Principal Electrical Component Engineer (hybrid)

Date Posted:

2025-06-17

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 certain necessary systems.

Security Clearance:

None/Not Required

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

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.

The Component Engineer is responsible for managing the life cycle of electronic components used on the avionics, displays, radios, and other products manufactured by Collins Aerospace.  Component Engineers support engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, quality, sourcing, and other groups within Collins Aerospace.  Specific responsibilities can include consultation with design engineering on part selection, qualification of components, performing root cause investigation and corrective action implementation, addressing part shortages and obsolescence, and technology roadmap management. 

What You Will Do:

• Establish preferred technologies, sources of supply, and acceptance criteria.

• Documentation and release of components, processes, technology roadmaps, and design guidelines.

• Perform Failure and Root Cause Analysis of high complexity and implement corrective actions.  

• Teaches and mentors less experienced engineers in failure analysis and root cause investigation techniques.

• Provide technical assistance with material verification resolution, specification or drawing exceptions, supplier issues, and manufacturing related issues. Identify, evaluate, and recommend new components and manufacturers for new product design programs and for improving existing manufacturing process yields.  

• Connects supply base with internal customers to develop optimal design solutions.

• Analyze parametric data, preference codes, and obsolescence prediction data for components.

• General technical support including activities associated with Part Shortage Resolution, Obsolescence Management, Source Selection, Data Collection, and Data Analysis.

• Actively contribute to and participate in projects as a team member or expert on call. Lead moderate sized projects to solve team or department level issues or process improvements.  

• Proactively identifies improvement opportunities and drives activity to make necessary changes.

• Teach and mentor less experienced engineers on the team.  

• Models ideal Component Engineer behaviors and is a positive influence on others.

• Must be willing and able to travel up to 10% of the time

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 

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

• 5+ years working with electrical components (i.e. memory, semiconductors, capacitors, resistors, etc)

• 2+ years experience providing customer service to both technical and non-technical individuals.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Preferred candidate will have a B.S. in Electrical Engineering

• Experience with obsolescence and bill of material health

What We Offer:

Some of our competitive benefits package includes:   

• 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 in