Collins Aerospace is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to provide critical support for test article design, creating new electronics and circuits, and supporting existing electrical systems for ejection seat systems and subsystems at the Hurricane Mesa Test Facility (HMTF).
Requirements
- 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
- Previous experience working in a test environment, in combination with related education and training
- Strong analytical skills including knowledge of physics and dynamics
- Familiarity with aircraft cockpit, crew station, escape system, ejection seat, and crew systems
- Handling propulsive and energetic devices
- Familiarity with machining, welding, and fabricating
Responsibilities
- Initiate and lead projects to design new electronic circuits and maintain existing electrical systems and components related to test activities
- Perform design and maintenance on rocket sled wiring, including both developing new sleds and support established sleds
- Design and develop solutions for testing control and data collection using tools such as single board computers, FPGA, or basic electrical circuits
- Programming new and upgrading existing software tools used to calculate track performance
- Provide electrical engineering support to instrumentation engineers
- Collaborate with other engineers on design, fabrication, and modification of test equipment and articles, in support of test programs and customer requirements
- Handling of energetic systems such as rocket motors
Other
- U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.
- Coordinating technical projects and work teams
- Presenting technical subject matter to internal and external customers
- Occasional travel may be required to other Ejection & Propulsion sites in Colorado and California.
