Staff Reliability and Maintainability Engineer (R5301)
$150,000–$200,000 year
On-siteDallas, Texas, United States
Dallas, Texas, United StatesOn-siteFull Time$150,000–$200,000 yearSenior LevelMedium
Full TimeSenior LevelMedium
Job Summary
Lead engineering investigations for V-BAT field failures, repeat defects, and complex technical escalations by reproducing issues using logs, returned hardware, and operational context. Drive Root Cause and Corrective Action investigations from containment through closure, partnering with Fleet Support, Product Engineering, Quality, and Manufacturing to determine design, manufacturing, or configuration contributors. Document failure modes, root causes, and corrective actions while recommending new tests, diagnostics, design changes, or process updates to prevent recurrence. Provide technical input to product health reviews and fleet readiness assessments, ensuring findings translate into design improvements or service actions. Support X-BAT lessons learned to inform future lifecycle planning.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Reliability Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years of experience in reliability engineering, maintainability engineering, failure analysis, systems engineering, quality engineering, aviation sustainment, product support, manufacturing engineering, or complex hardware sustainment
- Demonstrated experience leading technical investigations for field failures, repeat defects, hardware issues, system-level issues, or complex product performance problems
- Experience driving Root Cause and Corrective Action investigations from initial problem statement through containment, root cause, corrective action, verification, and closure
- Strong ability to analyze hardware, software behavior, logs, test data, returned material, field reports, configuration history, maintenance records, and operational context
- Familiarity with structured problem-solving and failure-analysis methods such as 5 Whys, fault tree analysis, fishbone diagrams, 8D, FMEA/FMECA, FRACAS, fault isolation, or similar methods
- Ability to distinguish between design, manufacturing, supplier quality, configuration, software, operator, environmental, maintenance, and documentation-related contributors
- Experience working across Product Engineering, Fleet Support, Quality, Manufacturing, Reliability Data Engineering, Supply Chain, and Operations to resolve technical issues
- Strong technical judgment and problem-solving skills, including the ability to investigate ambiguous field reports, identify likely failure modes, and define practical next steps
- Ability to convert technical findings into clear corrective actions, verification plans, risk assessments, and product or process improvement recommendations
- Experience supporting customer-impacting technical issues in aviation, unmanned systems, robotics, defense, manufacturing, aerospace, or complex electromechanical systems
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to document technical findings, investigation rationale, corrective actions, and leadership-level summaries
- Ability to operate independently as a senior technical IC and drive cross-functional accountability without direct authority
- Ability to balance engineering rigor, investigation depth, field urgency, customer impact, and fleet-readiness needs
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with unmanned aircraft systems, aviation sustainment, aerospace manufacturing, defense products, robotics, or deployed hardware systems
- Experience with FRACAS, reliability growth programs, fleet reliability tracking, MTBF/MTBUR analysis, Weibull analysis, reliability block diagrams, maintainability analysis, or product health dashboards
- Experience analyzing aircraft logs, flight data, maintenance data, telemetry, software logs, test results, inspection findings, or returned hardware
- Familiarity with RCCA, MRB, ECO/ECR processes, configuration management, service bulletins, maintenance releases, retrofit planning, or field service actions
- Experience investigating failures in avionics, propulsion, power systems, flight controls, structures, payload interfaces, ground equipment, support equipment, or complex electromechanical assemblies
- Experience working with Reliability Data Engineering, data analytics, or fleet health monitoring teams to identify failure trends and emerging risks
- Experience supporting fielded products where technical recommendations directly affect readiness, safety, maintainability, or customer operations
- Experience working in a startup, high-growth, defense technology, aerospace, robotics, or advanced manufacturing environment
- Advanced degree in Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related discipline preferred but not required
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