Product Safety Fellow

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.

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