Mechanical Design Engineer - Electrical Integration (Onsite)

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Join Our Team as a Mechanical Design Engineer – Focused on Electrical Integration!

Are you passionate about designing the future of cabin seating? We are looking for a dedicated and innovative Mechanical Design Engineer to join our dynamic team, specializing in Electrical Integration. This role is crucial for advancing our seating solutions, and offers an exciting opportunity to make a tangible impact on our projects.

What You Will Do:

• Electrical Integration: Integrate electrical components and wiring into designs while ensuring compliance with vendor and OEM requirements.
• Liaison Duties: Act as the key contact between the electrical integration team, electrical certification, design engineering, vendors, and project teams to ensure seamless communication and collaboration.
• Work Statements: Prepare detailed work statements for the electrical integration team, outlining project requirements and deliverables.
• Project Management: Direct the work of outsourced resources on projects related to electrical integration, ensuring high-quality outcomes.
• System Verification: Verify system configuration and create block diagrams to ensure accuracy and functionality.
• CAD Expertise: Prepare, modify, and release CAD (NX) drawings to confirm the fit, form, and function of mechanical and electrical designs.
• Bracket and Fixation Design: Design brackets and fixations for electrical components and wiring, ensuring structural integrity and compliance with FAA certification through rigorous static and dynamic crash testing.
• Material Evaluation: Assess materials and parts for new designs, liaising with current and new suppliers to ensure optimal selection.
• Team Collaboration: Operate within a collaborative team environment, incorporating input from various functional areas into design solutions and actively participating in design reviews.

Travel Requirements: 0-10 to a local sister site.

What You Will Learn:

• Advanced Electrical Integration Techniques: Gain hands-on experience in integrating complex electrical components and systems into mechanical designs.
• Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration: Enhance your ability to work effectively with various teams, including electrical certification, design engineering, vendors, and project teams.
• Project Management Skills: Develop your project management capabilities by preparing work statements and directing outsourced resources.
• Technical Proficiency: Improve your skills in CAD software (NX) and learn to verify the fit, form, and function of intricate designs.
• Structural Testing and Certification: Acquire knowledge of FAA certification processes and learn how to ensure the structural integrity of designs through static and dynamic crash testing.
• Material Science: Explore the properties and applications of different materials and parts, and how to evaluate them for use in new designs.
• Innovative Problem-Solving: Participate in design reviews and collaborate with a team to develop creative and effective design solutions.
• Industry Standards and Compliance: Understand the importance of meeting industry standards and contractual requirements, ensuring your designs are both efficient and compliant.

Qualification You Must Have:

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations and minimum 2 years of prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field or in absence of a degree, 6 years of relevant experience
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship now or in the future. RTX will not offer sponsorship for this position

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Aerospace Expertise: Prior experience in designing mechanical systems for commercial aircraft seating products.
• CAD Proficiency: Skilled in using Siemens NX or other 3D CAD software for design purposes.
• PDM Tools: Experience working with Teamcenter or other Product Data Management (PDM) tools to manage and streamline design data.
• Electrical Integration: Proven experience in integrating electrical components, including routing, harnesses, and mechanical installations.
• Manufacturing Insights: Familiarity with Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) principles to ensure efficient and cost-effective production.
• Regulatory Knowledge: Understanding of FAA requirements to ensure compliance and certification of designs.

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
• 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! 
• This position is eligible for relocation

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

Note:

• Background check and drug screen required (every external new hire in the U.S.)
• Drug Screen only performed on re-hires who have been gone for more than 1 year
   

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.

Learn More and Apply Now!

Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global spanet.

At Collins Aerospace, our Interiors team is focused on innovation, safety and cost efficiency. But we don’t just get people from point A to point B. We’re committed to making air travel more comfortable, connected and secure. As a leader in aviation interior products and services, we’re helping airlines and original equipment manufacturers create a positive experience for their customers. With offices and manufacturing facilities in more than 12 states across the U.S. and more than 10 countries around the globe, we’re changing the game of aircraft interiors. Are you ready to join our team?

Collins Aerospace Diversity & Inclusion Statement:

Diversity drives innovation; inclusion drives success. We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers. We are committed to fostering a culture where all employees can share their passions and ideas so we can tackle the toughest challenges in our industry and pave new paths to limitless possibility.  

reempowerprogram 

This role is also eligible for the Re-Empower Program.  The Re-Empower Program helps support talented and committed professionals as they rebuild their capabilities, enhance leadership skills, and continue their professional journey.  Over the course of the 14-week program, experienced professionals will gain paid, on-the-job experience, have an opportunity to participate in sessions with leadership, develop personalized plans for success and receive coaching to guide their return-to-work experience.  Upon completion of the program, based on performance and contributions participants will be eligible for a career at RTX.  

Minimum Program Qualifications: 

• Be on a career break of one or more year at time of application 
• Have prior experience in functional area of interest 
• Have interest in returning in either a full-time or part-time position 

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.

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.

The salary range for this role is 64,000 USD - 128,000 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/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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