Date Posted: 2024-02-23Country: United States of AmericaLocation: HAL02: Aerostructures-Foley 1300 West Fern Ave, Foley, AL, 36535 USAPosition Role Type: OnsiteCollins Aerospace is looking for a Senior Stress Engineer who will represent the Engineering organization through tactical and strategic support of the operations team. You will provide technical expertise throughout the product design, build, and delivery processes for complex, integrated aircraft components of advanced composite construction. You will also drive meaningful improvements in Engineering Production Support processes through understanding the designs, performing structural analysis and a relentless focus on continuous improvement. In addition, you will have exposure to multiple programs as well as global collaboration with both internal and external customers. You will have an opportunity to work directly with engineered hardware on multiple platforms alongside manufacturing, engineering and quality organizations.
The position is working onsite at our Foley, Alabama facility.
Relocation assistance is available.
Primary Responsibilities
Formulate structural analysis of a complex nature using hand calculations and computer analysis, including static stress, fatigue stress, fracture, and fatigue structural analysis of aerospace components.
Define, direct, and document repair designs and assess the structural integrity of various metallic, bonded metallic and advance composite structure for aerospace products.
Analyze repair proposals and prepare formal reports in support of minor and major repairs for customer and FAA approval, up to obtaining authorized signature authority.
Analyze materials and processes as well as approved alternates.
Develop processes and tools to support continuous improvement and efficiency realizations throughout the Engineering Production Support workflow activities, including maintaining the defect mapping database and design mapping.
Interacts with Operations and Engineering personnel to highlight and drive implementation of cost reduction improvements across product lines and processes.
Review, quantify, and drive support of defect corrective action plans across the product lines.
Support manufacturing and / or engineering escape resolution through regular interaction with Quality Assurance personnel and Mechanics.
Support product development teams through defect eradication and producibility feedback early in the product lifecycle to drive improved lessons learned.
Communicate both written and verbally to present technical data to leadership.
Travel up to 10% domestically and internationally when circumstances permit
Perform all other duties as assigned.
Basic Qualifications
Requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations and typically a minimum of 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience
U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, refugee or asylee) or eligible to obtain necessary export authorizations required
Experience with static stress analysis and fatigue analysis using both FEA (Finite Element Analysis) and classical techniques.
Experience with stress analysis of metallic and advanced composite structure including repairs on bonded metallic and composite structure.
Experience using Nastran/Pastran for FEA
Basic knowledge of 3D modeling software
Microsoft Office experience: Excel, Word, PowerPoint
Preferred Qualification
Programming skills (VBA, VB.NET, C#.NET, etc.) for internal tool development activities to aid in task automation
Airframe/aerospace design experience
Patran or equivalent post processor
Experience communicating and presenting to external customers.
Experience working on aircraft modifications and/or in an MRO environment performing design to return aircraft to an airworthy condition
Experience working in manufacturing and assembly operations environments
Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.Advanced Structures:Our Structures team leverages advanced designs and materials to develop complex advanced solutions. These solutions ensure structural integrity of the aircraft, aid in aircraft takeoff and landing, reduce cost by providing a more lightweight solution. We delight our customers with superior products and best-in-class service. Our global team is committed to continuous improvement – we strive to be technically advanced by driving lighter weight and stronger solutions by creating enhanced designs by utilizing efficient load paths and enhanced analysis methodologies resulting in a more affordable, safer and sustainable aircraft enduring years to come. We are looking for the best and brightest to fly and land with us!Collins Aerospace Diversity & Inclusion Statement:Diversity drives innovation; inclusion drives success. We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers. We are committed to fostering a culture where all employees can share their passions and ideas so we can tackle the toughest challenges in our industry and pave new paths to limitless possibility.WE ARE REDEFINING AEROSPACE.
Please consider the following role type definitions as you apply for 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.Some of our competitive benefits package includes:
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
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!
The salary range for this role is 77,000 USD - 163,000 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/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.Privacy Policy and Terms:Click on this to read the Policy and Terms
