Collins Aerospace · 16 hours ago
Senior Principal Mechanical Engineer - Propellant Actuated Device (PAD) Domain Leader (Onsite)
Sonoma, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$146K/yr - $277K/yr
7+ years expCollins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced solutions for the aerospace and defense industry. They are seeking a Senior Principal Mechanical Engineer to lead the design and development of propellant actuated devices, ensuring compliance with specifications and customer requirements while providing technical leadership within the domain.
AerospaceIndustrialMilitarySatellite Communication
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Lead the technical solution for the propellant product lines
Serve as the design lead of the propellant domain to capture, analyze, decompose, translate and create requirements. Refine functional, interface, and performance specifications for design implementation
Identify and assist with mitigation of technical risks associated within the domain
Works with and supports the program or project lead to assign implementation tasks within the domain team
Serves as the domain subject matter expert by assisting technical expertise for proposal generation internal designs, and customer reviews
Accountable for ensuring that development products or services provided are designed to meet the applicable Collins, business unit and customer/project/service requirements
Leads teams with subject matter expertise in design, development, test, analysis, integration, qualification, failure analysis and documentation generation of domain products or services
Responsible for supporting the development of domain metrics, as defined by the program or project lead, to ensure requirements and technical performance measures are achieved, and defects are minimized; analyzes metrics and takes appropriate action
Responsible for participating in cross-functional team efforts in definition, implementation and development, integration, verification and validation of products, services and systems
Accountable for recommending to the program or project lead technical options as the subject matter expert, which may have impact on cost, schedule, and performance
Supports non-advocate and design reviews
Responsible for mentoring junior staff as a subject matter expert
Recognized technical expert in the most important, complex, or difficult projects
Designs and manages complex engineering systems over their life cycles
Support establishing plans and strategy for requirements management, reliability, logistics, coordination of different teams, evaluation measurements, and other disciplines for large or complex projects
Ensures that all likely aspects of a project or system are considered and integrated into a whole
Recommends investments or changes in technology, resources, procedures, equipment, systems, or other assets to improve the quality of the organization’s products and projects
Provides expertise in the decomposition of customer specifications and system level requirements into subsystem and piece part requirements and makes recommendations for the generation of verification criteria and plans for the requirements
Support failure investigations as the lead technical Subject Matter Expert
Qualification
Required
Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience
Small rocket motor design and manufacturing trouble shooting experience
Experience with handling energetic materials
Experience in Systems Requirement/artifact breakdown
Experience in Mechanical Design Maturity
Experience root cause analysis
Safety Critical Designs experience
Preferred
Advanced degree in Aerospace/mechanical engineering
15 years experience small rocket motor manufacturing and design
10 years experience with handling and processing of energetic/hazardous materials
MRB concepts like flight critical, managing non-conforming products
propulsion concepts like case-bonded and cartridge loaded designs, total thrust, specific impulse
material properties for nozzles, propellants, liners, cases
mentoring junior engineers and scientists, authoring technical reports and presenting to critical audiences
manufacturing concepts including configuration management, standard operating procedures
manufacturing strategies including lining, casting, machining, assembly
Benefits
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!
Company
Collins Aerospace
Collins Aerospace is an RTX business.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2023-07-21Acquired
Leadership Team
Brad Haselhorst
Vice President and General Manager, Interior Products
Greg Gernhardt
VP Boeing Programs
Recent News
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