Principal Electrical Engineer - Test Engineer (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2025-08-14

Country:

United States of America

Location:

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

Position Role Type:

Onsite

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

This job requires a U.S. Person. A U.S. Person is a lawful permanent resident as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20) or who is a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3). U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents, or individuals granted refugee or asylee status in the U.S. are considered U.S. persons. For a complete definition of “U.S. Person” go here: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-120/subpart-C/section-120.62

Security Clearance:

None/Not Required

The Collins Aerospace Avionics Test Engineering organization has a career opportunity for a highly skilled Principal Electrical Engineer to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams developing complex engineering solutions.  

 

The Avionics Test Engineering organization is a global engineering organization responsible for the design, development, and maintenance of the manufacturing test solutions in support of the $5B Avionics strategic business unit as well as external customers including armed services and airlines both domestic and international. 

 

As a key member of the Avionics Test Engineering team, you will primarily support internal customers such as the factory developing and supporting manufacturing and service test solutions for Collins Aerospace products, participating in the entire development lifecycle. These test stations may include but are not limited by the following test equipment:  Digital multi-meters, oscilloscopes, network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, logic analyzers, power supplies and electronic loads. You will also support the development of thermal and vibration test equipment and software suites for environmental stress and screening requirements of Collins Aerospace products. 

 

You will be challenged with hardware and software tasks developing product tests for a variety of Collins Aerospace products. If you don’t want to be limited to only hardware or software engineering this position is for you, as knowledge of both are essential to this position. This position will heavily utilize hardware and software development and debug skills on multi-rack test stations used to test Collins Aerospace products.   

 

Joining Collins Aerospace isn’t just about finding a job; it's about embarking on a journey to redefine the future of aerospace. 

 

WHAT YOU WILL DO: 

• Review product designs and create test solutions that maximize test coverage in the manufacturing and service environments 

• Design, analyze, test, integrate, and document hardware of moderate to high complexity 

• Integrate and troubleshoot HW & SW solutions 

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

• Ability to reverse engineer existing equipment (e.g., documenting something that is already built) 

• Support automated test software development 

• Create, review, and verify automated test procedures that will drive software development 

• Prepare and present project / technical information to peers, internal management and customers 

• Demonstrate excellent time management skills - ability to multitask and delegate work to support technicians, engineering project assistants, and