Principal Engineer

Role Details

• Position role type: Hybrid.
• Location stated in the description: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

About Collins Aerospace

Primary Responsibilities

• Perform structural analysis of aircraft components and assemblies as part of an integrated engineering team.
• Perform load calculations, static strength, fatigue, damage tolerance, buckling, and vibration analysis as applicable.
• Evaluate structural integrity using classical hand calculations and Finite Element Analysis.
• Develop free-body diagrams, load paths, interface loads, internal load distributions, and structural responses.
• Develop, review, and validate FEA models, including idealization, mesh, boundary conditions, load application, and result interpretation.
• Analyze metallic and composite structures, including joints, fasteners, lugs, and load-transfer mechanisms.
• Prepare and review strength check notes and formal stress reports for accuracy and traceability.
• Identify technical risks, challenge assumptions, and provide engineering recommendations and solutions.
• Lead technical problem solving, root-cause analysis, design trade studies, and structural optimization.
• Review or approve other engineers' analyses and provide technical guidance and mentoring.
• Support structural testing, analysis-test correlation, and aircraft certification activities.
• Collaborate with design, loads, materials, manufacturing, test, certification, and global engineering teams.