Principal Engineer, Safety Risk Analyst (Hybrid)

Position

Principal Engineer, Safety Risk Analyst – Aguadilla, PR (Hybrid: 3 onsite, 2 remote). Must reside in Puerto Rico; relocation not offered.

Responsibilities

• Take full technical responsibility for communicating with internal customers to achieve the best possible safety risk analysis.
• Provide input to optimize product safety mitigation implementation, including specialized burndown plans.
• Participate in the Collins Risk Analysis and Statistical Methods community of practice (CoP).
• Support Product Safety Managers, Product Safety Integrity Team (PSIT) and Product Safety Board (PSB).
• Support development of strategic roadmap for SMS safety risk management pillar.
• Develop and maintain standard work, lessons learned, processes, and best practices for safety risk analysis.
• Coordinate with Reliability and System Safety Analysis to assure product safety imperfections and improvements are properly recorded and accounted for in read‑across.
• Support risk management activities, including safety policy, risk management, assurance and promotion.
• Continue to develop and participate in efficient process improvements using CORE Principles.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree and a minimum of 5 years of experience.
• Communication and presentation skills in English (verbal and written).

Preferred Qualifications

• Weibull analysis, reliability tools, and exceptional Excel skill or ability to code in a programming language (R, Python, etc.).
• Experience extracting appropriate information for accurate analysis used by executives for decisions on product safety.
• Background in statistics, coding, engineering or mathematics with expertise in reliability and safety (R&S) engineering, preferably with aerospace application.
• Experience with probability theory, Weibull analysis, Monte Carlo simulation and coding in a structured programming language.
• Skilled in the mathematics and methodologies of safety and reliability engineering, including fault‑tree analysis, reliability block diagrams and FMEA.
• Mechanical and electrical engineering experience, including inspection methods and manufacturing techniques.
• MS or PhD in statistics with exceptional programming skill in R.
• 3+ years experience performing complex statistical analyses.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees.
• Generous 401(k) plan with employer matching funds.
• Employee Scholar Program (ESP).
• Life insurance and disability coverage.
• Employee Assistance Plan – up to 8 free counseling sessions.

Equal Opportunity Employer

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.