Sr. Avionics Product Safety Engineer (Hybrid - Burnvsville, MN)

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and a minimum of 3 years of experience
• Experience in systems, hardware, or software engineering

• Experience in aircraft systems
• Experience with technical writing/information and preparing/presenting to peers, internal leadership, and external customers
• Knowledge in one or more Vision and Sensing Solutions products lines, including Air Data Sensors, Ice Detection Systems, Engine Speed & Temperature Sensors, and Heads-Up Display Technology
• Experience coordinating projects and complex engineering activities
• Basic knowledge in reliability engineering theory
• Reliability and Safety analysis tools
• Working knowledge of ARP4761/MIL-STD-882E
• Basic knowledge of ARP4754A, DO-254, DO-178B/C, DO-297

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

Collins Aerospace is a leader in technologically advanced, intelligent solutions that help redefine the aerospace and defense industry. With a comprehensive portfolio and deep technical expertise, we help customers meet the demands of the global market. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

Collins Aerospace is seeking a passionate Sr. Avionics Product Safety Engineer to join our Reliability, Maintainability, and Safety team. In this role, you’ll help ensure that the avionics systems serving our Air Transport customers are not only cutting-edge, but safe, reliable, and ready for the challenges of modern aviation. This is a role for someone who thrives at the intersection of technical rigor, cross-functional collaboration, and mission-driven engineering. You’ll influence system-level design decisions, guide programs through critical safety milestones, and help build products that pilots, passengers, and operators trust every day.

• →Perform civil and military reliability analyses, including (but not limited to): Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEAs), Failure Mode Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), Reliability and Maintainability Predictions using various source data inputs (217Plus, Field Data, etc.)
• →Perform civil and military safety assessment processes, including (but not limited to): Functional Hazard Assessments (FHAs), Preliminary System Safety Assessments (PSSAs), System Safety Assessments (SSAs), Fault Tree Analysis (FTAs), Common Mode Analyses (CMAs)
• →Support systems, hardware, and software engineering teams in defining reliability and system safety requirements during development activity
• →Review of design and development documentation for safety critical equipment
• →Support peer review activities
• →Develop and maintain expertise in assigned areas (program, function, process, technology, etc)
• →Collaborate with customers, stakeholders, and organizational leaders to develop plans

• →Develop knowledge and expertise across Vision and Sensing Solutions products lines, including Air Data Sensors, Ice Detection Systems, Engine Speed & Temperature Sensors, and Heads-Up Display Technology
• →Shape safety and reliability strategies early in the design process, where your insights have maximum impact
• →Collaborate across engineering disciplines and with global teams, contributing to solutions that directly affect product performance and customer confidence
• →Become part of a highly skilled group of RMS engineers known for deep expertise in Reliability, Maintainability, and System Safety
• →Grow in a field that is challenging, unique, and constantly evolving with new aircraft architecture, regulatory expectations, and technological innovations

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Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market. 

Collins Aerospace makes modern flight possible. Of course, that wouldn’t be possible without the capabilities and technologies of our organization, as well as our engineers – a highly skilled, accomplished network that spans more than 180 sites, 24 countries and 6 Strategic Business Units (SBUs).  

Our industry-leading experts are setting the standards for the aerospace industry and paving the way for the future. But as new challenges present themselves, we need fresh, creative and motivated minds to overcome these hurdles, help us break barriers and achieve new levels of innovation. Do you have what it takes to join a global organization that doesn’t shy away from big opportunities? If so, we invite you to join our ranks and create the next generation of aerospace technologies.  

Together, we will nurture an engineering culture that values intellectual curiosity, risk takers and integrity. A place where we will challenge ourselves, our teams, and the status quo and where we will work to find a way – the right way – to achieve what others can only dream of. 

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