Mechanical Design Engineer – Fire & Overheat Detectors

VulnU; Wilson (NC); On-site; USD 78,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Three weeks of vacation

401(k) plan with employer matching

Job summary

Collins Aerospace, based in Wilson, North Carolina, seeks a Mechanical Design Engineer to join the Fire & Overheat Linear Detection group. You will develop, modify, qualify, certify and support detectors and assemblies for military and commercial use, working closely with cross‑functional teams on hardware design and documentation.

Responsibilities include creating drawings, testing, and ensuring manufacturability, with opportunities in R&D for new technologies such as fiber optics.

Qualifications

• Familiarity with mechanical assemblies, fabrication drawings, parts lists, weldments, installation drawings and GD&T.
• Familiarity with metal fabrication techniques including finishing, machined parts, and welding.
• Adaptability and organization to support multiple projects simultaneously.
• Experience creating engineering reports.

Responsibilities

• Generate new designs, review change requests, create redline revisions, and support test and documentation of mechanical hardware and assemblies.
• Interpret engineering requirements and translate into design for medium complexity components.
• Contribute to full system life cycle including proposal, development, qualification, certification and aftermarket support.
• Collaborate with systems engineering, drafting, test, manufacturing, QA, logistics to ensure design adequacy and manufacturability.
• Recommend disposition of operations/supplier test or part deviation requests.
• Participate in design/revision reviews to produce high-quality drawings and documents.
• Understand and utilize processes/tools during hardware development.
• Participate in new technology development for fire and overheat detectors and components.
• Integrate with and support customer reviews and meetings.
• Travel as necessary ~5%.

Skills

Mechanical design

Engineering reports

Aircraft components

Multi-project coordination

Communication skills

Education

STEM degree

Advanced degree possible

Tools

MS Office / Office 365

Job description

Collins Aerospace, based in Wilson, North Carolina, seeks a Mechanical Design Engineer to join the Fire & Overheat Linear Detection group. You will develop, modify, qualify, certify and support detectors and assemblies for military and commercial use, working closely with cross‑functional teams on hardware design and documentation.

Responsibilities include creating drawings, testing, and ensuring manufacturability, with opportunities in R&D for new technologies such as fiber optics.