Senior Reliability Engineer

Leidos • Huntsville, AL

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About The Position

Leidos Defense is seeking a Senior Reliability Engineer to develop solutions for complex problems and support defense programs. The engineer may serve as a Lead Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability (RAM) Engineer on at least one major program, managing work for junior reliability engineers and interfacing with program leadership, customers, and line management. The role also supports RAM engineering across the Defense Sector and Leidos by responding to project manager requests, contributing to Basis of Estimation development for proposed RAM work, and helping shape the company’s reliability engineering approach through tool selection and team training.

The position contributes to reliability artifacts and analyses, including reliability predictions, MTTR analyses, reliability block diagrams, reliability reports, statistics, FMEA, and FTA. The focus is on reliability prediction expertise; experience with production and sustainment activities such as Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action Systems (FRACAS) is beneficial. The engineer works in a matrixed organization, supporting multiple programs across different engineering fields and team environments, and collaborates with RAM, systems, and specialty engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or an equivalent technical/engineering degree from an ABET-accredited university.
• At least 12 years of experience supporting DoD, NASA, or commercial programs as a reliability engineer.
• Experience conducting RAM analyses across the system lifecycle, from predictive analyses to field-data analysis, including MTTR, MTBF, FMEA/FMECA, RCM, reliability block diagrams, power dissipation, and derating.
• Experience mentoring other engineers and/or serving as a technical task lead on an engineering project.
• Experience deriving RAM program requirements for complex electrical, electro-mechanical, mechanical, and software systems.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary engineering teams and communicate effectively in a team environment.
• Experience with reliability software such as Reliasoft and other reliability analysis tools such as Relyence.
• Experience performing software reliability using tools such as the Neufelder method.
• Demonstrated experience with Product Lifecycle Management tools such as Windchill.
• Must reside in the North Alabama area or be willing to relocate to the Huntsville–North Alabama, Alabama area.
• Active Secret security clearance or ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Master of Science in Systems Engineering from an ABET-accredited university.
• Two to four years of direct systems engineering experience.
• Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE) and/or INCOSE ASEP or CSEP certification.
• Understanding of top-down systems engineering processes for architecture development and bottoms-up verification.
• Thorough understanding of DoD acquisition processes and methods.
• Experience supporting DoD, NASA, or DARPA programs.
• Experience performing risk management, test planning, and/or proposal development.
• Experience shaping and executing business development efforts.
• Experience supporting Environmental Stress Screening (ESS) and Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT).
• Experience with production and sustainment activities such as Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action Systems (FRACAS).

Responsibilities

• Serve as a Lead RAM Engineer on at least one major program and manage tasking for junior reliability engineers.
• Interface with program leadership, customers, and line management.
• Manage RAM engineering work across the Defense Sector and Leidos by responding to project manager requests.
• Support Basis of Estimation development for proposed RAM work.
• Help shape the company’s reliability engineering approach through tool selection and training of reliability team members.
• Develop reliability artifacts and analyses, including reliability predictions, MTTR analyses, reliability block diagrams, reliability reports, statistics, FMEA, and FTA.
• Support multiple programs in a matrixed organization and collaborate with RAM, systems, and specialty engineers.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior