Senior Reliability Engineer

What You'll Do

• Lead the RCCA Lifecycle: Own the end-to-end investigation process for fleet reliability issues, from initial intake and root-cause analysis through to implementation, validation, and permanent closure.
• Drive Data-Driven Insights: Analyze complex flight logs, telemetry, manufacturing, and maintenance data to identify systemic reliability trends and recurring failure modes.
• Collaborate Across Disciplines: Partner with Flight Test, Manufacturing, Software, and Engineering teams to reproduce anomalies, conduct hands-on investigations, and deploy corrective actions.
• Communicate & Document Findings: Author technical reports and RCCA documentation suitable for engineering reviews, leadership, and regulatory needs, ensuring clear communication of engineering decisions.
• Improve Fleet Health: Proactively contribute to reliability metrics, continuous improvement initiatives, and design feedback loops to ensure lessons learned improve future aircraft performance.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 7+ years of engineering experience in aerospace, defense, autonomous systems, robotics, aviation, automotive, or other safety-critical industries.
• Strong troubleshooting and systems-level problem-solving skills across hardware, software, and operational environments.
• Experience applying investigation methodologies such as 8D, 5-Why, Fishbone, Fault Tree Analysis, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), or similar approaches.
• Strong technical writing and communication skills with the ability to clearly communicate findings to engineers, leadership, customers, and external stakeholders.
• Comfortable working hands-on with aircraft hardware, instrumentation, test equipment, and troubleshooting activities.
• Proficiency with Python, SQL, or similar tools for data analysis and trend identification.

Bonus Points

• Experience supporting unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), autonomous vehicles, or aviation platforms.
• Familiarity with ArduPilot, PX4, MAVLink, DroneCAN, or comparable flight-control ecosystems.
• Experience investigating avionics, GPS, navigation, communications, propulsion, power-system, battery, or flight-control issues.
• Experience with reliability engineering practices such as FRACAS, MTBF analysis, reliability growth tracking, and fleet health monitoring.