Principal Engineer, Manufacturing Engineering (Onsite)

Date Posted:

Country:

United States of America

Location:

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

Position Role Type:

Onsite

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Joining Collins Aerospace isnt just about finding a job; its about embarking on a journey to redefine the future of aerospace technology.

As a Manufacturing Engineering Lead providing direction coordination and technical expertise across manufacturing operations without direct people management. You will lead manufacturing engineering activities by partnering closely with production factory personnel and the Factory Automation team to ensure seamless transitions from development into production.

Your influence will be felt through the processes tooling automation and work instructions that enable safe efficient and high-quality manufacturing.

In this position you will drive continuous improvement and automation initiatives use data-driven problem solving to resolve complex manufacturing challenges and ensure manufacturing readiness across the product lifecycle. This role is ideal for an experienced manufacturing engineer who enjoys leading through influence owning technical outcomes and driving operational excellence in a collaborative production environment.

What You Will Do

• Provide day-to-day mentorship and coordination for Manufacturing Engineering activities
• Collaborate closely with the Factory Automation team to ensure production alignment and seamless transitions from development to manufacturing
• Partner with production and factory personnel to develop implement and sustain lean manufacturing processes and tools
• Develop maintain and ensure accuracy of job instruction sheets in accordance with current manufacturing requirements
• Create review and maintain manufacturing routings within Solumina
• Design specify and procure new or replacement tooling to support production and operational needs
• Lead systematic continuous improvement efforts to reduce manufacturing costs and improve efficiency quality and throughput
• Utilize manufacturing data to identify process issues perform root cause analysis and implement corrective and preventive actions including mistake-proofing solutions
• Identify evaluate and lead process improvement and automation projects across manufacturing operations
• Drive and ensure achievement of manufacturing readiness levels (MRLs) for all activities supporting product development and production readiness

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a degree in Science Technology Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience

Qualifications We Prefer

• Ability to lead task planning and execution
• Experience in mentoring
• SAP Experience
• Experience in an aerospace or manufacturing environment

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
• And more!

May be 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.

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.

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 107500 USD - 204500 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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