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Robot type
Drone · Defense
Location
SeattleWashingtonUSA
Job type
Hardware
Posted
Sep 24, 2026
Salary
$110,000–$210,000 a year
Full-time

Senior Engineer, Reliability (R5950)

Job description

We are seeking a Senior Reliability Engineer to lead reliability engineering activities for the development, integration, testing, and operation of aircraft systems. This position will work across engineering disciplines to establish reliability requirements, manage system reliability budgets, perform reliability analyses, and identify design improvements that increase aircraft availability and mission success.

The successful candidate will have direct experience working on aircraft or other complex aerospace systems and be proficient with industry-standard reliability tools and methods.

Job responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain aircraft-level reliability requirements, objectives, and program reliability plans.
  • Establish, allocate, and manage reliability budgets across systems, subsystems, and line-replaceable units.
  • Track predicted reliability against program targets and identify components or subsystems driving reliability risk.
  • Perform reliability predictions using component failure-rate data, operating environments, and mission profiles.
  • Conduct Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), and Reliability Block Diagram (RBD) analysis.
  • Support aircraft system safety assessments by providing failure rates, failure modes, and reliability data.
  • Develop and maintain Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF), Mean Time Between Critical Failure (MTBCF), mission reliability, availability, and related reliability metrics.
  • Perform reliability allocation, trade studies, sensitivity analyses, and design assessments.

Job requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in reliability engineering, systems engineering, aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or a related technical field.
  • Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree
  • Direct experience supporting aircraft development, integration, testing, sustainment, or operations.
  • Experience developing and managing reliability budgets at the system, subsystem, or equipment level.
  • Proficiency with reliability methods such as FMEA/FMECA, FTA, RBD, Weibull analysis, reliability predictions, and FRACAS.
  • Familiarity with reliability metrics such as MTBF, MTBCF, failure rate, mission reliability, operational availability, and inherent availability.
  • Experience using reliability analysis tools such as ReliaSoft, Windchill Quality Solutions, Isograph, RAM Commander, or equivalent.
  • Ability to interpret aircraft mission profiles, operating environments, duty cycles, and test data.
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