Date Posted:
2025-02-06
Country:
United States of America
Location:
HCT07: S&IS (AIS) - Cheshire Goodrich Corporation, Cheshire, CT, 06410 USA
Position Role Type:
Onsite
At Collins Aerospace in Cheshire, CT, we are seeking an experienced Design Engineer to join our innovative team in the development of high-precision inertial measurement sensors and systems critical to both commercial and military applications. In this role, you will take ownership of product design and performance across a wide range of operations, ensuring smooth transitions from design to full-rate production. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize manufacturing processes, resolve issues, and drive continuous improvement in quality, cost, and productivity. Your expertise in troubleshooting, product/process design, and applying statistical methods will be key in ensuring the successful development and scaling of cutting-edge products. If you're passionate about contributing to high-impact projects and working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, this is an exciting opportunity to advance your career at the forefront of aerospace innovation.
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What YOU Will Do:
- Ownership for product design and performance involving daily production of numerous product lines
- Work with Quality, Manufacturing and Engineering to solve manufacturing issues from supplier through customer
- Apply product/process design knowledge to troubleshooting and RCCA endeavors
- Provide lead in new product introductions, transitions and conversions
- Produce the required reports, procedures and supporting documentation to capture solutions and provide engineering guidance
- Develop the design and performance understanding for the greater engineering team
- Provide expertise in construction, maintenance and interpretation of drawings with complex GD&T requirements
- Develop mathematical, empirical and analytical models that capture the impact of key product parameters
- Apply statistical methods for product and process optimization
- SAP Work Order, Routing, and BOM management
- Support TPM processes
- Continuously drive improvement in areas of yield, quality, cost, schedule, and productivity
- Develop and support tooling, equipment and materials selections for existing and new products
- Dispositioning of nonconforming material and support of review board
- Participate in the design and arrangement of assembly areas within plant facilities to ensure more efficient and productive layout
What YOU Will Learn:
- Advanced Manufacturing Processes: Gain hands-on experience in the development and optimization of manufacturing processes for high-precision aerospace products, transitioning designs from concept to full-rate production while ensuring scalability and efficiency
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Learn how to work seamlessly with Quality, Manufacturing, and Engineering teams to tackle complex manufacturing challenges, from troubleshooting supplier issues to delivering products that meet customer specifications
- Statistical Process Control and Optimization: Enhance your expertise in applying statistical methods, such as Six Sigma and ACE, to drive product and process optimization, improving yield, quality, and cost efficiency
- Design for Manufacturability: Build a deep understanding of how to design products that are not only high-performing but also producible at scale, with a focus on creating robust designs that simplify the manufacturing process and reduce costs
- Leadership in Product Development: Lead new product introductions and help shape the future of aerospace technology by guiding the transition from development to full production, impacting critical military and commercial applications
Qualifications You Must Have:
- Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience oran Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 12 years of relevant experience
- U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, refugee or asylee) or eligible to obtain necessary export authorizations required https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-120/subpart-C/section-120.62
Qualifications We Prefer:
- A Bachelor of Science or Engineering in a relevant technology.
- Experience with electro-mechanical product design, advanced testing methods and product troubleshooting.
- 10+ years of experience working within a matrixed organization.
- ERP experience such as SAP
- Related manufacturing experience
- RCCA and statistical methods such as Six Sigma and ACE
What We Offer:
- 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!
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Mission Systems:
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, you'll 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.
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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
* Please consider the following role type definitions as you apply for this role.
Remote: Employees who are working in Remote roles will work primarily offsite (from home). An employee may be expected to travel to the site location as needed.
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 101,000 USD - 203,000 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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