Senior Reliability Engineer - UAS Systems Reliability

- Build and maintain a practical reliability program spanning hardware, electrical systems, firmware-enabled systems, production processes, and field feedback.

- Use reliability block diagrams and FMECA to identify single-point failures, cascading effects, and high-risk dependencies across vehicle architectures.

- Recommend specific component, subsystem, environmental, and screening tests based on failure hypotheses and mission risk.

- Lead root cause investigations using teardown, test data, manufacturing records, and field evidence.

- Establish lightweight failure-reporting and corrective-action workflows that drive design, test, and production changes at the pace the program demands.

- Decide what reliability work must happen now, what can stay lightweight, and what can be deferred while communicating residual risk.

- Partner cross-functionally with design, test, manufacturing, quality, suppliers, and field operations to close reliability gaps.

- Bachelor's or Master's in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, or Systems Engineering (or related).

- 5+ years of reliability, test, failure analysis, or hardware systems engineering experience with complex electromechanical systems.

- Demonstrated hands-on application of reliability block diagrams, FMEA/FMECA, and root cause failure analysis that resulted in design, test, or production changes.

- Experience recommending specific tests or mitigations from reliability analysis or failure investigation.

- Ability to work from messy or incomplete data and convert findings into clear engineering actions.

- Cross-functional experience with design, test, manufacturing, quality, or field operations teams.

- Strong communication skills for explaining reliability risks to both technical and non-technical audiences.

- Aerospace, defense, UAS, robotics, autonomous systems, or automotive hardware environment experience.

- Environmental, qualification, or accelerated life testing experience.

- Familiarity with MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-1629, MIL-HDBK-217, ARP4761, or similar reliability standards.

- FRACAS, field failure tracking, or closed-loop corrective action system experience.

- Startup or growth-stage company experience where reliability processes were still being built.