Senior Build Reliability Engineer

Castelion Corporation • Torrance, CA

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About The Position

The Senior Build Reliability Engineer will lead continuous-improvement initiatives focused on product reliability and quality. The role develops and implements internal processes and manufacturing software to improve development and production workflows and ensure high-quality output. It guides reliability assessments, preventive measures, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions while supporting compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.

The engineer works across design, manufacturing, and operations throughout the product lifecycle. The position supports design and build reviews, reviews process plans and build documentation, facilitates engineering change control, develops quality-control and inspection processes, evaluates production quality data, and drives action on product reliability issues. It also supports nonconformance review and containment, quality-system compliance, technician and inspector training, and effective use of manufacturing and management-system software.

The role calls for a proactive, accountable communicator who can work autonomously in a fast-paced environment, resolve development issues, collaborate with varied stakeholders, and contribute to Castelion’s technical goals. The position may require access to classified information or restricted U.S. Government sites, systems, or information, subject to applicable eligibility and authorization requirements. Access to export-controlled information is required; employment is contingent on the candidate being able to access applicable information without additional export licensing.

Requirements

• At least 4 years of experience in a reliability and/or quality engineering role.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to present complex technical information to diverse audiences.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a record of implementing effective solutions to complex reliability and quality challenges.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, autonomously driven, demanding environment, with a strong sense of accountability and integrity.
• For access to export-controlled information, ability to access applicable information without requiring additional export licensing. The posting states that applicants must meet specified U.S. person or authorization eligibility conditions under government export regulations.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in aerospace or defense/government programs.
• Experience implementing and enhancing Manufacturing Enterprise Software.
• Experience supporting diverse, high-volume production teams during production ramp-up.
• Knowledge of Lean principles, Six Sigma, Root Cause Analysis and Corrective Action, Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), metrology, Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA), control plans, and other problem-solving approaches.
• Commitment to applying Lean quality methods without compromising safety or reliability.
• Demonstrated bias to action and creative problem solving, including questioning assumptions, applying relevant processes or concepts from other industries, and resolving minor development issues independently.
• High initiative and a genuine passion for Castelion’s mission.
• Ability to communicate clearly with regulators, suppliers, gatekeepers, customers, and internal stakeholders, and to manage relationships while pursuing company objectives.

Responsibilities

• Work with design, manufacturing, and operations teams to integrate reliability and quality considerations across the product lifecycle.
• Participate in Design and Build Reviews, including review of design for manufacturability and inspectability.
• Review and approve process plans, specifications, and build documentation for completeness, accuracy, regulatory compliance, and quality objectives.
• Support development and implementation of internal processes and manufacturing software to improve production efficiency, product quality, and change control.
• Facilitate engineering change control (ECR/ECO), maintaining traceability and impact alignment for configuration genealogy.
• Ensure suitable test-validation methods and inspection techniques are considered for validating designs and manufacturing processes.
• Develop and implement quality-control processes, standards, and planning in compliance with applicable internal and external requirements.
• Design or procure measurement equipment needed to conduct inspections efficiently.
• Validate measurement and test methods using process-capability and measurement-systems-analysis statistical tools, and propose ways to avoid unnecessary conformance measurements, such as poka-yoke.
• Evaluate and analyze the production quality landscape.
• Use reliability and quality data to report trends and recommend improvements to product and process reliability and performance.
• Use data to make quality conditions transparent, prioritize projects, and keep product-reliability issues in focus.
• Drive achievement of quality targets through an appropriate management review hierarchy.
• Use reliability and quality data, FMEA, and statistical analysis to identify and prevent quality and reliability issues.
• Lead, facilitate, and participate in root-cause investigations and ensure actions prevent recurrence.
• Support review of nonconformance conditions for adequate resolution and rationale before closure.
• Lead containment activities, including impact and risk analysis, and oversee control of nonconforming hardware.
• Support implementation of and adherence to Quality Management System policies and regulatory requirements.
• Facilitate training plans and materials for technician and inspector competency.
• Develop training materials and support end users in effective use of manufacturing and management-system software.
• Drive continuous-improvement initiatives to enhance product reliability and mitigate risk.
• Communicate blockers proactively, manage stakeholder relationships, and contribute to company technical goals and prevention of hardware blockers.

Benefits

• Long-term stock incentives for all employees.
• Comprehensive medical insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Four weeks of paid time off per year.
• Generous benefits package; additional details are available on the company Careers page.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed