Reliability Engineer, Maintenance CoE (Remote)

Date Posted:

2026-10-01



Country:

United States of America



Location:

US-CT-EAST HARTFORD-A ~ 400 Main St ~ BLDG A



Position Role Type:

Remote



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

U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.



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.

Pratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines and auxiliary power systems and has been revolutionizing modern flight for over 100 years. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

*This role will support North American Operations in the Eastern Time Zone

*Travel 25%-50%

What You Will Do: 
The Reliability Engineer within the Maintenance Center of Excellence (MCoE), will work with manufacturing sites, maintenance teams, engineering organizations, equipment suppliers and other technical experts to improve equipment reliability and maintenance effectiveness.

The Reliability Engineer, Maintenance CoE will apply reliability engineering principles and maintenance best practices to identify equipment performance opportunities, reduce recurring failures, and help develop effective preventive, predictive and condition-based maintenance strategies.

• Support the development and improvement of equipment maintenance and reliability strategies across manufacturing sites; analyze equipment performance and maintenance data to identify bad actors, recurring failures and reliability improvement opportunities.
• Use metrics such as maintenance downtime, MTBF, MTTR, repeat failures, PM performance and maintenance history to identify and prioritize improvement opportunities; ;perform and facilitate root cause analysis (RCA) for significant and recurring equipment failures and help sites develop effective corrective actions.
• Apply FMEA, equipment criticality and reliability-centered maintenance principles to evaluate equipment risks and maintenance requirements; review existing preventive maintenance programs and help identify opportunities to improve task content, frequencies and effectiveness; help identify opportunities to transition appropriate equipment from time-based preventive maintenance toward condition-based and predictive maintenance.
• Work with site maintenance organizations to improve the connection between equipment failure modes and maintenance tasks; provide support for maintenance planning, scheduling, backlog management, work-order quality, job plans and failure coding; use SAP or other CMMS/EAM systems to evaluate equipment history, maintenance activities and failure information.
• Work with the MCoE team to improve the quality and use of maintenance and reliability data; support deployment of common maintenance and reliability standards across manufacturing sites; participate in site maintenance assessments and help identify gaps and improvement opportunities.
• Support predictive maintenance and asset-health initiatives, including vibration analysis, thermography, ultrasound, oil analysis and other condition-monitoring technologies; work with site teams and technical specialists to determine where condition monitoring can improve equipment reliability or reduce unnecessary preventive maintenance.
• Partner with site OEE and Industrial Engineering teams to understand equipment-related availability losses and translate those losses into maintenance and reliability improvement opportunities.
• Support Central Equipment/Capital Projects by providing maintenance and reliability input for new and modified equipment; participate in equipment design and maintainability reviews, helping ensure appropriate consideration of access, serviceability, PM/PdM requirements, spare parts, documentation and maintenance data.
• Work directly with OEM technical and service organizations to support troubleshooting, equipment repair, failure analysis and reliability improvement.
• Help evaluate the technical performance of OEM and third-party maintenance providers; document lessons learned from equipment failures and reliability improvements so successful practices can be shared across sites; collaborate with experienced engineers, equipment SMEs and technical
• Travel up to 50%

What You Will Learn:

• Reliability engineering across a broad range of manufacturing equipment and technologies.
• FMEA, RCM, asset criticality and PM optimization methodologies.
• Advanced root cause analysis and structured problem solving.
• Maintenance strategy development based on equipment failure modes and risk.
• Maintenance work-management practices including planning, scheduling, backlog management and work-order quality.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or another relevant technical discipline and 5 or more years of experience in manufacturing engineering, equipment engineering, industrial maintenance, equipment reliability or a related technical field OR a Master's degree in engineering and 3 or more years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience working with industrial/manufacturing equipment and troubleshooting equipment problems.
• Experience participating in or facilitating root cause analysis and structured problem solving.
• Experience analyzing equipment and maintenance data and identifying trends and recurring problems.
• Working knowledge of equipment reliability principles, maintenance work-management fundamentals, including work orders, preventive maintenance, planning, scheduling and backlog management.
• Experience working with a CMMS/EAM system.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Experience with SAP PM/EAM.
• Familiarity with FMEA, RCM, asset criticality or PM optimization.
• Experience analyzing MTBF, MTTR, equipment downtime or other reliability metrics.
• Exposure to predictive or condition-based maintenance technologies such as vibration analysis, infrared thermography, ultrasound or oil analysis.
• Experience with automated or complex manufacturing equipment, including machining systems, robotics, controls, vacuum equipment, furnaces, material-handling systems or similar production assets.
• Experience working with OEMs or third-party equipment-service providers.
• Exposure to maintenance planning and scheduling or maintenance work-management improvement.
• Understanding of OEE and equipment availability.
• Experience participating in equipment installation, commissioning or capital-equipment projects.
• Familiarity with equipment maintainability, spare-parts requirements or maintenance-readiness reviews.
• Reliability or maintenance training/certification, or interest in pursuing certifications such as CMRP or predictive-maintenance certifications.

Learn More and Apply Now

Please ensure the role type defined below is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role. This position is classified as:

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.

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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