Senior Reliability Engineer
Lead technical investigations and RCCA activities to improve reliability across V2 and V3 aircraft fleets. Requires 7+ years in aerospace or safety-critical industries and strong data analysis and troubleshooting skills.
About the job
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.
Skills
Python, SQL, Root Cause Analysis, 8D, 5-Why, Fishbone, Fault Tree Analysis, Fmea, Fracas, Mtbf
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