Sr. Structures Engineer (onsite)

Senior Structures Engineer

Collins Wheel and Brake Structures Department is looking for an experienced, highly motivated Senior Structures Engineer to join our Landing Systems Wheel and Brake Structures Team. You will be instrumental in designing, analyzing, and testing aircraft wheels and brakes for some of the most advanced aircraft in the world. You will have an opportunity to collaborate with a wide range of engineers in design, project, sustaining, customer support, and manufacturing. You will also interact with customers assisting in technical decisions for the products you are working on.

The position is working onsite at our Troy, OH facility. Relocation assistance is available.

What You Will Do

• Perform strength, fatigue, and fracture analyses of aircraft wheel and brake components
• Construct and analyze finite element structural models using ANSYS software
• Perform preliminary sizing and detailed analysis of major structural components using classical hand analysis and FEA methods in support of preliminary design effort and formal drawing release
• Assist with preliminary design trade studies
• Prepare instrumentation drawings for strain gage testing and analyze test results
• Prepare high quality detailed stress reports for customer review
• Review drawings with other company disciplines and provide structures input
• Define and analyze structural repairs for aircraft wheel and brake structural components
• Be responsible and accountable for all assigned stress tasks and their completion dates
• Ensure compliance to established engineering methodologies
• Lead methods development and technology development project activities
• Communicate analysis and results through technical presentations to internal and external customers
• Mentor less experienced structures engineers
• Able to travel up to 5% domestically and internationally when circumstances permit

Qualifications You Must Have

• 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
• Experience with an FEA (Finite Element Analysis) software
• Experience with 2D and/or 3D modeling software
• Experience writing technical reports

Qualifications We Prefer

• Degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering
• Experience with Aerospace structures and/or components
• Experience with ANSYS or equivalent software
• Working Knowledge of NX or equivalent modeling software
• Experience with structural testing using strain gauges
• Good understanding of aerospace materials and manufacturing processes
• Knowledge of GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing)
• Ability to work autonomously or within a team environment

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!