Senior Reliability Engineer, Connected Warfare

Anduril Industries•Costa Mesa, CA

4d•$166,000 - $220,000

About The Position

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company focused on transforming military capabilities with advanced technology. The Reliability Engineering team collaborates with the broader Engineering organization to ensure products meet mission performance requirements, withstand challenging environmental conditions, and satisfy customer specifications. The team develops and implements cutting-edge Reliability processes and methodologies for scalable, long-term business success. This role involves leveraging advanced Reliability tools and methodologies to drive product excellence, supporting Systems, Hardware, & Software Engineering teams throughout the product development lifecycle. Responsibilities include guiding Failure Modes & Effects Analysis, predictive analysis, qualification test planning, field performance monitoring, and root cause & corrective action activities. The ideal candidate has experience in 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. This role requires hands-on experience across the new product development lifecycle, a passion for building world-class Reliability processes, the ability to work efficiently across multidisciplinary teams, and accountability for results.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

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.
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.
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.
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.