Principal System Safety & Reliability Engineer
About The Position
The Principal System Safety & Reliability Engineer reports directly to the Engineering Manager and works from Honeywell Aerospace’s Tempe, Arizona location on a hybrid schedule. The role helps ensure system designs meet Honeywell quality standards, industry best practices, and customer technical requirements. It applies systems engineering, project coordination, and technical leadership to system safety and reliability work, including analysis, requirements development, integration, validation, and verification. The position also includes customer interaction and may involve coordinating a project team or leading a small team of RMSS engineers. The role supports people leadership by helping build a strong, diverse team through recruiting, developing successors, supporting retention and engagement, and fostering an inclusive culture. Candidates must meet U.S. person requirements under applicable export control laws.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in a technical discipline such as science, technology, engineering, or mathematics.
- Demonstrated experience in system safety analysis per ARP4754, ARP4761, MIL-STD 785, and MIL-STD 882.
- 10 or more years of experience in systems engineering or related fields.
- Strong technical background in systems engineering, including experience with hardware and software components.
- Must be a U.S. person: a U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, or person with protected status in the U.S. under asylum or refugee status.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced engineering degree, such as an MS in Reliability Engineering or a related field.
- Experience or coursework in probability and statistics.
- Understanding of certification regulations, guidance, and typical qualification expectations.
- Experience with systems engineering methodologies and tools, including model-based systems engineering (MBSE) and requirements management.
- Experience with reliability predictions, reliability testing, FMEA, fault tree analysis, CMA, and requirements management.
- Experience leading complex aerospace system integration projects.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Passion for innovation and continuous learning.
- Attention to detail and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
- Author system safety program plans and ensure the development process follows them.
- Perform reliability analysis and allocations to define requirements.
- Conduct functional hazard analysis.
- Analyze failure-condition requirements.
- Decompose safety requirements.
- Develop system designs using model-based development.
- Support systems integration.
- Perform reliability predictions throughout the design process.
- Conduct failure mode, effects, and criticality analysis (FMECA).
- Validate and verify safety requirements.
- Develop fault tree analyses and analyze common-mode failures.
- Drive design development based on safety principles.
- Conduct aftermarket safety analysis and track reliability metrics.
- Interact with customers.
- Coordinate projects within a team and/or lead a small team of RMSS engineers.
- Help recruit talent, identify and develop successors, drive retention and engagement, and foster an inclusive culture.
Benefits
- Employer-subsidized medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
- 401(k) match.
- Flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts.
- Employee assistance program.
- Educational assistance.
- Parental leave.
- 12 paid holidays.
- Paid time off for vacation, personal, and sick time.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
