Senior Mechanical Engineer (Onsite)

Date Posted:

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HIA32: Cedar Rapids IA 400 Collins Rd NE Cedar Rapids IA 52498-0505 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen U.S. Person or Immigration Status Requirements:

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

Security Clearance:

DoD Clearance: Secret

The Resilient Connectivity Products Engineering Department within Mission Systems is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to support the electronics packaging design and development of high-performance communication products. These include advanced software-defined radios and data links deployed across ground airborne and space platforms where reliability and precision are mission-critical.

This role offers the opportunity to work in a fast-paced collaborative and technically rigorous environment. Successful candidates will bring strong engineering judgment initiative and problem-solving skills with the ability to make meaningful contributions and thrive while tackling complex technical challenges.

What You Will Do

• Use and apply mechanical engineering principles and techniques to design develop document verify and support communication products.

• Perform mechanical packaging design to meet challenging environmental requirements.

• Collaborate on development of circuit card designs (profile stack up thermal/vibration considerations)

• Lead prototype build and verification and pre-qualification testing within a cross functional team

• Work closely with a multidiscipline team to ensure defined requirements are consistently met in all phases of a products lifecycle including supporting integration testing and qualification of the final product.

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

• Demonstrated experience supporting the full product lifecycle including requirements participation in bid and proposal requirement capture design development and production support activities.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Experience with Computer Aided Design (CAD). Includes working knowledge of model creation interrogation with CAD tools like NX or Solidworks to support mechanical designs.

• Experience with MIL-STD-810 and/or DO-160 environmental requirements

• Familiarity of electronic product packaging requirements

• Familiarity with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and/or Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and associated analysis methodologies

• Familiarity with machined and sheet metal manufacturing methodologies

• Knowledge of design to cost manufacturability and small volume packaging

• Experience with geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)

• Experience with Agile development methodologies including planning tracking and managing hardware development tasks in JIRA is a plus.

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 insurancecritical illnessinsurance 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

• Eligible for relocation

• And more!

Do you want to be a part of something bigger A team whose impact stretches across the world and even beyond At Collins Aerospace our Mission Systems team helps civilian military and government customers complete their most complex missions whatever and wherever they may be. Our customers depend on us for intelligent and secure communications missionized systems for specialized aircraft and spacecraft and collaborative space solutions. By joining our team youll have your own critical part to play in ensuring our customer succeeds today while anticipating their needs for tomorrow. Are you up for the challenge Join our mission today.

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

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 thats redefining aerospace every day.

As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process candidates may be asked to attendselect steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site hybrid or remote.

The salary range for this role is 82000 USD - 164000 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 candidates 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 companys 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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