Senior Mechanical Design Engineer - RCP Hardware (Onsite)

• Experience with Computer Aided Design (CAD).  Includes working knowledge of model creation, interrogation with CAD tools like PTC Creo (preferred), NX or Solidworks to support mechanical designs.
• Experience with electronic product packaging (Circuit Card Assemblies, Printed Wiring Boards, electronics chassis, etc)
• 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
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

• Experience performing Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and/or Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and associated analysis methodologies
• Experience interfacing with internal and external suppliers. (SOW generation, experience with RTX Operations/Supply Chain processes.
• Relevant manufacturing experience (electronics, metal fab, 3D printing, etc)
• Knowledge in design for low cost, manufacturability and small volume packaging
• Experience with geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)
• Familiarity with bid, proposal and earned value methods

• →You will apply mechanical engineering principles and techniques to develop packaging solutions for complex applications requiring ruggedized electronics.
• →You will analyze requirements, propose and refine technical solutions, design, analyze, and test electronics chassis and circuit card assemblies and modular systems to meet rigorous airborne military environments.
• →You will collaborate across disciplines to ensure performance requirements are met throughout the product lifecycle, including integration, testing, qualification, production, and sustainment
• →You will address obsolescence and supplier driven changes, oversee supplier verification activities, evaluate non conformances, implement design/cost saving improvements.

• →Broaden your knowledge about tactical airborne processing systems and other various engineering disciplines
• →Gain depth in manufacturing of ruggedized electronics, including flex circuits, PWBs, CCAs, castings, brazing, 3D printing, metal fabrication, coatings, and finishes.
• →Design for Manufacturing (DFM) principles through close working experience with complex electronics assemblies.
• →Learn and take advantage of opportunities to excel professionally with RTX's exceptional employee scholar programs and continuing education
• →Build experience that has enabled past engineers in this role to advance into IPTLs, Analysts, Systems Engineers, Chief Engineers, Section Managers, Department Managers, and Directors across RTX.

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Collins Aerospace makes modern flight possible. Of course, that wouldn’t be possible without the capabilities and technologies of our organization, as well as our engineers – a highly skilled, accomplished network that spans more than 180 sites, 24 countries and 6 Strategic Business Units (SBUs). Our industry-leading experts are setting the standards for the aerospace industry and paving the way for the future. But as new challenges present themselves, we need fresh, creative and motivated minds to overcome these hurdles, help us break barriers and achieve new levels of innovation. Do you have what it takes to join a global organization that doesn’t shy away from big opportunities? If so, we invite you to join our ranks and create the next generation of aerospace technologies. Together, we will nurture an engineering culture that values intellectual curiosity, risk takers and integrity. A place where we will challenge ourselves, our teams, and the status quo and where we will work to find a way – the right way – to achieve what others can only dream of. 

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