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Date Posted:

2025-07-31

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HUT31: Salt Lake City, UT 600 Komas Drive

, Salt Lake City, UT, 84108-1229 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

Security Clearance:

None/Not Required

Mechanical Engineer II** **- Simulation & Training (Onsite)

Job Description:

We are currently searching for a Mechanical Engineer to join our Simulation and Training solutions team in Salt Lake City, Utah plus supporting our team in Carlsbad, CA.

Employing some of the most talented dedicated people on the planet is not by chance. People from all over the globe choose Collins as the place to build a rewarding career while helping create and deliver communications integration and engineering solutions that our global customers demand so that our world keeps moving and stays connected. It’s an exciting time to become a part of our team. Join us and discover how high your career can soar at Collins Aerospace. A comprehensive relocation plan is available for qualified applicants.

This Engineering position is within the Simulation & Training Solutions (STS) business area. STS develops and builds simulators and training systems for both military and commercial customers as well as unique optical systems for space, simulator, airborne and body-worn environments. Devices range in complexity from desktop training all the way up to high fidelity weapon system and full-flight training systems including full visual, motion, and simulator interoperability. This position fills a need within the Hardware Engineering department, supporting the development and sustainment of STS visual display systems and complex optical assemblies.

The candidate must be willing to perform a wide variety of functions from start to finish associated with display systems development, generating system layouts and detailed designs based on COTS (commercial off the shelf) and internally designed components. Our display systems’ designs require a good understanding of optics and optical layouts, and mechanical fabrication processes. Having CAD (computer aided design) experience with SolidWorks and/or Creo is also a plus. Tasks include generating optical layouts, performing power consumption analyses, evaluating hardware components, and supporting equipment installations throughout the world. The candidate must have knowledge of core concepts of mechanical engineering, such as engineering design, tolerance analysis, and structural analysis. The candidate will utilize several different types of COTS and in-house toolsets to execute these tasks. Visual displays, opto-mechanical, experience is required.

What You Will Do:

+ Capture and analyze customer requirements; derive product requirements.

+ System level design considerations including mechanical layouts, optical layouts, visual performance, and meeting display performance requirements.

+ Assist in development of detailed specifications, generate proposals and provide accurate time estimates for the tasks.

+ Design, analysis and testing of precision optical assembles and visual display systems.

+ Design and development of custom tooling and fixtures.

+ Prepare technical documentation including CAD models, drawings, and procedures

+ Debug and integrate display systems components.

+ Collaborate with Software Engineers, Test Engineers, Systems Engineers, Optical Engineers and Project Management.

+ Analyze and evaluate COTS equipment (projectors, display surfaces, glass/mirrors, power requirements, etc…)

+ Come be part of a team building a multi-million dollar flight simulator, visual display systems, and precision space-borne optical assemblies. Our team is looking for self-motivated, confident, and passionate engineers to help us create advanced aircraft simulation and training devices and products for both military and commercial customers.

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

+ Must have or be capable of obtaining a US Department of Defense (DoD) security clearance. Candidate selected will be subject to a government security investigation/reinstatement and must meet eligibility requirements

+ Ability to travel to customer site for debugging of issues (10-15% of the total project effort)

+ Experience with computer-aided design (CAD), ideally with SolidWorks

+ Good oral and written communication skills

+ Strong teamwork skills

+ Desire to participate on a results-oriented team of Hardware, Systems, and Software Engineers.

Qualifications We Prefer:

+ Experience with SolidWorks

+ A physics or optics background

+ Experience with DOORS or Jama for requirements management

+ Familiarity with software systems and API programming

+ Experience working with simulators, projectors, or other visual display systems

+ Experience with Microsoft Project, Excel, Power Point and Word

If you're looking for an opportunity to join a fast paced team with opportunities for growth, then this team could be the perfect fit for you.

Do you want to be a part of something bigger? A team whose impact stretches across the world, and even beyond? At Collins Aerospace, our Mission Systems team helps civilian, military and government customers complete their most complex missions — whatever and wherever they may be. Our customers depend on us for intelligent and secure communications, missionized systems for specialized aircraft and spacecraft and collaborative space solutions. By joining our team, you’ll have your own critical part to play in ensuring our customer succeeds today while anticipating their needs for tomorrow. Are you up for the challenge? Join our mission today.

What We Offer:

Some of our competitive benefits package includes:

+ 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

+ Eligible for relocation assistance

+ And more!

Learn More & Apply Now!

*Please ensure the role type (defined below) is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role.

**Onsite:** Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form – with our customers and with each other -- propel us all higher, again and again.

The salary range for this role is 66,000 USD - 130,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels.

RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

_RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act._

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