Principal Engineer, Systems Engineer (Onsite / Hybrid / Remote)

Date Posted:

2024-07-29

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HND01: Interiors (Cargo) - Jamestown 2604 Highway 20 North, Jamestown, ND, 58401 USA

Position Role Type:

Hybrid

JOB SUMMARY:

Collins Aerospace is seeking an experienced Reliability, Maintainability, and System Safety Engineer to join our Cargo Engineering team. Our work supports the development of innovative system solutions for one of the world’s leading Aerospace companies.

This RM&S engineering position will lead efforts to analyze the system design and establish requirements that drive reliability, maintainability and system safety, into the design to ensure that Collins Aerospace products are world class.  The position will be responsible for technical development of reliability, maintainability, and system safety analyses that demonstrate that the system design meets requirements and serves as evidence for certification and/or acceptance by the regulator or acquiring authority.

Candidates are required to have excellent communication skills to convey technical issues and status in both written and oral form to internal and external customers. The candidate must be adaptable to change, determined to accomplish tasks based on program schedule, collaborate with teammates to make the best decisions, enjoy learning new technologies, be self-motivated and contribute to a positive work environment. Our charter is to promote the reliable, maintainable, and system safety aspects of the design of systems and products by providing engineers that are specifically trained and knowledgeable in reliability, maintainability, and system safety analytical methods and processes. The RM&S Engineering field is challenging, unique and dynamic.

Hybrid:

Must be a commutable distance from Jamestown, ND, to work a hybrid schedule reporting on-site as needed

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perform safety assessments in accordance with SAE ARP4761 and/or MIL-STD-882E including but not limited to:
• System Safety Program Plans (SSPP)
• Functional Hazard Assessments (FHA)
• Preliminary System Safety Assessments (PSSA)
• System Safety Assessments (SSA)
• Fault Tree Analyses (FTA)
• Common Mode Analyses (CMA)
• Review, assess, and influence designs to optimize safety-related metrics to ensure designs incorporate the safety features required to assure that all safety certification requirements are met.
• Perform Reliability Assessments in accordance with industry accepted practices including but not limited to:
• Reliability Program Plans (RPP)
• Reliability predictions to establish Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) estimates and component failure rates. These analyses may utilize industry standards and include field performance of similar equipment when applicable to increase accuracy of the assessment.
• Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
• Failure Mode, Effects & Criticality Analysis (FMECA)
• Contribute to defining specific Safety and Reliability design requirements based on derivation of the customer specification culminating in performing the RM&S assessment artifacts in accordance with engineering standard work.
• Perform Maintainability assessments and support Testability analyses.
• Support and/or lead Reliability related tests [Highly Accelerated Life Test (HALT) and Reliability Enhancement Test (RET)] including the development of test procedures and reports, overseeing the conduct of the test, leading failure review board meetings, and defining corrective actions.
• Investigate and implement improvements on current standard processes to improve efficiency and quality of both analyses and documentation.
• Support integration activities and reviews with internal and external customers.
• Perform (as required) bid and proposal activities for future programs.
• Travel up to 10%

Qualifications you must have:

• Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of relevant experience OR Advanced Degree in a related field and a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience OR in absence of a degree, 9 years of relevant experience is required
• Must be a U.S. Citizen

Qualifications we prefer:

• Experience and knowledge in RM&S Engineering, including processes, procedures and tools contained in SAE Aerospace Recommended Practices ARP 4754, ARP 4761, or military safety standards such as MIL-STD-882E
• Possess Analog and Digital Circuit Design Analysis and/or Mechanical Design Analysis skills
• Experience preparing and presenting technical information to peers, all levels of internal management, and to external customers
• Working knowledge of aircraft or electronic systems is highly desi