Sr. Systems Engineer - Avionics Reliability, Maintainability, & Safety (Onsite - Melbourne, FL)
About The Position
Collins Aerospace is seeking a Senior Reliability Maintainability and Safety (RMS) Engineer with experience or practical application in working with electronic and mechanical systems and supporting products designed for military and commercial avionic platforms. This role will be worked onsite in Melbourne, FL. Relocation assistance is available. The role involves supporting program development through the application of reliability and maintainability techniques, participating in all phases of the program life cycle, and utilizing reliability and maintainability methodologies within systems engineering processes in accordance with commercial and military standards. The engineer will provide support for reliability and maintainability modeling and predictions analysis, testability analysis, maintainability and built-in-test demonstrations, environmental testing, FMEA/FMECA, and FRACAS. Additionally, the role includes performing Accelerated Stress Testing (AST) and developing Environmental Stress Screening (ESS) profiles, which encompass Highly Accelerated Life Test (HALT) / Highly Accelerated Stress Screening (HASS), and the development of Reliability Enhancement Test (RET) procedures and reports. This also involves overseeing and conducting testing, conducting failure review board meetings, and defining corrective actions. The engineer will serve as a Reliability & Maintainability representative to engineering and business leadership and perform safety assessment processes in accordance with ARP4761 or military assessments in accordance with MIL-STD-882E. This includes developing System Safety Program Plans (SSPPs), Functional Hazard Assessments (FHAs), Preliminary System Safety Assessments (PSSAs), System Safety Assessments (SSAs), Fault Tree Analysis (FTAs), and Common Mode Analyses (CMAs). The role also involves supporting systems, hardware, and software engineering teams in defining system safety requirements during development, reviewing design and development documentation for safety-critical equipment, and reviewing analysis of peer safety engineers. Mentoring and training less experienced Reliability engineers is also a key responsibility, along with being accountable to team members and organizational leadership for committed work and responsibilities, and developing and maintaining expertise in assigned areas. Collaboration with customers, stakeholders, and organizational leaders to develop plans is also expected.
Requirements
- Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience
- Experience in safety-critical systems; ARP4761 or MIL-STD-882E safety standards.
- Experience with systems engineering lifecycle, with knowledge of how to apply reliability and maintainability techniques to systems requirements
- Experience supporting design and development teams to develop, assess, and verify Reliability & Maintainability related requirements for safety-critical systems
- Experience in conducting/developing Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMEA/FMECA), Reliability & Maintainability analysis and predictions
- Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System (FRACAS), Built In Test (BIT) design / verification analysis, and/or testability analysis
Nice To Haves
- B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering
- Working knowledge of ARP4761 OR MIL-STD 882E, basic knowledge of ARP4754A, DO-254, DO-178B/C, DO-297
- Experience using tools and databases such as Quanterion 217 plus, MiLHDBK 217 NPRD, and FMD-2016
- Experience and knowledge of aircraft or electronic systems
- Knowledge of basic circuit analysis and the ability to perform detailed analyses on complex systems
- Experience planning and conducting Accelerated Stress Testing, or a willingness to learn and apply those techniques, such as Highly Accelerated Life Test processes (HALT), Reliability Enhancement Test (RET), Environmental Stress Screening (ESS), Highly Accelerated Stress Screening (HASS)
- Experience with CAFTA or similar Fault Tree analysis tools, or a willingness to learn
- Good presentation skills with the ability to present to a variety of audiences
- Strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively interact and build trust with team members from many different backgrounds
Responsibilities
- Supports program development through the application of reliability and maintainability techniques.
- Participates in all phases of program life cycle, utilizing reliability and maintainability methodologies as they apply in our systems engineering processes in accordance with commercial and military standards.
- Provides support to reliability and maintainability modeling and predictions analysis, testability analysis, maintainability and built-in-test demonstrations, environmental testing, FMEA/FMECA, and FRACAS.
- Perform Accelerated Stress Testing (AST) and developing Environmental Stress Screening (ESS) profiles.
- These testing efforts include Highly Accelerated Life Test (HALT) / Highly Accelerated Stress Screening (HASS), and the development of Reliability Enhancement Test (RET) procedures and reports, overseeing and conducting testing, conducting failure review board meetings, and defining corrective actions.
- Serve as a Reliability & Maintainability representative to engineering and business leadership
- Perform safety assessment process in accordance with ARP4761 or military assessments in accordance with MIL-STD-882E, including but not limited to, System Safety Program Plans (SSPPs), 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 system safety requirements during development activity.
- Review of design and development documentation for safety critical equipment.
- Review analysis of peer safety engineers.
- Mentor and train less experienced Reliability engineers.
- Accountable to team members and organizational leadership for committed work and responsibilities.
- 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
- Ovia 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
