happy. Join us as we take flight!

*Please ensure the role type (defined below) is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role.

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. 

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.

The salary range for this role is 82,000 USD - 164,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.

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