Senior Reliability Engineer, Connected Warfare
Job Location:
Costa Mesa, CA - USA
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Job Summary
Andurils Reliability Engineering organization is seeking an experienced Sr. Reliability Engineer to join our team in support of our Connected Warfare programs. The Reliability Engineering team collaborates with our broader Engineering organization to ensure our products meet or exceed mission performance requirements withstand challenging environmental conditions and satisfy all customer specifications. We develop and implement cutting-edge Reliability processes and methodologies to secure scalable long-term business success.
As a Reliability Engineer at Anduril you will leverage your extensive knowledge of advanced Reliability tools and methodologies to drive excellence into our products. You will support the Systems Hardware & Software Engineering teams across the product development lifecycle by guiding Failure Modes & Effects Analysis predictive analysis qualification test planning field performance monitoring and root cause & corrective action activities for your product(s). The right person for this role has knowledge of design and development with a reliability focus on ground-based sensing compute & communications systems as well as exposure to test analysis manufacturing and continuous improvement in a production environment. If you are someone who has hands-on experience throughout the new product development life cycle from concept to customer delivery loves to build world-class Reliability processes can work efficiently across multi disciplinary teams and be accountable for results then this role is for you.
General Design & Development:
- Support and review system block diagrams interface control documents and schematics for compliance redundancy and accuracy against requirements and concept of operations.
- Partner with Design & Development Engineers to document requirements and proactively identify risk through tools such as Failure Modes and Effects Analysis Physics of Failure Methodologies and Analysis Test Data Reviews.
- Support Development Milestone Reviews through identification of appropriate entry and exit criteria and work with Quality Engineering to guide the hand off process to production.
Reliability Predictive Analysis:
- Perform predictive reliability analysis to calculate probability of loss of control loss of asset MTTF and MTBF utilizing Anduril requirements specifications and COTS specifications as well as leveraging MIL-HDBK-217 Plus.
- Lead FMECA (Failure Mode and Effects Criticality Analysis) evaluations and calculations.
- Lead Maintainability prediction models using MIL-HDBK-472.
- Perform Weibull analysis utilizing test data from the Qualification campaign and data from fielded assets.
Validation & Qualification:
- Create and tailor R&D Test and Qualification Test requirements & plans and manage the Qualification & Traceability matrix alongside FMEA documentation to ensure appropriate requirements coverage.
- Drive root cause analysis and corrective action for issues found during Qualification testing.
- Publish the Qualification Verification Matrix and Test Reports for the customer.
End to End Support Continuous Improvement and Performance Monitoring:
- Work with Quality Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering to ensure all inspection and acceptance test gates are in place and documented into a clear process against requirements.
- Develop and implement Reliability processes for the business to improve and streamline our Design Manufacturing and Deployment Operations efforts for rapid development.
- Use field data analysis techniques to highlight key problem areas for deployed products. Plot aggregate data and review change trends performance trends and product issue landscapes. Support operational functional data log reviews for performance characterization to generate family data insights. Propose and coordinate corrective actions to closure to improve data performance trends.
- Host regular risk and mitigation corrective action reviews to ensure progress and lessons learned are communicated with all stakeholders and that all actions have been implemented in a timely manner.
- Minimum of 5 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 including support of field tests data acquisition and data analysis
- 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 to proactively characterize product behavior and performance
- Failure investigation/analysis experience with proven track record of solving problems and preventing reoccurrence
- Design Review Experience (PDR CDR MRR) and confident in presentation skills across all levels of leadership
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
- M.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering Aerospace Engineering Systems Engineering or equivalent technical discipline
- Experience with RTCA/DO-330 DO-254 DO-178 MIL-HDBK-217 Plus MIL-HDBK-472 ARP-4754 or ARP-4761
- Experience with risk management change control/change management reviews and software/firmware HITL/SITL
- Test Plan development fixture design test set-up and hands on test execution experience
- Experience with HALT (Highly Accelerated Life Testing) HASS (Highly Accelerated Stress Screening) Environmental Testing and/or Mechanical Testing
- Experience with Relyence Teamcenter Confluence and JIRA software suites
- Technical writing experience developing standards specifications user guides and policies
- Experience drafting requirements for Software & Hardware
US Salary Range
$166000 - $220000 USD
The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience education and/or training critical skills and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Andurils total compensation package. Additionally Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees including:
At Anduril we invest in our people. Our comprehensive competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures youre supported in health recovery and whatever comes next.For more information Explore Our Benefits.
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Senior IC
