Principal Reliability, Maintainability, and Safety (RMS) Engineer

Job Description

See what you’re missing. Our employees work on the world’s most advanced electronics –from detecting threats for F-35 pilots to illuminating the night for soldiers. Spanning air, land, sea, and space, we are developing the technology of tomorrow, delivered today. Drawing strength from our differences, we’re innovating for the future. And you can, too.

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 mission: “We Protect Those Who Protect Us®.” Sound like a team you want to be a part of? Come build your career with BAE Systems!

We are seeking a highly skilled Principal RMS Engineer to join our team. As a key member of our innovation teams, you will apply your expertise in RMS engineering to analyze digital and analog electronics, power supplies, and systems of electronic modules to ensure reliability, maintainability, and safety requirements are achieved.

Responsibilities:

1. Safety Analysis: Execute key safety analyses, including MIL-STD-882E tasks such as Functional Hazard Analysis (FHA), Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Common Mode Analysis (CCA), Particular Risk Analysis (PRA), Common Mode Analysis, and Safety Assessments (SAR).
2. Project Work: Perform as an individual contributor or point person responsible to the program(s). Mentor and direct junior engineers as required.
3. Reliability and Maintainability Analysis: Conduct Reliability and Maintainability Analysis and Modeling, Design Failure Modes Effects Analysis (DFMEA), and Failure Mode Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) assessments.
4. Testing and Presentations: Negotiate, plan, and conduct reliability, maintainability and safety related tests. Present findings and conclusions with recommended corrective actions to internal management and customers.
5. Failure Analysis: Perform failure trend analysis, failure investigation, and Root Cause analysis. Coordinate failure analysis with vendors or failure analysis labs.
6. Proposal Activities: Participate in proposal activities, preparing proposal inputs using Functional Bid Metrics.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We take pride in important work-life balance initiatives including every other Friday Off, Flextime, and Telecommuting. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Scientific Field
• 6 years of experience in RMS Engineering disciplines
• Execute functional tasks with high efficiency and autonomy
• Proven track record in leading and completing key safety engineering tasks associated with MIL-STD-882E, ARP4761, and ARP4754A analyses
• Experience performing Failure Analysis and Corrective Action activities
• Familiarity with Reliability Prediction Analysis and Reliability Growth methodologies
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Candidate must be able to obtain a Secret Clearance

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• Electronic Warfare Systems background
• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and 4 or more years of relevant engineering experience within the Safety Engineering discipline.
• Experience with PTC Windchill Quality Solutions and ReliaSoft
• Familiarity with Integrated Logistics analysis, techniques, and software tools
• Experience with Reliability Modeling and Analysis in accordance with MIL-HDBK-217, MIL-STD-1629A, MIL-STD-1472G, NAS411, MIL-HDBK-516C and other relevant standards
• Experience with Fault Tree Analysis Experience in technical documentation and report generation Experience in Laser, RF energy applications Experience in Software Safety Analysis, including Software FMEA Experience with AS9145 Awareness and experience with implementing safety analysis data into a Model-Based Engineering environment
• Leadership experience and strong interpersonal skills preferred

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $126305 - $214718

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, 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.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.


About BAE Systems Electronic Systems
BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it’s what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts – defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team—making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you’ll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference. Electronic Systems (ES) is the global innovator behind BAE Systems’ game-changing defense and commercial electronics. Exploiting every electron, we push the limits of what is possible, giving our customers the edge and our employees opportunities to change the world. Our products and capabilities can be found everywhere – from the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of space. At our core are more than 14,000 highly talented Electronic Systems employees with the brightest minds in the industry, we make an impact – for our customers and the communities we serve.

Salary : $126,305 - $214,718