Aero Thermal Fluids Engineer I (Onsite)

RTX•Rockford, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Are you ready to explore the world of aerospace and defense? Do you want to learn from and collaborate with some of the greatest minds in the industry? At RTX, our internships, co-ops, and full-time careers provide an exceptional foundation to work on complex problems, advance your skills and create a safer, more connected world. Discover opportunities to make a difference at RTX. Looking for the right runway for your career to take flight? Consider joining us here at Collins Aerospace, where we’re working side-by-side with customers on exciting industry possibilities. With a comprehensive portfolio, extensive capabilities and broad expertise, we’re crafting intelligent solutions to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market – all representing the best in innovation and technology for the industries we serve across commercial, business, space, and military and defense aviation. With 68,000 employees across 46 countries around the world, we offer an extensive flight list of opportunities to explore the depth of our organization. We offer flexible work options to meet your needs by offering on-site, hybrid and remote roles. Join us and help build a more advanced, more autonomous, more connected, more electric and more sustainable future! We are looking for a new entry-level engineer to join our team! The identified candidate will be involved in all aspects of the product thermal design. This role is in Rockford, Illinois. This role may be eligible for relocation.

Requirements

Requires a Bachelor’s degree and 12 months or less of relevant professional work experience (excluding internships).
U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, or granted refugee or asylee status) as defined here: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-120/subpart-C/section-120.62.

Nice To Haves

Degree in Mechanical/Aerospace/Aero-Astro.
Course work in Thermodynamics and Fluid dynamics.
Experience with Ansys IcePak.
Experience with Mechanical Computer Aided Design (CAD) software.

Responsibilities

You will be a part of the execution of analysis and thermal design of key components (e.g., motor drives, converters) and subassemblies (e.g., transitions and diodes, inductors and transformers, printed wiring boards) within highly integrated Electronic Power Systems.
You will have projects that include transient and steady state thermal analyses of of liquid and forced air cooled power electronics and natural convection cooled control electronics.
You will be using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software and internally developed tools for these analyses.
You will perform thermal data analysis from development and qualification testing.
You will formally document analysis methods/results as well as test results.
You will communicate with parties within and outside of own team to explain facts, policies and practices related to work area, influencing decision-makers with recommended courses of action.

Benefits

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, ID theft 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!