Staff Reliability Engineer

The role

You will act as a reliability champion across the product lifecycle to ensure autonomous systems perform in real-world conditions. You will perform predictive reliability analysis, lead failure investigations, and develop qualification test plans.

What you will do

• Support and review system block diagrams, interface control documents, and schematics.
• Lead Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) efforts.
• Perform predictive reliability analysis to calculate probability of loss of control, loss of asset, and MTTF/MTBF.
• Develop and execute Qualification and Validation Test plans.
• Work with Quality and Manufacturing Engineering to validate assembly, integration, and testing processes.
• Develop Maintainability prediction models and support Preventative Maintenance & Sparing plans.
• Perform Weibull analysis to predict failures and identify trends.
• Lead failure investigations on anomalies from design validation, production testing, and field returns.
• Support Development Milestone Reviews by identifying entry and exit criteria.
• Develop and implement standardized reliability processes, tools, and infrastructure.

Required qualifications

• Minimum of 12 years experience as a Reliability Engineer, Design/Development Engineer, or Test Engineer
• B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline
• Experience with safety-critical hardware & software systems in the defense or aerospace industry
• Experience or familiarity with MIL-STD-810, MIL-HDBK-217, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-516C, and MIL-STD-1629
• Experience setting up a Reliability Engineering framework for a product or program
• Expertise in reliability analysis techniques, including FMEA/FMECA, predictive modeling, Weibull analysis, and Fault Tree Analysis
• Experience with generating qualification testing requirements and executing tests
• Failure investigation/analysis experience
• Design Review Experience (PDR, CDR, MRR)
• Eligibility to obtain/maintain a U.S. Secret clearance

Nice to have

• M.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline
• Experience with MIL-HDBK-217Plus, MIL-HDBK-472, MIL-STD-1916
• Experience with Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) Assessments, Manufacturing Review Board (MRB), Quality Inspection, Tooling, or Calibration
• Experience with risk management, change control/change management reviews, and software/firmware HITL/SITL
• Experience with HALT (Highly Accelerated Life Testing), HASS (Highly Accelerated Stress Screening), Environmental Testing, and/or Mechanical Testing
• Technical writing experience developing requirements, standards, specifications, user guides, and policies

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees

Before you apply

• Eligibility to obtain/maintain a U.S. Secret clearance

About the company

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. Their systems are powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system.