Principal Equipment Engineer, Adhesion & Assembly

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🔥 13 hours ago

🚗 Michigan – Remote

🚗 Michigan – Remote

💵 $107.5k - $204.5k / year

⏰ Full Time

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RTX is a globally recognized aerospace and defense company dedicated to transformative technologies and era-defining innovation. It operates through various businesses, including Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon, with a focus on sustainable, connected flight and smarter defense systems. RTX is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion across the company and aims to solve the world’s most complex problems with cutting-edge technology and talent. Additionally, RTX is involved in significant projects like upgrading the F135 Engine Core and developing missile-defense systems. The company emphasizes corporate responsibility and sustainable practices.

📋 Description

• Develop, integrate, and validate advanced manufacturing equipment and automation solutions for Adhesion & Assembly processes • Own assigned equipment development workstreams, including design collaboration, integration, commissioning, and factory acceptance • Engage with equipment OEMs, system integrators, and automation suppliers • Manage day-to-day technical vendor engagement and challenge design assumptions for manufacturability and scalability • Support equipment architecture, controls strategy, robotics integration, and functional safety implementation • Translate complex manufacturing problems into practical, robust equipment designs • Conduct technical evaluations, design reviews, and troubleshooting for automated assembly, adhesive dispensing, bonding processes, and smart torque systems • Support standardized equipment and process platforms deployable across multiple sites • Partner with manufacturing sites, Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, EHS, and other functions to define technical requirements • Participate in commissioning, startup, debugging, and handoff of new equipment to manufacturing sites • Generate engineering documentation, specifications, test plans, and validation reports • Provide subject matter expertise for enterprise automation and assembly initiatives • Identify design risks, integration issues, and performance gaps; propose and execute solutions independently • May mentor junior engineers and support team capability-building

🎯 Requirements

• A university degree or equivalent experience and minimum 8 years of prior relevant experience, or an advanced degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience • Experience with industrial automation and robotics • U.S. citizenship • Experience developing, integrating, or deploying industrial manufacturing equipment • Working knowledge of industrial controls, PLC-based systems, and equipment integration • Knowledge of functional safety and machine safety principles • Experience working directly with equipment OEMs, system integrators, or automation suppliers • Ability to travel internationally and domestically up to 30% • Experience developing automated assembly, adhesive application, bonding, or torque-related manufacturing equipment • Ability to evaluate and troubleshoot complex engineering solutions • Strong background in industrial robotics, automated manufacturing cells, and equipment integration • Experience with commissioning, debugging, acceptance testing, and production ramp support • Experience supporting multi-site equipment deployment • Familiarity with machine vision, precision assembly systems, or material dispensing technologies • Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with vendors and challenge technical designs • Strong hands-on problem-solving, root-cause analysis, and technical execution skills

🏖️ 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 pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, and ID theft protection • Birth, adoption, and 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 • 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 • Potential annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs, depending on position level and collective-bargaining coverage

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