About the role

Senior Mechanical Design & Analysis Engineer at Collins Aerospace, creating military compliant aerospace designs in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico with hybrid working conditions.

Responsibilities

Communicate technical topics and issues in a clear and concise manner to both technical peers as well as non-technical team members.
Conduct and provide constructive feedback during peer reviews.
Mentor and document knowledge to provide technical guidance to both members of own team and beyond.
Work proactively and in a self-driven manner with an integrated product team (IPT) to manage project scope and budget, as well as identify risks and opportunities.
Participate in and lead investigations into highly complex, open-ended tasks.
Search for and identify root cause of issues.
Create military compliant designs that incorporate custom machined/sheet metal parts with a selection of commercial off the shelf items as required.
Perform structural analysis of aerospace components including static, dynamic, thermal, fatigue life, fracture mechanics predictions and damage tolerance analyses to ensure such requirements as sizing, strength, and dynamic load are met throughout the design life-cycle.
Design new products and processes, and improves and maintains existing products.
Investigates pertinent design factors such as cost, ease of manufacture, tolerancing, availability and compatibility of materials and equipment, interchangeability, maintainability, strength-weight efficiency, and contractual specification requirements.
Create 3D product models, outlines, and layouts
Support product design reviews and coordinate work with project, engineering, and manufacturing teams

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 professional experience communicating in English (verbal and written).
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.
Experience with finite element analysis software for structural and/or thermal considerations (NX NASTRAN, ANSYS tools, FlowTherm and/or ABAQUS FEA software)
Experience with the calculation and documentation of modal analysis, internal stress loading, fatigue, and margins of safety.
Background in analysis and design of commercial industry standards and military electronics packaging form factors, chassis design, and electromechanical applications.
Experience with 3D CAD software (Solidworks, Creo, CATIA, NX, or similar)
Direct experience with printed circuit board (PCB) designs.
Can support tasks not directly mechanical such as component selection and layout to ensure mechanical environmental considerations are met.
Practical experience in design and environmental mitigation for electronics packaging designs
Can apply and interpret Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) per ASME Y14.5.
Knowledge of military standards such as MIL-STD-810, RTCA DO-160, and MIL-STD-1472.
Hands-on experience designing to meet and qualifying products for rugged environments.