Systems Reliability Engineer

Allen Control Systems•Austin, TX

About The Position

Allen Control Systems (ACS) is seeking a Systems Reliability Engineer to focus on system-level reliability, verification, and risk reduction for their autonomous weapon platforms. This role is integral to defining how system performance is evaluated, analyzing test data, identifying failure modes, and determining clear pass/fail conclusions for both hardware and software. The ideal candidate will be hands-on, technically rigorous, and capable of managing the entire process from test planning to analysis, with a strong emphasis on structured validation, environmental and performance testing, and safety-conscious systems engineering.

Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
3+ years of experience in reliability engineering, systems engineering, failure analysis, verification, or engineering analysis.
Familiarity with MIL-STD-882 or comparable system safety and risk-analysis frameworks.
Experience identifying failure modes, reliability risks, and corrective actions from test or field data.
Experience with environmental, performance, qualification, or durability-style testing and the practical challenges of collecting useful data in real test conditions.
Comfort working across mechanical, electrical, software, and systems teams to improve reliability and technical rigor.

Nice To Haves

Comfort working in a fast-paced startup environment with high ownership, incomplete information, and cross-functional technical responsibility.
Proven track record of improving reliability, failure response, or risk-informed engineering rigor in mission-critical systems.
Experience with requirements management in JAMA or DOORS.
Experience developing reliability measures such as MTBF and Operational Availability.
Intellectual curiosity driving you to consistently find failure patterns and weak assumptions that others would miss.

Responsibilities

Define system-level reliability goals, risk-based verification priorities, and failure-focused evaluation criteria for autonomous weapon platforms.
Identify reliability-critical tests, stress cases, and operating conditions to expose failure modes before fielding.
Analyze test and field data to identify failure modes, performance limits, degradation patterns, and reliability risks, translating results into clear technical conclusions and recommended actions.
Lead structured root-cause investigations for reliability failures across electrical, mechanical, software, and controls interfaces.
Develop methods for reliability trending, failure categorization, and corrective-action tracking to measure reliability growth over time.
Support requirements verification by ensuring reliability risks, failure criteria, and hazard-informed concerns are reflected in system requirements and verification methods.
Collaborate with systems, mechanical, electrical, and software engineers to enhance design robustness, observability, maintainability, and failure tolerance.
Assist in defining corrective actions, retest plans, and closure criteria for reliability-related issues.
Contribute to hazard, risk, and mishap-informed engineering work, including reliability-focused systems analysis aligned with MIL-HDBK-781 principles.
Foster a stronger reliability culture by improving failure ownership, analysis quality, corrective-action discipline, and technical follow-through across programs.