Lead Technician, Electrical/Mechanical Designer (Hybrid)

Location: Cedar Rapids, IA (Hybrid)

This job requires a U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, U.S. national, U.S. permanent resident, or individual granted refugee or asylee status).

About the Role

At Collins Aerospace, a leader in technologically advanced, intelligent solutions for the aerospace and defense industry, you’ll help shape the future by performing complex technical tasks to create precision mechanical or electrical design layouts. This role involves mentoring new designers or engineers and assisting in the preparation and release of design data and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Perform complex technical tasks requiring a deep understanding of engineering techniques to create mechanical or electrical design layouts based on verbal instructions, sketches, or existing hardware/models.
• Prepare and release design data and documentation into company systems, ensuring compliance with company, industry, and contractual standards.
• Mentor new mechanical designers or engineers on current procedures for design database and documentation release.
• Assist engineering in selecting proper specifications for materials, finishes, processes, connectors, or other electrical components during the design process.
• Complete technical documentation for hardware design data release into the company’s documentation control system.
• Support engineering in revising released artifacts in the document control system.
• Maintain awareness of contractually controlled design and documentation requirements.
• Utilize advanced CAD and data management tools to complete design tasks.
• Direct lower-grade personnel in preparing technical documentation as needed.
• Validate change definition artifacts for revisions to existing designs and ensure proper revision capture into formal design documentation.

Requirements

• AA/AS degree (or other 2-year post-high school training) with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience.
• Classroom or industry experience with 3D CAD software packages (e.g., NX, Creo, Solidworks, CATIA, Autodesk Inventor).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Siemens NX is preferred.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees.
• Generous 401(k) plan with 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: pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection.
• Birth, adoption, and parental leave benefits.
• Ovia Health (fertility and family planning).
• Adoption Assistance and Autism Benefit.
• Employee Assistance Plan (up to 10 free counseling sessions).
• Wellness rewards program (Healthy You Incentives).
• Virtual doctor visits (Doctor on Demand).
• Child and elder care services (Bright Horizons).
• Second opinion program (Teladoc Medical Experts).

Pay

The salary range for this role is $60,000 – $114,000 USD. The range is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. Factors such as work experience, location, education/training, and key skills are considered when extending an offer.