Date Posted:2026-05-29
Country:United States of America
Location:US-TX-HALTOM CITY-4630 ~ 4630 N Beach St ~ BEACH
Position Role Type:Onsite
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Security Clearance Type: None/Not Required
Security Clearance Status: Not Required
As a
Performance Engineer at Collins Aerospace Landing Gear, you will help ensure the safety, reliability, and performance of advanced landing gear systems supporting commercial and military aerospace missions. Your work in Loads and Dynamics will be critical to meeting industry and customer standards and advancing aerospace innovation.
This role sits at the intersection of mechanical and systems engineering, focusing on dynamic simulation, loads analysis, and model validation. You will predict system behavior under complex loading conditions, generate key inputs for structural design, and correlate analytical models with test data throughout development and in-service support.
This position offers a strong blend of systems-level thinking and detailed mechanical analysis and is ideal for engineers who thrive on solving complex problems in high-consequence aerospace environments.
This position will be onsite in Haltom City, TX. Relocation assistance availableWhat You Will Do:As a Performance Engineer, you will:
- Develop and maintain dynamics system models and simulation software to support landing gear systems.
- Perform static and dynamic loads analyses, including landing impact simulations, retraction/extension modeling, and evaluation of dynamic design criteria to ensure compliance with industry and customer standards.
- Establish, document, and validate test criteria for landing gear development, including analyzing test data and correlating with analytical models.
- Support quality investigations, in-service performance assessments, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with internal teams (stress, design, quality, test), external customers, and suppliers to ensure technical alignment and program success.
- Willingness to travel occasionally (less than 10%).
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.
- MATLAB/Simulink or equivalent
- Understanding of kinematics, dynamics of machinery, fluid dynamics, and/or control theory.
- Familiarity with coding and simulation environments.
- Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project).
Qualifications We Prefer:- Experience in landing gear development, aerospace systems, or dynamic loads environments.
- Multi-body dynamics (MBD) analysis tools, such as Adams
- CATIA V5 or other CAD/CAM software
- Experience in Finite Element Analysis (FEA) (highly preferred).
- Experience with analysis tools such as Mathcad, Nastran, or Abaqus.
- Integrated Development Environment (IDE) software and version control systems such as Git
- Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems, such as TeamCenter (basic knowledge)
- Experience with building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders.
- Experience managing competing priorities and maintaining schedules in a decentralized work environment.
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!
Our Advanced Structures team leverages advanced materials and additive manufacturing to develop complex interior and exterior solutions. These solutions ensure structural integrity of the aircraft, help aircraft take off and land, stay trim in the air, move forward, carry cargo and conduct rescues. We delight our customers with superior products and best-in-class service. Our global team is committed to continuous improvement - we work hard to make our solutions lighter-weight, stronger and more technically advanced, so that plane travel can be safer, more affordable and more sustainable in the years to come. We are looking for the best and brightest to fly and land with us!
Role Type Definitions: *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.
