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Date Posted: 2026-10-06 Country: United States of America

Location: US-IL-ROCKFORD-P1 ~ 2421 11th St ~ 2421 11TH ST-P1

Position Role Type: Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements: U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Security Clearance Type: None/Not Required

Security Clearance Status: Not Required

Collins Aerospace is seeking a Senior Pump Design Engineer with strong experience in fuel pump design, analysis, and manufacturing. The ideal candidate will have hands-on expertise with positive displacement pumps, including balanced/F-vane, gear, and axial piston pumps, with experience in centrifugal and external gear pumps considered a plus.

The role focuses on developing robust, cost-effective pumping solutions that meet customer requirements. Key responsibilities include pump design and analysis, supporting root cause investigations, evaluating test and empirical data, validating design tools, and reconciling analytical results with test performance.

Strong communication skills are essential, as the engineer will work with both internal and external customers and must effectively communicate technical information to a variety of audiences.

What You Will Do

Responsible for completing design and analysis tasks for one or more pump programs, including driving development activities on schedule and within budget, while ensuring all technical and regulatory requirements are met.

Provide design support across all phases of the design cycle: concept and optimization, preliminary through detailed design, development, validation, certification, manufacturing, and operational service.

Design new products and processes and improve and maintain existing products to help create better products or processes and ensure that the current and future needs of the business are met.

Design and implement common procedures and standard work across the organization to optimize efficiency and quality.

Develop data and make layouts, sketches, and notes necessary to present design proposals.

Resolve design problems of difficult-to-complex scope to ensure project completion.

Review completed layouts and drawings to ensure clarity, completeness, conformity to standards, procedures, and specifications, and accuracy of calculations and dimensioning.

Design mechanical components and assemblies with an emphasis on manufacturability, reliability, and maintainability.

Work with suppliers for sizing and selection of supplier-designed components (valves, EHSVs, sensors, and motors).

Evaluate and determine the suitability of non-conforming (NCM) products, including documentation of rationale.

Validate design models and tools with empirical data from test programs.

Be a key participant in root cause investigations.

Conduct sustaining activities for fielded products.

Qualifications You Must Have

Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience

Qualifications We Prefer

Pump design experience is preferred.

Centrifugal and axial piston pump experience is preferred.

Aerospace industry experience is preferred.

Familiarity with industry design, test, and certification standards for aerospace pumping systems is preferred.

MATLAB modeling and programming experience is highly preferred.

CFD analysis experience using ANSYS Fluent or STAR-CCM+ is preferred.

What We Offer

Benefits

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

And more!

Learn More & Apply Now!

We make modern flight possible for millions of travelers and our military every second.  Our major product lines are on-board virtually every aircraft flying. Be it keeping passengers safe with our emergency power generation systems or creating a positive in-flight experience through reliable cabin pressure controls and quieter engines, Power & Controls focuses on delivering a best-in-class experience to our customers. We hire the top people in the industry. Their ideas drive our performance, and their integrity keeps our customers happy. Join us as we take flight!

*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.

Apply now and be part of the team that’s redefining aerospace, every day.

As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.

The salary range for this role is 86,800 USD - 165,200 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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