Senior Electrical Engineer - Traffic Surveillance (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2024-07-03

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HFL34: Melbourne, FL 1100 W Hibiscus Blvd , Melbourne, FL, 32902-2704 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

Looking for the next exciting adventure in your electrical engineering career?! Ready to dive into supporting global TCAS and Transponder Products? If so, you could make a great addition to our CNS Traffic Surveillance Group in Melbourne, FL.

This posting is for a Senior Electrical Engineer in the CNS Traffic Surveillance Group in Melbourne, Florida. This role is for an experienced Electrical Engineering professional, working with a small group of other EE Engineers. The position will support existing TCAS and transponder Product, along with associated requirements and test procedures. The engineer must have knowledge of the principles and techniques commonly used in EE development and qualification related to commercial avionics. The position will also plan projects in order to determine the best approach to be taken to accomplish the project goals and support development of bids and schedules. This position may encompasses both new design and product sustaining support roles. 

Collins' customer base and supplier network is such that that the successful applicant must be willing and able to travel both within the USA and internationally.

What YOU Will Do:

• Hardware skills: ability read complex electrical schematics and mechanical drawings is required.

• Hardware skills: can generate and update schematics, board layouts and mechanical drawings as desired.

• Expand and apply knowledge: Product domain, Requirements, Design, Development, Test and Release software processes, tools, methods and coding best practices with primary emphasis on taking technical ownership of the product domain.

• Develop and document complex changes to hardware requirements documentation applying knowledge of processes, tools and methods for the management and tracking of hardware requirements baseline.

• Design, analyze, test, integrate, qualify and document hardware of a high complexity including multiple Engineering Change Orders.

• Work closely with other engineering disciplines (i.e. mechanical and systems engineering) to insure the electrical design is appropriate for the project/product design approach.

• Understand and utilize the appropriate Collins processes and tools during product development, resulting in increased product quality and improving customer satisfaction.

• Participate in cross-functional team efforts in integration, pre- qualification and qualification for products and sub-systems of moderate complexity.

• Support on-going production activities and provide technical leadership when requested.

• Contribute to the engineering estimates for limited to moderate scope electrical design problems.

• Considered a Subject Matter Expert in at least one area and considered a domain generalist in multiple areas, including a moderate understanding of systems knowledge in the assigned areas.

• Apply and tailor internal processes, using knowledge of methods and tools for LRU development and documentation efforts. Ensure that development products are designed to meet the applicable RCI, Business Unit, and Customer/Project requirements.

• Review LRU defects trends, identify systemic root causes and process improvements and recommend new approaches, tools, techniques that drive continuous improvements in the development processes.

• Review and maintain awareness of obsolete parts on assigned products. Provide appropriate resolution to obsolete parts.

• Capable of proactively identifying and communicating technical issues and help resolve these issues. Ensure these issues are elevated to project leadership for resolution.

• This position requires the commitment of professional working hours that may require the employee to extend beyond a standard 40 hour work week.

• Individual job duties may vary.

What YOU Will Learn:

• Deeper knowledge in electrical hardware simulation, analysis and design (digital, mixed signal, power, RF).

• Collins development engineering processes and practices.

• Aircraft/avionics certification processes.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience or i