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Reliability Engineer

Haystack
Washington, DC Full Time
POSTED ON 8/1/2026 CLOSED ON 8/4/2026

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Reliability Engineer position at Haystack?

We're hiring on behalf of a Haystack partner!

The Role

  • Provide Subject Matter Expertise (SME) and thought leadership on reliability and resilience for strategic deterrent systems.
  • Participate as a reliability SME in projects focusing on requirements development, analysis, concept/technology development, acquisition, risk assessments, test planning and system evaluation.
  • Develop reliability methodologies and analyses for strategic deterrence weapon system capabilities and future weapon system requirements.
  • Provide reliability domain expertise while leading/coordinating research, studies, and analysis on current and future weapons system capabilities and performance.
  • Deliver formal presentations to sponsors and supporting contractors, and effectively communicate proposed concepts/solutions and analysis results.
  • Identify risk areas to project and program leaders with recommended mitigation strategies.

What You'll Need

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, mathematics, physics, or a related technical field.
  • 5 years of experience performing systems reliability (RAM) engineering in the design, development or evaluation of complex weapon systems.
  • Experience developing and executing reliability approaches (e.g., FMEA, FMECA, Reliability Block Diagrams, Fault Tree Analysis, Probabilistic Risk Assessment).
  • Familiarity with developing and allocating RAM requirements based on mission needs and end-user Concept of Operations.
  • Familiarity with RAM management strategies through DoD acquisition phases.
  • Active Secret security clearance, with ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship.

What's On Offer

  • Contribute to critical national security challenges.
  • Work with multidisciplinary teams at the forefront of weapon systems engineering.
  • Opportunity to inform reliability strategies and assessments of strategic weapon systems.

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Salary : $100,000 - $245,000

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