Reliability Engineer

Peraton•Huntsville, AL

3d•Onsite

About The Position

We are hiring a Reliability Engineer to provide technical support to a DoD Project Office. This position will be onsite in Huntsville, AL. The role involves producing enhanced production, quality, and reliability plans and assessing their implementation. The engineer will assess and report on system design, including maintenance practices, repair processes, engineering changes and modifications, quality of design/quality of conformance, operational capability margin, thermal coefficient of expansion, modal analysis, and logistical issues. An understanding of U.S. industrial base best practices and standards will be applied in the planning, design, and verification of system, sub-systems assembly, and component level reliability planning and readiness. The position supports the transition of a system from development to production to fielding, and assesses and improves reliability after fielding. Support is also provided in preparing test deliverables, including test plan development for reliability/reliability growth, maintainability, sustainability, quality, and interoperability tests. The engineer will develop reliability growth curves using AMSAA’s Projection Methodology – Discrete (PM2) reliability growth planning model and use a Fix Effectiveness Factor (FEF) system to evaluate, track, and report on corrective actions. The role involves assessing and reporting on the scope and results of existing test plans/programs, including hardware/software reliability engineering, reliability analysis, and reliability simulations, as well as monitoring, witnessing, and participating in test activities. Performing and reviewing reliability analyses such as reliability allocations, reliability predictions, thermal and electrical derating, Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analyses (FMECA), and Failure Reporting and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) is also required. Recommendations for a formal Test Analyze and Fix (TAAF) program to improve the reliability of selected configuration items will be developed. Technical reliability input will be provided as requested by the Technical Chief, PM Countermeasures. Support in drafting and delivering briefings and presentations to senior officials in the Army, the Joint Staff, and OSD is also a key part of the role.

Requirements

9 years with HS/GED
7 years with AA
5 years with BS/BA
3 years with MS/MA
Active Secret clearance
Minimum 3 years of experience in positions directly related to reliability engineering
Experience in developing and evaluating reliability reports/data associated with US government programs
Demonstrated knowledge of processes that are used to verify/validate the design requirements
Experience in system testing, including test planning, test procedure development, and data
Experience with development of formal procedures and documentation related to all phases of reliability assessment and reporting.

Responsibilities

Produce enhanced production, quality, and reliability plans and an assessment of implementation.
Assess and report on system design to include maintenance practices, repair processes, engineering changes and modifications, quality of design/quality of conformance, operational capability margin, thermal coefficient of expansion, modal analysis, and/or logistical issues.
Apply an understanding of U.S. industrial base best practices and standards in the planning, design, and verification of system, sub-systems assembly, and component level reliability planning and readiness.
Assist in the transition of a system from development to production to fielding, and to assess and improve reliability after fielding.
Provide support in the preparation of test deliverables, including test plan development to support reliability/reliability growth, maintainability, sustainability, quality, and/or interoperability tests.
Develop reliability growth curves using AMSAA’s Projection Methodology – Discrete (PM2) reliability growth planning model.
Use a Fix Effectiveness Factor (FEF) system to evaluate, track, and report on corrective actions in order to reduce failure rate and increase reliability.
Assess and report on the scope and results of existing test plans/programs, including hardware/software reliability engineering, reliability analysis, and reliability simulations.
Monitor/witness/participate in test activities.
Perform and review reliability analyses that include reliability allocations, reliability predictions, thermal and electrical derating, Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analyses (FMECA), and Failure Reporting and Corrective Action System (FRACAS).
Development recommendations for a formal Test Analyze and Fix (TAAF) program to improve the reliability of selected configuration items.
Provide technical reliability input as requested by the Technical Chief, PM Countermeasures.
Support in drafting/delivery of briefings and presentations to senior officials in the Army, the Joint Staff, and OSD.