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About us

At Collins Aerospace, we’re working side by side with our customers & partners to dream, design & deliver solutions that redefine the future of our industry. We are part of Raytheon Technologies & provide technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defence industry to connect and protect people around the world. We are inventors, we are manufacturers, we work in space exploration, commercial air travel, defence & rescue applications.

Are you looking to join a dynamic global team that works across the entire Aerospace industry? If yes, get onboard the Collins Aerospace Team & play a part in expanding the opportunities to develop new products & challenge the state of art technology.

What does the role look like?

You will join the engineering team as a Test Rigs Design & Manufacturing control and System Integration area of competence. The role will encompass the design, construction and validation of aeronautical actuation and conditioning test rig systems. The required specialization is in the mechanical and hydraulic field with specific skills in performance simulations and structural analyzes using mathematical models and specific SW tools. Project management skills will also be appreciated.

Your contribution is expected to provide valuable expertise through a rigorous analytical approach and strong engineering practices. As part of the Test Rig Engineering and System Integration group, you will make a key contribution to the design evolution and improvement of our products, enabling the renewal of existing technologies. Testing and System integration activities are a fundamental asset in aeronautics and our department wants to be the excellence.

You will operate in an inclusive and dynamic working environment, in collaboration with the other engineering functions as required by the phase of the program. Within this role you will have the opportunity to interact with an international and multicultural engineering community. Availability to travel for installation, commissioning and assistance activities is often required at end customer.

It is required consolidated competence in the related engineering disciplines, including but not limited to the industrial automation, materials science, stress analysis, design of industrial hydraulic systems, systems architecture and mechatronic knowledge. High quality of the technical content and timely delivery of required outputs are key aspects of the role, as well as a thorough approach and an open mindset attitude.

What will your day-to-day responsibilities look like?

Your role is a key contributor to the advancement of the state of the art of our testing and system integration knowledge and to the renewing of the systems in service and assistance. Part of the role will be a thorough and targeted reporting of results and analysis.

• Validate and decompose requirements of applicable technical specifications.
• Build or adapt available digital simulation models of components and systems. Conduct performance analysis and trade-off analysis.
• Analyse simulation results to verify compliance to the applicable requirements or identify areas of improvement.
• Design reliable and repeatable test architectures and analysis environments that enable fast and accurate results.
• Participate to design reviews and technical meetings. Deliver high technical contents and participate to key project decisions based on substantiated analyses.

What will you bring to the role?

This is an exciting role within the engineering team, critical to support new test rig design evolutions. It will bring with it the opportunity to be involved in almost all the test rigs aspects designed to test and certify different types of flight equipments.

Solid engineering expertise is the fundamental pillar to support the multidisciplinary aspects of the role.

Required skills: 

• PhD or master degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering with solid competence in mechatronics, hydraulics, and control systems disciplines.
• Minimum of 8 year of background experience in related fields of the industry
• Advanced knowledge and use of MATLAB® and Simulink® software suites.
• Experience in hydraulic system design (high performance actuators and motors, distribution manifolds, Skydrol oil systems)
• Experience in high stiffness/high load mechanical structure design
• Knowledge of the fundamentals of design, development, validation and verification processes of aerospace components and systems, particularly in relation to recognized industry and aerospace standards.
• Team player, proactive, eager to learn and increase technical competence. Always seeking continuous improvement
• Rigorous approach to engineering tasks and problem solving.
• Fluent Italian and good English written and oral (e.g. B2/C1)
• Availability for travels between the companys Italian and foreign offices and end customer.

Desirable skills:  

• Expert level knowledge of 3D mech CAD
• Good level knowledge of FEM stress analysis
• Good level knowledge of NI Labview suite
• Agile approach to technical challenges. At ease in a fast-evolving working environment and adaptable to contribute to different tasks as needed
• Clear and targeted preparation of documents, presentations and other material supporting design reports

What do we offer?

• Competitive salary
• Structured training & opportunities to progress.
• Employee Scholarship Program (ESP)
• Flexible benefits programme (Welfare portal, tax and welfare assistance) and additional refund for medical costs.
• Parenthoods permits and scholarships for children of employees.
• Opportunity to join ERGs (employee resource groups), participate in community projects & much more!

We believe Diversity drives innovation; equity eliminates obstacles, inclusion drives success. We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers. We are committed to fostering a culture where everyone can belong & succeed, contributing to a better society.

We are committed to ensuring the recruitment process is inclusive as possible to everyone. We will make adjustments for people who have disability or long-term condition.

Apply now and be part of the team that’s redefining aerospace, every day!

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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