Senior Principal Engineer, Systems Engineering

at  Collins Aerospace

QUALIFICATIONS YOU MUST HAVE

• Must possess a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in Avionics Engineering, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field and at least 10 years of progressive experience as a System Engineer in Aerospace Power Systems Integration including Aerospace hybrid/electric propulsion design and integration. In the alternative, at least a master’s degree or its equivalent in Avionics Engineering, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field and at least 7 years of experience as a System Engineer in Aerospace Power Systems Integration including Aerospace hybrid/electric propulsion design and integration would be acceptable.
• At least 7 years of experience with Chapter 24 Power Systems Development developing control and protection-based system architectures in compliance with Chapter 24 safety and operational requirements.
• At least 5 years of domain experience in aerospace electric and hybrid electric propulsion systems domain.
• At least 5 years of experience working with Model Based Systems Engineering processes and tools.
• At least 2 years of experience in Project Leadership roles.

POSITION ROLE TYPE:

Unspecified
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation d/b/a Collins Aerospace an opening for a Senior Principal Engineer, Systems Engineering in Rockford, IL. This is a hybrid position that requires working in the Rockford, IL office 3 days per week, allowing remote work 2 days per week. 15% national and international travel during the year, which includes travel to other company business units, customers and suppliers, as well as applicable training seminars/ workshops.
Joining Collins Aerospace isn’t just about finding a job; it’s about embarking on a journey to redefine the future of aerospace technology.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Build domain knowledge in Systems Integration department in the field of electric and hybrid propulsion systems.
• Work with System Integration Discipline Chiefs to adapt Chapter 24 domain knowledge of processes and aerospace engineering practices to system application in the hybrid/electric propulsion domain.
• Define system architectures to meet customer requirements for high voltage dc applications including definition of requirements for generators, power converters, power distribution assemblies and battery systems.
• Complete trade-offs to evaluate complexity of weight, cost and weight for multiple system aerospace power system architectures.
• Lead the conceptual design, develop verification/certification strategy and other technical aspects of proposals for high voltage dc electric systems, battery systems and hybrid electric propulsion systems.
• Determine control and protection schema for high voltage dc systems and complete electric load analysis to establish the capability of proposed systems to meet customer power capacity needs.
• Provide clear, sustainable and cost-effective direction for requirements decomposition, validation and verification at System and product implementation levels relative to application of electric motors/generators, motor controllers, propulsion powertrain, energy sources and protection of these elements.
• Guide product teams on the conceptual design of equipment for the proposed system architectures.
• Mentor engineers formally/informally in practices supporting Electric Propulsion.
• Develop training material for hybrid/Electric propulsion and work with programs during all phases to ensure that Systems life cycle processes are followed.