Todd Spierling Senior Fellow, Electrification Collins Aerospace

Todd Spierling, Senior Fellow, Electrification, Collins Aerospace, Rockford, IL

Todd Spierling is a Senior Fellow for Systems Engineering with a focus in Electrification. He is a part of the Power & Controls Engineering organization located in Rockford, Illinois.  

In his current role, Todd provides technical leadership in all elements of aircraft electrification, including Electric Propulsion, More Electric secondary systems, and Propulsion, Power & Thermal Management Systems.  He supports customer technology engagements, new business pursuits, and company and corporate level strategic technology planning.

He has previously led product groups for generators, motors, power electronics and emergency power systems, as well as corporate and business level advanced projects and research organizations.  He joined Raytheon (Sundstrand) in 1986. 

Todd has been awarded 43 US and foreign patents and has authored multiple conference papers. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Colorado State University, a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Georgia Tech, an MBA from Columbia College, and is currently pursuing his systems engineering PhD at Colorado State.