Reliability Engineer

KMS Solutions, LLC•Newport, RI

21h•$75,000 - $110,000•Hybrid

About The Position

KMS Solutions is seeking a highly motivated individual to join a team of engineers and technicians providing engineering and technical support to the Ranges, Engineering, and Analysis Department at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) in Newport, RI. This multi-disciplinary team is responsible for providing systems safety, environmental qualification testing, and range sustainment in support of undersea warfare systems, including unmanned and autonomous systems. This candidate will execute analysis products and objective evidence to help the customer manage reliability growth, develop corrective design and maintainability action strategies, and provide product assurance to Navy managers.

Requirements

Secret DoD clearance
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics, mathematics, or a related field
Five (5) years of engineering experience
Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interface with all levels of customer and company leadership.
Capable of effectively working and problem solving in both independent and team environments.
Proficient with Microsoft Office applications, specifically Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Thoroughness and attention to detail.
Strong record of delivering quality analysis products.
An active DoD Secret security clearance.

Nice To Haves

Five (5) years of experience in reliability engineering.
Master’s degree in engineering, physics, mathematics, or a related field
DoD 5000, Active-duty Navy, and / or Navy acquisition experience.
Engineering experience with undersea warfare systems and/or combat systems.

Responsibilities

Develop reliability, maintainability, and availability (RM&A) requirements for new designs
Develop RM&A approaches for new designs and in-service programs; develop action plans that comply with internal/external customer demands for reliability processes/equipment to maximize reliability and availability.
Conduct analyses of reliability problems and investigate to determine the required reliability approaches.
Conduct detailed reliability studies including RM&A analyses and predictions at component levels.
Develop systems level reliability models.
Develop reliability test and growth programs.
Develop maintainability demonstration programs.
Support failure reporting, analysis and corrective action system (FRACAS) implementation.