Andurilindustries
RAM Lead Engineer
Costa Mesa, California, United States. Posted 24 days ago
The role
You will own reliability, availability, and maintainability for a fleet of maritime autonomous vehicles. You will set RAM requirements, perform predictive analysis, and drive design changes across the product lifecycle.
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
- Develop and implement standardized reliability processes, tools, and infrastructure
Required qualifications
- Minimum of 7+ years experience as a Reliability Engineer, Design/Development Engineer, Process Engineer, Automation Engineer, Industrial 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
- 7+ years in reliability, RAM, or sustainment engineering on complex electromechanical systems
- Demonstrated ownership of RAM requirements and predictions on a program
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
- Experience with unmanned, autonomous, or unattended systems where intervention is not possible
- Background in maritime, subsea, or naval sustainment
- Familiarity with Level of Repair Analysis, maintainability modeling, and spares optimization
- Experience with reliability growth programs and test-analyze-fix campaigns
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. Its Maritime Division is building America's next decisive advantage at sea.