Senior Engineer, High Temperature Composites (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2025-11-25

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HCA04: Wheels & Brakes (Carbon) -SFS 11120 S Norwalk Blvd, Santa Fe Springs, CA, 90670 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

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

The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.​ U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Security Clearance:

DoD Clearance: Secret

Collins Aerospace, an RTX 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.

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Senior Engineer to join our High Temperature Composites (HTC) team onsite in Santa Fe Springs, CA. The HTC Engineer position is for an experienced engineer with a Degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronics or Industrial Engineering. This individual should be capable of managing moderate size projects and developing project plans and implementing new projects as they are identified.  This individual is expected to be capable of foreseeing technical problems, proposing solutions and proactively executing recommendations within their authority levels. This position level is expected to impact department and business level objectives.  The ideal candidate will also maintain some chemistry background/experience with high temperature materials including carbon/carbon (C/C) and carbon/silicon-carbide (C/SiC) composites. 

This position is located on site in Santa Fe Springs, CA and requires US Citizenship with the eligibility to obtain a US security clearance within first year of employment.

What You Will Do:

• Support processing and characterization of carbon/carbon and ceramic/matrix composites for high temperature (> 1000°C) aircraft brake and structural hypersonic applications. 

• Construct mechanical design drawings and CNC programs using Solidworks, NX, Solidworks-CAM or other similar CAD/CAM drawing/CNC programming computer aided design software.

• Prepare and lead execution of Engineering Test Requests to support processing and characterization of carbon/carbon and ceramic matrix composite materials using Carbon R&D and production processing and test facilities.

• Prepare draft process and materials specifications to establish and document material, process and manufacturing requirements.

• Manage multiple R&D projects and project task activities.  Project activities include project plan development, material processing and testing, data collection and analysis, and summarizing information in comprehensive technical reports.

• Complete technical reports including monthly status reports, Carbon Technical Notes and Carbon Engineering Reports, and prepare and present PowerPoint/oral summaries to Collins technical teams and leadership. 

• Complete multiple tasks and activities including providing direction to technicians, and production personnel to achieve project objectives.

• Address problems with multiple variables and unknown solutions.  Demonstrate clear, well thought out logic in proposed approaches and solutions.

• Execute projects as a team member with limited oversight/supervision.

• Demonstrated ability to solve problems and exercise creativity to develop and/or implement practical solutions and patentable materials and processes.

• Position has no direct reports; however, position responsibilities do include capability to define support requirements, identify support resources and manage resources effectively to meet project objectives consistent with plan.

Must Have Qualifications:

• 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.

• Software experience, including, but not limited to, Solidworks or related CAD/CAM software, and MatLab engineering data analysis software

Qualifications We Prefer​:

• Active US Secret security clearance

• Degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Materials or Industrial Engineering

• Experience in manufacturing, development, and characterization of fiber-reinforced carbon/carbon, ceramic or ceramic matrix composite materials

• Engineering experie