Reliability Engineer

Founded in 1918, Kearfott Corporation, a global Aerospace and Defense supplier for over 100 years, is a leader in the design and manufacture of precision motion control products and inertial navigation components. Kearfott has a very long history of innovation and excellence and is the go-to brand for many of our global clients. Kearfott is trusted, respected and plays a vital role in the success of America's aerospace and defense industries. With over a century of expertise & experience, Kearfott is dedicated to providing quality, reliability, and cutting-edge technology to customers worldwide to meet their sea, land, air, and space navigation and guidance requirements.

We are looking for talented individuals who want to be part of a world-class workforce. Join Kearfott and become part of a company that is recognized for technical expertise and respected world-wide as a ‘full service' provider.

For more information visit our website at www.kearfott.com

Reliability Engineer

Position Summary

The Reliability Engineer is responsible for ensuring systems meet mission-critical reliability, availability, and durability requirements throughout their life cycle. This role conducts reliability predictions, failure analyses, reliability modeling, and testing to improve system performance and reduce life-cycle costs. The engineer collaborates closely with design, systems engineering, manufacturing, quality, and sustainment teams to influence design and validate reliability performance against customer, military, and regulatory standards.

Essential Functions

• Work with Integrated Product Team (IPT) to identify safety and reliability critical items, perform analysis, and identify any non-conformances and offer design alternatives.
• Generate reliability, maintainability and system safety reports for IPT and customer review.
• Perform system safety analyses per MIL-STD-882E, SAE ARP4761 and follow SAE ARP4754 guidance.
• Perform Maintainability analyses per MIL-STD-470.
• Review customer reliability, safety and maintainability requirements and provide and provide RMS/C analysis.
• Performs other duties as may be assigned.

Required Skills

Critical Competencies

• Experience with aerospace reliability standards and methodologies
• • MIL-HDBK-217F, MIL-HDBK-217 Plus at a minimum
  • Fault tree analysis
  • FMECA
  • System Safety Assessment
  • Hazard analysis
  • Common Mode Analysis
  • SEE/SEU analysis in accordance with IEC 62396-1
  • Reliability processes experience
  • Reliability stress predictions, failure rate predictions
  • Physics of Failure based analysis methods
• Ability to multitask using the appropriate level of priority setting.
• Ability to work well under pressure, to adhere to deadlines and the ability to be flexible.

Requirements

• BS in Mechanical or Electrical engineering, MS preferred
• 5-10 years of experience in similar role within the aerospace industry which must include Reliability, Maintainability and Safety engineering analysis
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment
• Must be a US Citizen and have the ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Security Clearance

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in New Jersey is $125,000 - $175,000 Annually. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to job-related knowledge and skills, experience, and internal consistency.

Additionally, we offer medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, a 401(k) plan with company match, tuition assistance, paid vacation and sick days, paid holidays, and a 9/80 work week with every other Friday off. Our work environment embraces our people as we enjoy monthly employee events that celebrate our workplace culture.

Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans