Senior Mechanical Engineer; Onsite

Date Posted:

Country: United States of America

Location: HIA
32:
Cedar Rapids, IA 400 Collins Rd NE , Cedar Rapids, IA,  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

The Resilient Connectivity Products Engineering Department within Mission Systems is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to support the electronics packaging design and development of high-performance communication products. These include advanced software‑defined radios and data links deployed across ground, airborne, and space platforms, where reliability and precision are mission‑critical.

This role offers the opportunity to work in a fast‑paced, collaborative, and technically rigorous environment. Successful candidates will bring strong engineering judgment, initiative, and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to make meaningful contributions and thrive while tackling complex technical challenges.

• Use and apply mechanical engineering principles and techniques to design, develop, document, verify, and support communication products.
• Perform mechanical packaging design to meet challenging environmental requirements.
• Collaborate on development of circuit card designs (profile, stack up, thermal/vibration considerations).
• Lead prototype build and verification and pre‑qualification testing within a cross‑functional team.
• Work closely with a multidiscipline team to ensure defined requirements are consistently met in all phases of a product's lifecycle, including supporting integration, testing and qualification of the final product.

• 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.
• Demonstrated experience supporting the full product lifecycle, including requirements participation in bid and proposal, requirement capture, design development, and production support activities.

• Experience with Computer Aided Design (CAD). Includes working knowledge of model creation, interrogation with CAD tools like NX or Solidworks to support mechanical designs.
• Experience with MIL‑STD‑810 and/or DO‑160 environmental requirements.
• Familiarity of electronic product packaging requirements.
• Familiarity with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and/or Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and associated analysis methodologies.
• Familiarity with machined and sheet metal manufacturing methodologies.
• Knowledge of design to cost, manufacturability and small volume packaging.
• Experience with geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T).
• Experience with Agile development methodologies, including planning, tracking, and managing hardware development tasks in JIRA, is a plus.

• 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,  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
• Eligible for relocation
• And more!

Do you want to be a part of something bigger? A team whose impact stretches across the world, and even beyond? At Collins Aerospace, our Mission Systems team helps civilian, military and government customers complete their most complex…