Sr. Avionics Product Safety Engineer (Hybrid - Burnvsville, MN)
About The Position
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. This role will be worked hybrid in Burnsville, MN. Relocation assistance is available.
Requirements
- 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
- U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.
Nice To Haves
- 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
Responsibilities
- 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
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
- Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Student Loan Repayment Program
- Life insurance and disability coverage
- Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
- Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
- Carrot Health, fertility, and family planning
- Adoption Assistance
- Autism Benefit
- Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
- Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
- Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
- Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
- Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
- Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
