Senior Engineer, Reliability (R6440)

Shield AI•Seattle, WA

About The Position

Shield AI is seeking a Senior Reliability Engineer to lead reliability engineering activities for aircraft systems throughout development, integration, testing, and operation. The role works across engineering disciplines to establish reliability requirements, manage system reliability budgets, perform analyses, and identify design improvements that increase aircraft availability and mission success. The engineer will be the primary reliability point of contact for assigned programs and communicate reliability performance, risks, and improvement plans to engineering leadership and customers. The position involves developing aircraft-level reliability requirements and plans; allocating and tracking reliability budgets; performing reliability predictions and analyses; and evaluating ground-test, flight-test, supplier, maintenance, and field-performance data. The engineer will support system safety assessments, technical reviews, reliability growth and demonstration testing, and supplier reviews. They will also work with design teams to address high-risk failure modes and improve fault tolerance, while mentoring junior engineers and contributing to organizational reliability processes, tools, and standards.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in reliability engineering, systems engineering, aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or a related technical field.
At least 5 years of related experience in reliability engineering, systems engineering, aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or a related technical field.
Direct experience supporting aircraft development, integration, testing, sustainment, or operations.
Experience developing and managing reliability budgets at the system, subsystem, or equipment level.
Proficiency with FMEA/FMECA, FTA, RBD, Weibull analysis, reliability predictions, and FRACAS.
Familiarity with MTBF, MTBCF, failure rate, mission reliability, operational availability, and inherent availability.
Experience using reliability analysis tools such as ReliaSoft, Windchill Quality Solutions, Isograph, RAM Commander, or equivalent.
Ability to interpret aircraft mission profiles, operating environments, duty cycles, and test data.
Experience working with multidisciplinary engineering teams and suppliers.
Strong analytical, technical writing, presentation, and customer communication skills.
Ability to obtain and maintain any security clearance required for the program.

Nice To Haves

Experience working on military aircraft, unmanned aircraft, or other defense aerospace platforms.
Experience managing aircraft-level reliability allocations and flowing requirements down to suppliers.
Familiarity with MIL-HDBK-217, NPRD, EPRD, RIAC 217Plus, or equivalent reliability prediction methods and databases.
Experience integrating reliability engineering with system safety, maintainability, logistics, and availability analyses.
Knowledge of Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) and condition-based maintenance approaches.
Experience supporting environmental qualification, ground testing, flight testing, or reliability growth testing.
Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering and requirements management tools.
Certified Reliability Engineer credentials or equivalent professional certification.
Active U.S. security clearance.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain aircraft-level reliability requirements, objectives, and program reliability plans.
Establish, allocate, and manage reliability budgets across systems, subsystems, and line-replaceable units.
Track predicted reliability against program targets and identify components or subsystems driving reliability risk.
Perform reliability predictions using component failure-rate data, operating environments, and mission profiles.
Conduct FMEA, FMECA, FTA, and RBD analyses.
Support aircraft system safety assessments with failure rates, failure modes, and reliability data.
Develop and maintain MTBF, MTBCF, mission reliability, availability, and related reliability metrics.
Perform reliability allocation, trade studies, sensitivity analyses, and design assessments.
Lead or support FRACAS activities.
Analyze ground-test, flight-test, supplier, maintenance, and field-performance data to identify reliability trends.
Apply Weibull analysis and other statistical methods to evaluate failure behavior and predict component life.
Work with design teams to eliminate single-point failures, reduce high-risk failure modes, and improve fault tolerance.
Review supplier reliability analyses, test results, and supporting technical data.
Define reliability demonstration and growth-test requirements, success criteria, and data-collection needs.
Support technical reviews, including SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, and reliability review boards.
Communicate reliability performance, budget status, assumptions, risks, and recommended corrective actions to customers and program leadership.
Mentor junior engineers and improve organizational reliability processes, tools, and standards.