Principal Reliability Engineer

BAE Systems•Nashua, NH

1d•Onsite

About The Position

BAE Systems has a stimulating opportunity for an energetic well-qualified Reliability Engineer to join our team. You will work on teams developing and producing a variety of electronic equipment including Countermeasure & Electromagnetic Attack Solutions, providing unparalleled electronic warfare capabilities to enhance mission survivability. BAE Systems’ Reliability Engineers are involved with every stage of the equipment lifecycle from concept through development, Integration & Test, production and field support. You will have significant interaction across the company including program office, all engineering disciplines and production functions and this will provide for a fast-paced, educational, and fulfilling experience. Your efforts will have a positive impact on front line warfighter’s effectiveness and daily quality of life. We are seeking a Principal Engineer with an earned degree in a relevant engineering discipline to join our Reliability Science engineering team. You will have opportunities to apply your engineering skills and education to investigate digital and analog electronics, power supplies, and systems of electronic modules, to ensure Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability requirements are achieved. Your self-starting enthusiasm for technology, and ability to investigate and solve problems, will propel you to become an integral part of our innovative teams and influence product development.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, preferred Electrical, Computer, or Software, and 6 or more years of relevant engineering experience or master’s degree in engineering, preferred Electrical, Computer, or Software, and 4 or more years of relevant engineering experience.
Eligibility for a Secret security clearance
Experience with the following:
Perform Reliability, Availability & Maintainability (RAM) trade studies for the system design process
Experience using Reliability and Maintainability analysis and reliability growth software tools experience / awareness using ReliaSoft , Relyence and/or PTC Windchill RR software tool
Define/allocate RAM requirements and assess RAM performance (MTBF, MTBCF, Ao)
Perform Reliability Predictions and MTBF Modeling
Perform Failure Modes Effects Criticality Analysis (FMECA)
Perform Testability Analysis
Perform Maintainability Analysis.
Drive the Failure reporting, Analysis & Corrective Action System (FRACAS) process
Perform failure trend analysis, failure investigation and root cause analysis.
Chair/Track the Failure Review Board activities.
Present R&M design and analysis against customer requirements at internal and customer design milestone reviews.
Responsibilities may involve supporting the design team to establish BIT functions, test interface requirements and diagnostic features.

Nice To Haves

Collaboration: You love working with a team and receiving input from others
Creativity: You love finding new and creative ways to solve problems
Proven Circuit Analysis experience
Reliability Growth software tools experience
Experience with requirement development
Experience with System Integration
Experience with MBSE (Magic Draw, SysML)
Familiarity with industry standard practices such as Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, etc.
Ability to work in a fast-paced dynamic environment

Responsibilities

Work with a cross-functional team to ensure Reliability and Maintainability requirements are achieved.
Perform failure trend analysis, failure investigation and root cause analysis. Coordinate failure analysis with vendors or failure analysis labs. Prepare and review failure reports and FRACAS metrics for publication. Present findings and conclusions with recommended corrective actions to both internal management as well as our customers.
Perform internal and external supplier interface to resolve reliability issues.
Perform Design-for Reliability and Maintainability including reliability and maintainability modeling and analysis and assessments requiring the full use and wide application of engineering theories, concepts and precedents. Conduct research to provide solutions to a wide range of technical problems and proposals. Make technical choices to improve the reliability & maintainability attributes of the equipment.
Plan and conduct a variety of reliability and maintainability tasks to meet reliability and maintainability goals. Present findings and conclusions with recommended corrective actions to both internal management as well as our customers.
Represent the Company at customer meetings as applicable.