Date Posted:2025-04-30Country:United States of AmericaLocation:01: Building 01 Windsor Locks One Hamilton Road, Windsor Locks, CT, 06096 USAPosition Role Type:HybridU.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements: U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to ac
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Principal Engineer - Mechanical Make Components (Hybrid)
Job Description:

Date Posted:

2025-04-30

Country:

United States of America

Location:

01: Building 01 Windsor Locks One Hamilton Road, Windsor Locks, CT, 06096 USA

Position Role Type:

Hybrid

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Security Clearance:

None/Not Required

Looking to make an impact in engineering? Join our Hydro-Mechanical, Actuation & Pneumatic Valve Design Group as a Mechanical Design Engineer. Youll play a key role in developing innovative solutions for critical components, including jet fuel controls, actuators, and pneumatic valves. 

In this role, you’ll design, test, and create parts while ensuring everything meets high engineering and safety standards. Youll focus on taking component requirements and transforming them into physical prototypes, all while balancing performance, cost, and size. 

You’ll perform hand sizing calculations such as spring sizing and internal fluid flow utilizing standard design equations as well as internal tools built with VBA and Excel. You will also utilize advanced 3D analysis techniques such as Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to ensure optimal design with high degrees of confidence in results. This is a great opportunity to develop your skills and contribute to the development of high-performance solutions that make a real difference. 

What You Will Do 

  • Ensures novel ideas and implementations are captured and protected using applicable IP processes and tools. 

  • Design major components or major portions of functional systems or technically advanced prototypes using computer design and engineering systems 

  • Develops data and make layouts, sketches, and notes for components as well as facilitating manufacturing improvements 

  • Investigates pertinent design factors such as ease of manufacture, availability of materials and equipment, interchangeability, replaceability, strength-weight efficiency, and contractual specification requirements and cost. 

  • Perform 1-D hand calculation analysis and complex 3-D simulations to aid in analysis of performance requirements 

  • Generate solid models of components using 3-D modeling software such as NX Unigraphics to aid in packaging and weight estimations 

  • Develop, test, and verify new analysis methods where applicable to improve the state-of-the-art capability of Collins Aerospace 

  • Create presentations to discuss, explain and document work completed 

  • Complete Standard Work documentation 

  • Develop in-house tools where applicable to improve the ease of performing analysis 

Qualifications You Must Have 

  • Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience 

Qualifications We Prefer 

  • Experience with classical mechanical design analysis, including spring design, beam equations, pressure vessels, fluid flow, and thermal conduction. 

  • Skilled in Microsoft Office Suite, with a strong emphasis on Excel. 

  • Experience with coding in VBA, Python, or similar programming languages. 

  • Knowledge of the fundamentals of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T). 

  • Proficient in using Ansys Workbench (or similar FEA tools) and Siemens Star-CCM+ (or equivalent CFD software). 

  • U.S. government security clearance is preferred but not required 

What We Offer  

Benefits  

Some of our competitive benefits packages include:  

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!  

Eligible for Relocation 

Learn More & Apply Now! 

We make modern flight possible for millions of travelers and our military every second.  Our major product lines are on-board virtually every aircraft flying. Be it keeping passengers safe with our emergency power generation systems or creating a positive in flight experience through reliable cabin pressure controls and quieter engines, Power & Controls focuses on delivering a best-in-class experience to our customers. We hire the top people in the industry. Their ideas drive our performance, and their integrity keeps our customers happy. Join us as we take flight! 

 

*Please ensure the role type (defined below) is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role. 

Hybrid: Employees who are working in Hybrid roles will work regularly both onsite and offsite. Ratio of time working onsite will be determined in partnership with your leader. 

At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form – with our customers and with each other -- propel us all higher, again and again.  

Apply now and be part of the team that’s redefining aerospace, every day. 

 

 

 

The salary range for this role is 101,000 USD - 203,000 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 Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.

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Company Details
Collins Aerospace
777 S. Flagler Drive
Suite 1800
West Palm Beach, Florida 33401 USA
www.collinsaerospace.com/
745 Open Jobs Available
Collins Aerospace, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Created in 2018, by bringing together UTC Aerospace Systems and Rockwell...

Benefits:
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
Company-paid winter holiday shutdown for most locations
Generous 401(k) plan that matches 62.5 percent of the first 8 percent of eligible compensation you contribute (or 5 percent if you save 8 percent)
An Incentive Pay Plan based upon company performance
Tuition reimbursement

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Job Info
Location
Windsor Locks, Connecticut, United States
Type
Permanent
Company Details
Collins Aerospace
777 S. Flagler Drive
Suite 1800
West Palm Beach, Florida 33401 USA
www.collinsaerospace.com/
745 Open Jobs Available
Collins Aerospace, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Created in 2018, by bringing together UTC Aerospace Systems and Rockwell...

Benefits:
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
Company-paid winter holiday shutdown for most locations
Generous 401(k) plan that matches 62.5 percent of the first 8 percent of eligible compensation you contribute (or 5 percent if you save 8 percent)
An Incentive Pay Plan based upon company performance
Tuition reimbursement

And more

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