Senior Reliability Engineer

Job Description

• Review system block diagrams, interface control documents, and schematics to ensure compliance, redundancy, and alignment with requirements and concept of operations
• Lead FMEA/FMECA efforts and partner with cross-functional engineering teams to drive reliability improvements
• Perform predictive reliability analysis, including probability of loss of control, loss of asset, and MTBF/MTTF calculations using industry standards (e.g., MIL-HDBK-217)
• Develop and execute qualification test plans in collaboration with Test Engineering, including test setup, instrumentation, and campaign oversight
• Build maintainability prediction models and support preventative maintenance and sparing strategies (MIL-HDBK-472)
• Conduct Weibull analysis using qualification and field data to assess product reliability and lifecycle performance
• Partner with Quality and Manufacturing Engineering to embed requirements into production processes and validate acceptance test criteria
• Analyze field and production data to identify failure trends, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions and reliability process improvements

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Systems Engineering, or related technical discipline
• 8+ years of experience in Reliability Engineering or Design/Development Engineering within aerospace or defense environments
• Experience with safety-critical systems
• Strong background in reliability engineering methods, including FMEA/FMECA, Weibull analysis, Fault Tree Analysis, and predictive modeling
• Familiarity with industry standards such as MIL-HDBK-217, MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-516C, and MIL-STD-1629
• Experience developing and executing qualification testing, reliability growth, and failure analysis processes
• Proven experience in design reviews (PDR, CDR, MRR) and communicating technical concepts across engineering and leadership teams
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance