Principal Manufacturing Electrical Engineer (Onsite)
About The Position
Collins Aerospace is seeking a Principal Manufacturing Electrical Engineer to support manufacturing operations in Coralville, Iowa. The team builds, tests, and delivers products including ground navigation systems and unmanned aircraft autopilot systems. This role keeps test equipment operating properly, supports technicians with complex troubleshooting, and improves test processes to enable reliable production and customer delivery. The position is onsite and may be eligible for relocation. The engineer improves test yields, production throughput, test capacity, product quality, and manufacturing processes. The role includes analyzing test failures and equipment reliability, implementing corrective actions, supporting production technicians, planning capacity and equipment utilization, and selecting capital test equipment. The engineer also participates in production readiness reviews, validates test solutions through gage R&R, improves process flows and facility layouts, and maintains test documentation and change management.
Requirements
- Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and at least 8 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree in a related field and at least 5 years of experience.
- Manufacturing and/or electrical component troubleshooting experience.
- U.S. citizenship is required because only U.S. citizens are eligible for the required security clearance.
- An active and existing DoD Secret security clearance is required after day one.
Nice To Haves
- Lean manufacturing experience.
- Experience with equipment and factory layouts.
- Experience with sequel programming.
- Ability to read schematics.
- Experience with Test Stand and TDMS (Test Data Management System database).
- Formal experience with root cause analysis.
- Experience with SQL Server and managing network drives.
- Practical knowledge of test solutions and procedures.
Responsibilities
- Participate in cross-functional efforts to improve test yields, production throughput, test capacity, and product quality.
- Identify component test failure trends, perform root cause analysis, implement corrective actions, and prepare test failure analysis reports as required.
- Study test equipment performance and reliability and develop programs and solutions to reduce equipment downtime.
- Support technicians and resolve complex test failures quickly.
- Analyze test approaches, plans, and processes to identify cost reduction, test efficiency, yield, and manufacturing capacity opportunities.
- Perform capacity planning and utilization analysis for staffing and test equipment needs; identify test approaches that reduce staffing and capital requirements.
- Select and order capital test equipment using cost and payback analysis, and generate and track Appropriation Requests.
- Improve existing test fixtures and equipment to improve test performance.
- Participate in Production Readiness Reviews to assess whether new designs are suitable for production.
- Support gage R&R efforts on new test solutions to verify consistent product and equipment performance.
- Drive manufacturing process improvements across multiple assembly process steps.
- Analyze factory needs and requirements.
- Conduct Process Flow analysis and make improvements.
- Develop tools that enable manufacturing or increase production rates.
- Implement procedure and process improvements based on safety, quality, and productivity.
- Improve production facilities and equipment layouts.
- Improve and maintain test documentation for current configurations and oversee change management procedures for test documents.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
- 401(k) plan with employer matching funds and a separate employer retirement contribution
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Student Loan Repayment Program
- Life insurance and disability coverage
- Optional pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal coverage, and identity theft protection
- Birth, adoption, and parental leave benefits
- Fertility and family planning support
- Adoption assistance
- Autism benefit
- Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
- Wellness rewards program
- Virtual doctor visits
- Child and elder care services
- Second opinion medical program
- Flexible spending accounts
- Paid time off and holidays
- Potential annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
