Must be a US Citizen

Hybrid opportunity with the expectation of being on site 70% of the time.

Candidates should be local to sourthern California able to attend meetings at facility in Simi Valley with minmal notice if needed.

Fulltime Direct Employment
W2 with full benefits

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $95,000 to $135,000 bonus and benefits. Salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Summary
The Reliability Engineer III collaborates with design and system engineers to plan and execute reliability activities for large solar-powered unmanned aircraft, which meet the product's reliability, maintainability, and safety requirements. This role reports to the Senior Systems Engineering Manager of the High Altitude Pseduo Satellite Business Unit.

Position Responsibilities

• Develop a Design for Reliability plan for solar aircraft.

• Develop reliability models to allocate reliability and maintainability targets for systems and components.

• Perform system and component level design FMEAs to assess design risks and identify risk mitigation actions.

• Provide design inputs to technical experts to improve product reliability and safety.

• Lead fault tree assessments to support System Safety Assessment and anomaly investigations.

• Facilitate anomaly investigation to identify the root cause and corrective actions.

• Manage Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System (FRACAS).

• Plan and execute Accelerated Reliability Tests and Highly Accelerated Reliability Tests and report the results to the subject matter experts.

• Participate in design reviews and support proposal efforts.

• Occasional deployment for flight testing may require up to 15% travel. 

• Other duties as assigned, such as supporting flight testing and component testing.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills & Experience)

• Experience with complex systems.

• Familiarity with complex system reliability modeling, FMEA, and Fault Tree Analysis.

• Experience leading failure investigations.

• Experience with planning and running component and system tests; test fixture design experience is a plus.

• Experience working with components, such as batteries, solar arrays, motors, composite structures, and avionics.

• A bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline is required, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

• 5 – 8 years of experience in reliability, electrical, systems, or mechanical engineering; an advanced degree in reliability-related disciplines could be substituted for some of the experience.

• Demonstrates full understanding & knowledge of engineering principles in the technical discipline.

• Has strong problem-solving, decision-making, analytical, and interpersonal skills.

• Good communication skills – technical presentation, meeting facilitation, and technical writing.

Other Qualifications & Desired Competencies

• Is committed to learning from mistakes and driven to improve and enhance the performance of oneself, others, and the company.

• Takes ownership and responsibility for current and past work products.

• Consistently demonstrates teamwork and collaboration and puts the team's success above one's interests.

• Ability to excel in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment where small teams share a broad variety of duties.

• ReliaSoft, MiniTab, and Reliability Workbench software experience.

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action:
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