Built-in-Test (BIT)/Reliability Engineer

You don’t see it, but it’s there. Our employees work on the world’s most advanced electronics – from saving emissions in the City of Lights to powering the Mars Rover to protecting the F-35 fighter jet. At Electronic Systems, you’ll be among the brightest minds, working on the aerospace and defense industry’s most difficult problems. Drawing strength from our differences, we’re innovating for the future. Our flexible work environment provides you a chance to change the world without giving up your personal life. We put our customers first – exemplified by our missions: “We Protect Those Who Protect Us®” and “We Innovate For Those Who Move The World™.”

About the role

Join our Reliability Sciences team in this position where you will be supporting the design and development of the BIT (Built-In Test) architecture, hardware/software, strategies, and methodologies for new and existing Electronic Warfare products. The position scope may also expand to include performing other reliability tasks such as MIL-HDBK-217 predictions, Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analysis, and Failure Analysis. You will work on teams developing and producing electro-optical, communication, avionics, and Electronic Counter Measures for ground, space, airborne, and shipboard platforms.

BAE Systems’ Reliability Sciences Engineers are involved with every stage of the equipment lifecycle from concept through development, Integration & Test, production, and field support. The selected candidate will have significant interaction across the company including program office, all engineering disciplines, and production functions, providing a fast-paced, educational, and fulfilling experience. Your efforts will have a positive impact on front-line warfighter’s effectiveness and daily quality of life.

Responsibilities

• Work with a cross-functional team to develop BIT and test automation strategies and methodologies.
• Apply your engineering skills and education to investigate, analyze, and evaluate system designs for proper testability.
• Ensure the BIT design is adequate to meet customer requirements for fault detection and fault isolation.
• Develop Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) artifacts including activity diagrams, sequence diagrams, etc. that represent the BIT design.
• Influence product development by supporting the design team to establish BIT functions, test interface requirements, and diagnostic features.
• Support BIT integration activities by testing or overseeing the testing of BIT features, investigating results, and implementing corrective actions to the BIT design.
• Participate in designing algorithms that predict the remaining useful life of the system (prognostics).
• Plan and conduct formal BIT Demonstration activities by defining the representative fault list from the testability study, defining the fault insertion methods, performing dry-runs to test the fault insertion methods, and modifying BIT software and diagnostic rules based on results of testing.
• Present BIT design and analysis at internal and customer design reviews.
• Provide BIT technical support to SW Engineering during SW implementation, Production during ATP, and Field Service Engineers during platform integration.
• Perform root cause investigations and implement corrective actions.
• Initiate, justify, and implement BIT-related enhancements needed for improved demonstrated reliability and fault detection, increased production capacity, improved test yields, reduced cycle time, and optimized depot diagnostics.
• May perform Design-for Reliability and Maintainability including reliability and maintainability modeling and analysis and assessments requiring the full use and wide application of engineering theories, concepts, and precedents.
• May perform failure trend analysis, failure investigation, and root cause analysis. Chair the Failure Review Board activities.

Because of the need for consistent, in-person collaboration and/or the requirement to perform all work onsite due to the nature of this role, it will be performed full-time onsite at a BAE Systems facility.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, preferred Electrical, Computer, or Software, and 4 or more years of relevant engineering experience.
• Eligibility for a Secret security clearance.
• Experience in technical documentation and report generation.
• Able to concisely explain complex subjects in person and email.
• Ability to interpret hardware schematics and basic coding concepts.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced dynamic environment.
• Desire for continuous learning and skills development.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in a related Engineering field.
• Collaboration: You love working with a team and receiving input from others.
• Creativity: You love finding new and creative ways to solve problems.
• Testability / Built-In Test (BIT) Analysis.
• Circuit Analysis.
• Reliability and Maintainability analysis and reliability growth software tools experience/awareness using ReliaSoft or PTC Windchill.
• Failure Mode Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECAs).
• AS9145 Design Failure Modes Effect Analysis (DFMEA).
• Part Stress Analysis.
• Experience with using Military Standards.
• Experience with requirement development.
• Experience with System Integration.
• Experience with MBSE (Magic Draw, SysML).
• Familiarity with industry standard practices such as Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, etc.

Pay

Full-Time Salary Range: $118,095 - $200,762. Individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Health savings accounts.
• 401(k) savings plan.
• Disability coverage.
• Life and accident insurance.
• Employee assistance program.
• Legal plan.
• Paid time off and paid holidays.
• Paid parental, military, bereavement, and applicable federal and state sick leave.
• Employee recognition program with monetary or non-monetary awards.
• Discounts on home, auto, and pet insurance.
• Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.