Reliability and Safety Engineer (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2024-07-16

Country:

United States of America

Location:

PW100: East Hartford 400 Main Street, East Hartford, CT, 06118 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

Pratt & Whitney is working to once again transform the future of flight—designing, building and servicing engines unlike any the world has ever seen. And because transformation begins from within, we’re seeking the people to drive it. So, calling all curious. 

Come ready to explore and you’ll find a place where your talent takes flight—beyond the borders of title, a country or your comfort zone. Bring your passion and commitment and we’ll welcome you into a tight-knit team that takes our mission personally. Channel your drive to make a difference into shaping an organization and an industry that’s evolving fast to the future.

Innovation through diversity of thought. At Pratt & Whitney, we believe diversity of thought enables creativity, innovation, and a foundation for inclusion. By fostering an inclusive culture, we accept a shared accountability and responsibility to recognize, sponsor, coach, hire and promote talent equally. We welcome our employees to be their whole - best - selves at work because trust, respect and integrity, are a part of our DNA.

At Pratt & Whitney, the difference you make is on display every day. Just look up. Are you ready to go beyond?

Engineering Product Integrity has an opening for a System Safety and Reliability Engineer to work on the next generation of Pratt & Whitney military aircraft engines. This engineering position will conduct efforts to analyze the system design and establish requirements that drive safety and reliability into the design to ensure the safety of P&W products is world class. 

As a member of a systems team, you will work collaboratively with the best and brightest designers and engineers the industry has to offer. Together you will analyze the system design and establish requirements that drive safety and reliability into the design to ensure the safety of P&W products is world class. Our team is responsible for evaluating the engine design from a system engineering approach and requires a big picture perspective on the design process from beginning to end.

What You Will Do:

• Contribute to reliability and safety design requirements based on derivation of the customer specification, creating reliability, maintainability/human factors, and safety design assessment artifacts in accordance with engineering standard work.
• Collaborate with engineers throughout the organization and evaluate systems interactions across the entire propulsion system.
• Support integration activities and reviews with internal and external customers to include air system contractors and certification authorities.
• Support P&W Integrated Product Teams, Chief Engineer, Airframe manufacturers, Suppliers, and Customers in reviewing, assessing, and influencing engine designs to optimize safety-related metrics and assure safety certification requirements (Mil-Hdbk-516C and Mil-Std-882) are met.
• Drive reliability and safety in subsystem IPT, CIPT and SIPT integration activities, and reviews with internal and external customers and air system contractors.

What you will learn:

• You will be offered the opportunity to develop your reliability skills during weekly training sessions on topics such as fundamental reliability and probability theory, system reliability, and reliability growth curves.
• Internal classes are also available from both a desktop (self-paced) and instructor led environment on topics to include but not limited to gas turbine operations, design failure modes and effects analysis (DFMEA), and flight safety part process.
• These learning opportunities will arm you with the necessary skillset to excel in your role.  

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Bachelors degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM).
• 8+ years of experience in Engineering or 5+ years with an advance degree.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen. This position will require access to systems/tools that are restricted to individuals who possess US citizenship.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Experience delivering presentations at all leadership levels.
• Experience with military aircraft and or engine engineering processes.
• Experience using