Senior Engineer, Reliability (R6440)

The role

This senior role leads reliability engineering for the development, integration, testing and operation of aircraft systems. The engineer sets reliability requirements, manages reliability budgets, runs reliability analyses and acts as the main reliability contact for assigned programs.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain aircraft-level reliability requirements and program reliability plans.
• Establish and manage reliability budgets across systems, subsystems and line-replaceable units.
• Perform reliability predictions, FMEA/FMECA, FTA and RBD analyses.
• Analyze test, supplier, maintenance and field data to find reliability trends, using Weibull analysis.
• Work with design teams to remove single-point failures and improve fault tolerance.
• Define reliability demonstration and growth-test requirements.
• Support technical reviews such as SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR and reliability review boards.
• Communicate reliability performance, risks and corrective actions to customers and program leadership.
• Mentor junior engineers and improve reliability processes and standards.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in reliability, systems, aerospace, mechanical, electrical engineering or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of related experience in reliability, systems, aerospace, mechanical, electrical engineering or a related field.
• Direct experience supporting aircraft development, integration, testing, sustainment or operations.
• Experience developing and managing reliability budgets at system, subsystem or equipment level.
• Proficiency with FMEA/FMECA, FTA, RBD, Weibull analysis, reliability predictions and FRACAS.
• Familiarity with MTBF, MTBCF, failure rate, mission reliability, and operational and inherent availability.
• Experience with reliability tools such as ReliaSoft, Windchill Quality Solutions, Isograph, RAM Commander or equivalent.
• Ability to interpret mission profiles, operating environments, duty cycles and test data.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary engineering teams and suppliers.
• Strong analytical, technical writing, presentation and customer communication skills.
• Ability to obtain and maintain any security clearance required for the program.

Nice to have

• Experience on military, unmanned or other defense aerospace platforms.
• Experience managing aircraft-level reliability allocations and flowing requirements to suppliers.
• Familiarity with MIL-HDBK-217, NPRD, EPRD, RIAC 217Plus or equivalent prediction methods.
• Experience integrating reliability with system safety, maintainability, logistics and availability analyses.
• Knowledge of Reliability-Centered Maintenance and condition-based maintenance.
• Experience supporting environmental qualification, ground testing, flight testing or reliability growth testing.
• Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering and requirements management tools.
• Certified Reliability Engineer credentials or equivalent certification.
• Active U.S. security clearance.

Benefits

• Bonus.
• Equity (full-time regular employees).
• Benefits package (full-time regular employees).
• Temporary benefits package, applicable after 60 days of employment (temporary employees).

Before you apply

• All offers are contingent on a cleared background check and possible reference check.
• Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits.
• Pay depends on factors such as skill set, experience, licenses and certifications, and work location.

About the company

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company that builds intelligent systems to protect service members and civilians. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation technologies.