Specialist, Systems Engineer - Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Testability, and Safety

L3Harris • Palm Bay, FL

5d

About The Position

The RMATS Engineer is responsible for analyzing and ensuring the reliability, maintainability, and safety of communications equipment. The Reliability and Systems Safety Engineer performs reliability and safety analyses across a diverse product portfolio and applies technical expertise and attention to detail while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to support product reliability and compliance with safety standards.

The role includes hardware and software analyses and assessments, along with technical documentation and presentation materials. Work products include reliability and maintainability predictions, Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analyses (FMECAs), and safety analyses. The engineer develops and maintains reliability and safety models, communicates findings to stakeholders, recommends improvements, collaborates with engineering and program teams, plans and evaluates reliability testing, and supports program compliance with applicable procedures and standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior relevant RMATS experience; alternatively, a graduate degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience; or, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.
• Active SECRET clearance required.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with applicable military, government, and commercial standards such as MIL-HDBK-217F, MIL-HDBK-470, MIL-STD-882, NFPA70, and NAS 411.
• Technical experience, preferably in aerospace or defense sectors, including reliability analysis and development of FMECAs and PFMECAs.
• Formal coursework in Reliability Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Perform hardware and software analyses and assessments and prepare technical documentation and presentation materials.
• Develop and maintain reliability and safety models for systems, including FMECAs, reliability predictions, subsystem hazard analyses, and range safety assessments.
• Communicate analysis findings effectively to stakeholders.
• Provide actionable recommendations to improve product reliability and safety.
• Collaborate with engineering teams and program stakeholders to integrate reliability principles into design processes.
• Design and implement reliability test plans for new products and processes.
• Analyze test anomalies and apply reliability engineering techniques to support adherence to quality standards.
• Drive program compliance with Reliability and System Safety procedures and standard work requirements.
• Perform Probabilistic Risk Assessments and lead fault tree analyses related to product anomalies.

What This Job Offers

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