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Anduril Industries

Senior Reliability Engineer, Intelligence Systems

Anduril Industries
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senior full-time $167,000-$222,000 USD Reston, Virginia

First indexed 20 Oct 2026

Description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.

The Reliability Engineering team partners across Anduril's engineering, manufacturing, and operations organizations to ensure our autonomous systems survive real-world conditions and deliver consistent performance for our customers.

The Senior Reliability Engineer, Intelligence Systems role will be highly collaborative, hands-on spanning the entire product lifecycle - from early concept trade studies and detailed design through manufacturing scale-up, production, and sustained field performance.

Responsibilities:

  • Support and review system block diagrams, interface control documents, and schematics for compliance, redundancy, and accuracy against requirements and concept of operations.
  • Lead Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) efforts, collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams to implement design improvements.
  • Perform predictive reliability analysis to calculate probability of loss of control, loss of asset, and MTTF/MTBF utilizing Anduril requirements, specifications, and relevant industry standards.
  • Develop and execute comprehensive Qualification and Validation Test plans.
  • Work with Quality and Manufacturing Engineering to develop, refine, and validate assembly, integration, and testing processes.
  • Develop Maintainability prediction models using MIL-HDBK-472.
  • Perform Weibull analysis utilizing data from qualification campaigns, production testing, and fielded assets.
  • Lead failure investigations on anomalies.
  • Support Development Milestone Reviews.
  • Develop and implement standardized reliability processes, tools, and infrastructure.

Requirements:

  • Minimum of 8 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.
  • Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 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.

Benefits:

  • Highly competitive equity grants.
  • Top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including comprehensive, competitive benefits package.
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