Senior Equipment Engineer, Automation & Robotics

Collins Aerospace; Burnsville (MN); On-site; USD 108,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Vacation (3 weeks)

401(k) Match

Tuition Reimbursement

Life Insurance

Disability Coverage

Employee Assistance Program

Parental Leave

Teladoc

Job summary

Collins Aerospace seeks a Principal Equipment Engineer to lead hands-on development of advanced manufacturing equipment for structural processing. You will design, integrate, and validate robotic welding, cold spray, brazing, and forming systems across multiple sites.

You will collaborate with OEMs and integrators, drive controls integration, and ensure safe, scalable equipment solutions while traveling up to 25% to sites and vendors.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years prior relevant experience, or An Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years experience.
• Experience with industrial automation or robotics
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Responsibilities

• Develop, integrate, and validate advanced manufacturing equipment for structural processing applications, including cold spray deposition, robotic welding, brazing systems, press systems, and forming equipment.
• Own execution of assigned equipment development workstreams, including design collaboration, controls integration, commissioning, debug, and acceptance testing.
• Work closely with equipment OEMs, integrators, and automation suppliers; lead day‑to‑day technical interaction and challenge design assumptions to ensure manufacturability, reliability, and scalability.
• Support equipment architecture, controls strategy, robotics integration, functional safety implementation, and process monitoring.
• Translate complex manufacturing process requirements into practical, scalable equipment designs.
• Conduct technical evaluations, design reviews, troubleshooting, and root‑cause analysis across automation, controls, cold spray, welding, and brazing technologies.
• Support development of standardized equipment platforms, tooling concepts, and integration practices deployable across multiple sites.
• Partner with Manufacturing Engineering, Operations, Quality, EHS, and site teams to define technical requirements and ensure equipment readiness.
• Participate in equipment commissioning, startup, debug, and operational handoff at manufacturing sites.
• Generate engineering documentation, specifications, validation plans, and technical reports.
• Provide subject matter expertise in cold spray, automated welding, brazing, industrial robotics, structural processing, automation, and controls.
• May mentor junior engineers and support capability-building within the Structural Processing team.
• Travel up to 25% to manufacturing sites and vendor facilities as required

Skills

Industrial automation

Robotics

Controls

System integration

Education

STEM degree

Advanced degree

Tools

PLC controls

HMI development

Job description

Collins Aerospace seeks a Principal Equipment Engineer to lead hands-on development of advanced manufacturing equipment for structural processing. You will design, integrate, and validate robotic welding, cold spray, brazing, and forming systems across multiple sites.

You will collaborate with OEMs and integrators, drive controls integration, and ensure safe, scalable equipment solutions while traveling up to 25% to sites and vendors.