Senior Reliability & Maintainability; R&M Engineer; Onsite

Location:

HVA
34:
Sterling, VA 22640 Davis Dr , Sterling, VA,  USA

Date posted:

Country:
United States of America

Position Role Type:
Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements: U.S. citizenship required; ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance required.

Security Clearance:
DoD Clearance:
Secret

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 is currently interested in hiring an experienced Reliability & Maintainability (R&M) Engineer with multi years of experience or practical application in working with electronic and mechanical systems for military contractors and supporting products designed for the military. This engineer will be responsible for providing R&M support to new development programs, including reliability and maintainability predictions and analyses, testability analyses, maintainability demonstrations, and highly accelerated stress testing.

This position will sit onsite at our Sterling, VA facility.

• Conduct aerospace Reliability and Maintainability analysis
• Supports R&M Program Plan Reliability Predictions following MIL-HDBK-217 and/or 217
  
  PLUS reliability prediction standards
• Conducts Failure Modes and Effects (FMEA) / Criticality Analysis (CA) Planning and conducting reliability testing, including Highly Accelerated Life Test (HALT), Reliability Enhancement Test (RET), Environmental Stress Screening (ESS) or Highly Accelerated Stress Screening (HASS)
• Runs Failure Reporting, Analysis and Corrective Action System (FRACAS), including root cause analysis;
  Maintainability analysis and predictions;
  Built-In Test (BIT) design/verification analysis BIT / Maintainability Demonstration
• Analyzes and predict the reliability of military systems and equipment by identifying potential failure modes
• Conducts root cause analysis and implementing design improvements to ensure mission success by maximizing system uptime and minimizing failures throughout the lifecycle
• Adheres to strict customer driven reliability standards and guidelines
• Reduces cost and schedule risks by preventing or identifying R&M deficiencies early in development, increasing acquisition efficiency and higher success rates during operational testing and the development process

• Failure analysis:
  Performing detailed investigations into equipment failures to identify root causes and implement corrective actions
• Reliability prediction:
  Utilizing statistical methods and reliability modeling tools to predict the likelihood of system failures and identify critical components
• Design review:
  Collaborating with design engineers to assess the reliability of proposed designs and suggest improvements to enhance system robustness
• FMEA:
  Conducting FMEA to proactively identify potential failure modes and their consequences, prioritizing mitigation strategies
• Stress analysis:
  Performing stress analysis on components to identify potential weak points and design margins
• Data analysis:
  Collecting and analyzing failure data to identify trends and patterns, informing preventative maintenance strategies
• Reliability testing:
  Designing and executing reliability tests to validate system performance under various environmental conditions
• Maintainability analysis:
  Contributing to design decisions to ensure easy maintenance and repair of equipment in the field
• Life cycle cost analysis:
  Assessing the impact of reliability on system life cycle costs

• Learn and take advantage of opportunities to excel professionally with RTX's exceptional employee scholar programs and continuing education
• Learn to thrive and be supported in a dynamic team-driven environment
• Learn to become a champion within our CORE Operating Systems

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience…