Reliability Systems Engineer - Level 3

About the role

This position is contingent upon the candidate obtaining final clearances and program access(es) within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company. Continued employment thereafter will be subject to maintenance of the level of clearance and program access required for the position in the future.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Availability and Timeliness Thread lead responsible for supporting availability, reliability, and timeliness tasking, which includes modeling, simulation, assessment, and technical performance metric (TPM) tracking
• Perform various reliability related tasks including: leading reliability support to the design team through the performance of design tradeoffs, reliability predictions/assessments, de-rating analysis, allocation of reliability requirements, failure rate estimation/assessments, performing/facilitating Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), facilitate identification of critical items and documentation of controls/mitigations, and provide support to design reviews and failure investigations.
• Ability to understand and interpret system/unit architectures, electrical schematics/drawings, functional block diagrams, and accurately create reliability block diagrams and availability models.
• Ability to develop technical solutions to potential reliability and availability problems.
• Able to adapt with probability and statistical tools/principles to recognize and solve problems involving non-standard configurations/definitions of system success.
• Ability to utilize industry tools to conduct reliability and availability analyses.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline plus 5+ years of engineering experience OR Master’s degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline plus 3+ years of engineering experience OR PhD in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline plus 1+ year(s) of engineering experience.
• Ability to perform various reliability engineering related tasks such as reliability predictions/assessments, failure rate estimation/assessments, availability analysis, and perform/facilitate Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA).
• Familiarity with modeling/simulation software tools used for Reliability analysis.
• Familiarity with understanding and interpreting electrical schematics/drawings, functional block diagrams, ability to accurately create reliability block diagrams, and ability to accurately create availability models.

Qualifications

• Active SCI access at time of application with a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) completed within the last 5 years and prior to start date OR Active U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance (or equivalent) at time of application with a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) completed within the last 5 years and prior to start date as well as the ability to obtain and maintain active SCI access within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company.

Skills

• Understanding of technical principles, theories, subsystem design, and knowledge of general satellite design.
• Experience or exposure in Availability modeling and analysis, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and failure rate estimation, PM&P and Electronics Design.
• Advanced user in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Benefits

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