Product Safety Fellow

Date Posted:

2026-07-30



Country:

United States of America



Location:

US-WA-REMOTE



Position Role Type:

Remote



U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

This job requires a U.S. Person. A U.S. Person is a lawful permanent resident as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20) or who is a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3). U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents, or individuals granted refugee or asylee status in the U.S. are considered U.S. persons. For a complete definition of “U.S. Person” go here: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-120/subpart-C/section-120.62



Security Clearance Type:

None/Not Required



Security Clearance Status:

Not Required

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

Collins Aerospace is a leader in technologically advanced, intelligent solutions that help redefine the aerospace and defense industry. With a comprehensive portfolio and deep technical expertise, we help customers meet the demands of the global market. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

The Technical Fellow will serve as a senior leader within the Product Safety and Sustainability organization as an RMS Discipline Chief for key business portfolios, guiding technical excellence across Collins Aerospace. This role ensures consistent, compliant, and state of the art safety engineering practices; drives harmonization of processes, tools, and training; and provides strategic oversight for major programs and discipline chiefs. The Technical Fellow leads resolution of critical safety issues, shapes industry standards, partners with customers, and mentors engineers across the organization. This role is critical to advancing and elevating the RMS discipline’s capabilities enterprise‑wide.

This role can be worked remotely in the U.S.

What You Will Do:

• Act as an RMS Discipline Chief for key business portfolio(s).  

• Responsible for technical quality and consistency within portfolio, ensuring regulatory and customer specification compliance, application of lessons learned, and use of standard work and tools

• Approve RMS plans and engage with programs during gate/milestone reviews

• Contribute to RMS Discipline Steering Council (DSC) to harmonize and standardize the state of the art in methods, training, and tools

• Lead Working Groups to for DSC specific initiatives

• Develop and Instruct safety training within the RMS discipline and for engineers across engineering disciplines

• Lead significant development and in-service safety issue resolution

• Engage with customers in establishing partnerships for shared success in RMS

• Develop, harmonize, and maintain process, training, and tools for the RMS discipline

• Contribute to and lead key industry standards committees. 

• Lead, develop, and provide oversight of RMS Discipline Chiefs and program leads in needed portfolios

• Mentor and coach to the whole RMS organization as needed

• Assess discipline gaps and enablers within portfolios; roadmap solutions and capabilities; and promote standard skills, practices, tools, and lessons learned across the discipline

• Travel up to 25% - domestic

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 12 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 10 years of experience

• Experience and knowledge across aircraft systems

• Experience performing safety assessment process at aircraft, system, and product levels

• Aircraft certification and experience working with aircraft OEMs and airworthiness authorities

• Experience in leading large teams of reliability, maintainability, & safety analysts

• Application of 1309 regulations and guidance, ARP4761, ARP4754, and MIL-STD-882E

• Experience in allocating, validating, and verifying safety requirements and assumptions for aircraft design, production, test, operation, and maintenance

• Experience with CAFTA or similar Fault Tree analysis tools

• Experience with engineering digital lifecycle management tools

• Experience preparing and presenting technical information to peers, to all levels of internal management, and to external customers

• Experience coordinating multiple projects and complex engineering activities while balancing priorities and schedules with key stakeholders

• Knowledge of in-service safety standards (e.g. ARP5150) and continued airworthiness regulations, guidance, and analysis

• Knowledge in application of development assurance standards (e.g. DO-254, DO-178, DO-297) and applicable regulatory guidance.

• Microsoft Office tools

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Experience with agile development principles

• Experience with modeled based development methods and tools

• Experience with Design & Manufacturing Safety Management Systems (SMS) regulations, guidance, and practices

• Experience with Human Factors, Information Security, and Environmental Qualification and their interfaces with the system safety assessment process

• Experience in investigating and leading cross-functional teams for safety escapes and occurrences for root cause and corrective action

What We Offer: 

• 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

• And more! 

Learn More & Apply Now!

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 Aerospace makes modern flight possible. Of course, that wouldn’t be possible without the capabilities and technologies of our organization, as well as our engineers – a highly skilled, accomplished network that spans more than 180 sites, 24 countries and 6 Strategic Business Units (SBUs).  

Our industry-leading experts are setting the standards for the aerospace industry and paving the way for the future. But as new challenges present themselves, we need fresh, creative and motivated minds to overcome these hurdles, help us break barriers and achieve new levels of innovation. Do you have what it takes to join a global organization that doesn’t shy away from big opportunities? If so, we invite you to join our ranks and create the next generation of aerospace technologies.  

Together, we will nurture an engineering culture that values intellectual curiosity, risk takers and integrity. A place where we will challenge ourselves, our teams, and the status quo and where we will work to find a way – the right way – to achieve what others can only dream of. 

*Please ensure the role type (defined below) is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role. 

Remote: Employees who are working in Remote roles will work primarily offsite (from home). If you live within a reasonable commute of an RTX site with other colleagues you interact with, your manager will discuss whether there is a degree of onsite presence associated with this role.

As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.

The salary range for this role is 168,000 USD - 320,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

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 Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.

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