Date Posted:

2026-01-06

Country:

United States of America

Location:

PW100: East Hartford 400 Main Street, East Hartford, CT, 06118 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

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

The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.​ U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Security Clearance:

DoD Clearance: Secret

Pratt & Whitney is working to once again transform the future of flight—designing, building, and servicing engines unlike anything the world has ever seen. Transformation begins from within, we’re seeking the people to drive it. So, calling all curious. 

Come ready to explore and you’ll find a place where your talent takes flight—beyond the borders of title, a country, or your comfort zone. Bring your passion and commitment and we’ll welcome you into a tight-knit team that takes our mission personally. Channel your drive to make a difference into shaping an organization and an industry that’s evolving fast to the future.

At Pratt & Whitney, the difference you make is on display every day. Just look up. Are you ready to go beyond?

What You Will Do:

Engineering Product Integrity has an opening for a System Safety and Reliability Engineer to work on the next generation of Pratt & Whitney military aircraft engines. This engineering position will conduct efforts to analyze the system design and establish requirements that drive safety and reliability into the design to ensure the safety of P&W products is world class. The Safety and Reliability Engineer will be responsible for technical development of analysis demonstrating the system design meets safety and reliability requirements and serves as evidence for certification and/or acceptance by the regulator or acquiring authority.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with engineers throughout the organization and evaluate systems interactions across the entire propulsion system, to ensure designs incorporate the safety features required to enable certification. 

• Develop high quality reliability and safety artifacts such as FMECA , Reliability and Safety Metric Prediction Models, Fault Tree Analysis and Hazard Analysis.

• Contribute to reliability and safety design requirements based on derivation of the customer specification, creating reliability, maintainability/human factors, and safety design assessment artifacts in accordance with engineering standard work.

• Support integration activities and reviews with internal and external customers, and air system contractors and certification authorities.

• Support P&W Integrated Product Teams, Chief Engineer, Airframe manufacturers, Suppliers, and Customers in reviewing, assessing, and influencing engine designs to optimize safety-related metrics and assure safety certification requirements (Mil-Hdbk-516C and Mil-Std-882) are met.

• Develop or enhance Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools used to execute FMECA, Reliability Metric Prediction, and Hazard Analysis.

• Collaborate with Model Based Enterprise (MBE) team to integrate discipline tools across the organization.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Bachelor’s degree in science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM).

• Experience utilizing Cameo or other Systems Modeling Language.

• 5+ years of experience in Engineering or 3+ years with an advanced degree.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen. This position will require access to systems/tools that are restricted to individuals who possess US citizenship.

• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Professional experience in engineering, related discipline, military aircraft and/or engine engineering processes.

• Experience using or developing reliability tools and processes such as Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) or Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA).

• Ability to use Microsoft Office tools (specifically Excel) and electronic databases to perform quantitative reliability and safety analysis.

• Good written and oral presentation skills. Confident speaking to small groups in person or via electronic media.

• The ability to operate independently and take the initiative with only the leader’s intent to guide actions.

 

What We Offer:

• Relocation Package

• Benefits

 

Learn More & Apply Now!

 

What Is My Role Type: In addition to transforming the future of flight, we are also transforming how and where we work. We’ve introduced role types to help you understand how you will operate in our blended work environment.

This role is:

Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance workers, as they are essential to the development of our engines.

Candidates will learn more about role type and current site status throughout the recruiting process. For onsite and hybrid roles, commuting to and from the assigned site is the employee’s personal responsibility.

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 86,800 USD - 165,200 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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