Test Engineer - Fire Protection; Onsite

Test Engineer

Collins Aerospace – Fire Protection is looking to hire a Test Engineer to join our design engineering test group to support development testing, qualification testing, customer field support and operations concerns related to our family of product lines that provide fire protection systems to both military and commercial customers. The test engineer will get hands on experience working with several areas including electronic, mechanical and hydraulic test systems, data acquisition and instrumentation.

What You Will Do:

• Specification review and requirements assessment, documentation, and implementation for DO-160 environmental type testing.
• Identifying compliance differences between specified requirements and our existing capabilities
• Creating development and qualification test plans, procedures and reports
• Reviewing customer comments against test documentation, resolving differences and updating documents.
• Developing, maintaining, troubleshooting and repairing test systems
• Interfacing with customer, systems engineers and program managers to address compliance issues as needed
• Ordering materials and equipment as needed to support planned tests.
• Ensuring tests are properly set up and instrumented including use of data acquisition equipment
• Leading execution of those tests at our onsite test facilities or offsite locations
• Work collaboratively in an Integrated Product Team (IPT) consisting of various disciplines including Engineering, Operations, and Quality to achieve optimal design solutions.
• Supporting other test engineers in their execution of similar activities
• Adhering to all Collins export, ethics and safety requirements
• Other tasks as assigned

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 2 years of prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field or in absence of a degree, 6 years of relevant experience
• Experience with Engineering Instrumentation and its Data Acquisition. If you're a recent graduate, coursework involving measurement systems will suffice.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite & Windows.
• Ability to rapidly learn new Data Acquisition Software.
• Familiarity with engineering documentation such as Test Procedures & Reports.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally on occasion to support outside testing

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Experience with data acquisition tools such as DASYLab, Dewetron DAQs & Oxygen
• Familiarity with Engineering Standards such as DO-160 and MIL-STD-810.
• Understanding of engineering drawings and how to read them.
• Experience with Environmental Test Engineering such as Thermal, Altitude, and Dynamic Testing.
• Experience with National Instruments hardware and software, LabVIEW, MATLAB

What We Offer

• 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
• And more!