Sr. Principal Engineer - Reliability & Maintainability (Onsite - Burnsville, MN)

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About the role

We are seeking a Sr. Principal Reliability & Maintainability Engineer to join our Product Safety team, supporting Collins Aerospace Mission Systems programs. This onsite role is based in Burnsville, MN, and may require up to 5% travel. Relocation assistance is available.

Responsibilities

• Support program development through reliability and maintainability techniques across all phases of the program lifecycle, adhering to military standards such as MIL-HDBK-217, MIL-HDBK-338B, MIL-HDBK-470, and MIL-STD-1629A.
• Lead reliability and maintainability modeling, predictions analysis, testability analysis, maintainability and built-in-test demonstrations, environmental testing, FMEA/FMECA, and FRACAS.
• Conduct and develop:
  • Reliability Allocations
  • Reliability Block Diagrams
  • Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA)
  • Reliability & Maintainability analysis and predictions
  • Reliability Critical Items List
  • Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System (FRACAS)
• Serve as a Reliability & Maintainability subject matter expert to engineering and business leadership.
• Participate in technical proposal and basis of estimate preparation for Reliability & Maintainability scope.

Requirements

• Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) with a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field with a minimum of 7 years of experience.
• Experience with systems engineering lifecycle and applying reliability and maintainability techniques to systems requirements.
• Experience supporting design and development teams to develop, assess, and verify Reliability & Maintainability related requirements for mission-critical systems.
• Experience conducting or developing:
  • Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA)
  • Reliability & Maintainability analysis and predictions
  • Reliability Critical Items List
  • Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System (FRACAS)
  • Built-In Test (BIT) design/verification analysis and/or testability analysis

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in technical proposal preparation related to Reliability & Maintainability.
• Knowledge of systems architectures and designs.
• Basic circuit analysis skills and ability to perform detailed analyses on complex systems.
• Understanding of military aircraft-related missions, functional operation, performance specifications, and validation techniques.
• Experience planning and conducting Accelerated Stress Testing (e.g., HALT, RET, ESS, HASS) or willingness to learn and apply these techniques.
• Experience using industry-recognized tools such as Relyence, Reliasoft, Windchill, and/or eXpress.
• Familiarity with agile development and model-based systems engineering (MBSE).
• Strong presentation skills with the ability to communicate effectively to diverse audiences.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to build trust across teams including engineering management, program management, business development, and subcontractors.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees.
• Generous 401(k) plan with 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: pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection.
• Birth, adoption, and 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.

Pay

The salary range for this role is $132,400 - $251,600 USD. Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs, depending on role level and collective-bargaining status.