Principal Engineer - Mechanical Design Lead - Ejection Seats (Onsite)
Raytheon Technologies
- Colorado Springs, CO
- $96,000-200,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Work as part of a cohesive team with test engineering, product engineering, systems engineering, and program management
- Support through all phases of design including: bid and proposal, conceptual design, preliminary design, detailed design, qualification testing, new product introduction, and production implementation.
- Successfully execute on design/project tasks required to develop and qualify aircraft ejection seats by ensuring technical scope integrity and budget/schedule accuracy
- Support aftermarket and operations with engineering dispositions, customer communications, and occasional on-site engineer-on-call support
- Support program by writing technical presentations and reports for customer approval
- Support Program Management with any preparation of bids and proposals
- Support Systems Engineering on requirements analysis and the requirement compliance plan.
- Bachelor’s degree (typically in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM)) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited by local laws/regulations OR Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years experience OR In absence of a degree, 12 years of relevant experience is required
- Must be a U.S. Citizen
- Greater than 8 years experience in a design engineering role and demonstrated progressively increasing skill and responsibility
- Experience with design of mechanical components, brackets, fasteners, linkages and mechanisms, fabrics, and gears
- Experience with interpreting and creating equipment specifications, facilitating verification testing, and generation of qualification and certification documentation.
- Hands-on experience with assembly, troubleshooting, and testing
- Experience with complex tolerance stack ups – fits and clearances, large numbers of parts, moving parts, helicoils
- Working knowledge of aerospace materials, processes, and finishes.
- Experience with manufacturing processes, including but not limited to machined elements, forging, casting, injection molding, thermal forming, and sheet metal fabrications
- Experience with machining, sheet metal, composites, and fabric design
- Understanding of mechanical principles to solve classical mechanics and dynamics design problems
- The candidate must be motivated, a strong team player, and able to work in a team environment.
- Outstanding communication skills, especially cross-discipline
- Exhibit a positive attitude in a dynamic environment, and great mentoring/delegating skills
- US citizenship is required
- CAD modeling of parts and constraint assembly, with associated detail drawings and layouts utilizing Siemens NX CAD software, Enovia PLM
- ANSI Y14.5 and working familiarity with GDT.
- Previous experience in the aerospace and defense industry
- Previous experience with aircraft cockpit, crew station, escape system, ejection seat, or crew systems design
- Previous experience with energetic cartridge actuated devices or propellant actuated devices
- Previous experience of aerospace/military specifications
- 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
- Life insurance and disability coverage
- Optional coverages you can buy: Pet Insurance, Home and Auto, additional life insurance, accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal
- Ovia Health, fertility and family planning
- Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 5 free counseling sessions
- Redbrick - Incentives for a Healthy You
- Autism Benefit
- Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
- Adoption Assistance
- Best Doctors, second opinion program
- And more!