Senior Reliability Engineer

Anduril Industries•Costa Mesa, CA

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company focused on transforming military capabilities with advanced technology. The Reliability Engineering team works across engineering, manufacturing, and operations to ensure autonomous systems perform consistently in real-world conditions. They use data and statistical methods to predict system performance over time and influence design decisions, including part selection, redundancy, and maintenance. The team establishes reliability frameworks for programs and collaborates with Quality to enhance design robustness, prevent failures, and respond to field issues. This role is for an experienced Reliability Engineer to join the team in Costa Mesa, CA, specifically for Space programs. It's a hands-on position focused on integrating reliability into early product architecture and design, from concept studies to launch integration. The engineer will act as the reliability champion, working with mechanical, electrical, and software teams to ensure robust designs. Responsibilities include reliability predictions and allocations, leading FMEAs and fault tree analyses, developing and executing design verification test plans, performing stress-derating analysis, parts selection reviews, and assessing design changes for reliability impact.

Requirements

Minimum of 8 years experience as a Reliability Engineer or Design/Development 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, with a preference for experience with Space systems
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 production testing, field testing, 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 confidence in presentation skills across all levels of leadership
Eligibility to obtain/maintain a U.S. security clearance, as required

Nice To Haves

M.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline
Experience with MIL-HDBK-217 Plus, MIL-HDBK-472, MIL-STD-1916, NPR 7120, NASA-STD-8729.1, NPR 8705.4
Experience with Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) Assessments, Manufacturing Review Board (MRB), Quality Inspection, Tooling, or Calibration
Experience with risk management, change control/change management reviews, and software/firmware HITL/SITL
Experience with HALT (Highly Accelerated Life Testing), HASS (Highly Accelerated Stress Screening), Environmental Testing, and/or Mechanical Testing
Technical writing experience developing requirements, standards, specifications, user guides, and policies

Responsibilities

Support and review system block diagrams, interface control documents, and schematics for compliance against reliability requirements and concept of operations.
Lead Failure Modes & Effects Analysis efforts and collaborate with cross-functional Engineering teams to implement product improvements for Reliability.
Perform predictive reliability analysis to calculate probability of loss of control, loss of asset, and MTTF/MTBF utilizing Anduril requirements, specifications, and relevant industry standards (i.e. MIL-HDBK-217Plus).
Develop Qualification Test plans to ensure appropriate requirements coverage, and work with Test Engineering to fixture, instrument, and execute test campaigns.
Perform Weibull analysis utilizing data from Qualification campaigns and from fielded assets.
Partner with Quality and Manufacturing Engineering to ensure design specifications and requirements are embedded in the manufacturing process and ensure acceptance test gates are validated against requirements.
Use data analysis techniques to highlight key problem areas during test, and drive root cause analysis & corrective action implementation.
Develop and implement Reliability processes for the business to improve and streamline our Design, Manufacturing, and Operations efforts for rapid development.
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.