Staff Reliability Engineer

Anduril Industries is seeking a Staff Reliability Engineer to join their Reliability & System Safety Engineering organization. The successful candidate will work across various product portfolios, including Air Dominance & Strike, Counter-UAS, Maritime, Ground Systems, Space, and Mission Autonomy.

The Reliability Engineering team partners with engineering, manufacturing, and operations organizations to ensure autonomous systems survive real-world conditions and deliver consistent performance. The team's mandate spans the complete product lifecycle, from early concept design through production scale-up and fielded operations.

The Staff Reliability Engineer will be responsible for:

• Supporting and reviewing system block diagrams, interface control documents, and schematics for compliance, redundancy, and accuracy against requirements and concept of operations
• Leading Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) efforts, collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams to implement design improvements
• Performing predictive reliability analysis to calculate probability of loss of control, loss of asset, and MTTF/MTBF
• Developing and executing comprehensive Qualification and Validation Test plans
• Working with Quality and Manufacturing Engineering to develop, refine, and validate assembly, integration, and testing processes
• Developing Maintainability prediction models using MIL-HDBK-472
• Performing Weibull analysis utilizing data from qualification campaigns, production testing, and fielded assets
• Leading failure investigations on anomalies originating from design validation, production testing, and field returns
• Supporting Development Milestone Reviews through the identification of appropriate entry and exit criteria
• Developing and implementing standardized reliability processes, tools, and infrastructure

The ideal candidate will have:

• Minimum of 12 years experience as a Reliability Engineer, Design/Development Engineer, or Test Engineer
• B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline
• Experience with safety-critical hardware & software systems in the defense or aerospace industry
• Experience or familiarity with MIL-STD-810, MIL-HDBK-217, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-516C, and MIL-STD-1629
• Experience setting up a Reliability Engineering framework for a product or program
• Expertise in reliability analysis techniques, including FMEA/FMECA, predictive modeling, Weibull analysis, and Fault Tree Analysis

Preferred qualifications include:

• M.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline
• Experience with MIL-HDBK-217Plus, MIL-HDBK-472, MIL-STD-1916
• Experience with Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) Assessments, Manufacturing Review Board (MRB), Quality Inspection, Tooling, or Calibration