Reliability Engineer II

Job Description

See what you re missing. Our employees work on the world s most advanced electronics from detecting threats for F-35 pilots to illuminating the night for soldiers. Spanning air, land, sea, and space, we are developing the technology of tomorrow, delivered today. Drawing strength from our differences, we re innovating for the future. And you can, too. Our flexible work environment provides you a chance to change the world without giving up your personal life. We put our customers first exemplified by our mission: We Protect Those Who Protect Us. Sound like a team you want to be a part of? Come build your career with BAE Systems.

BAE Systems has a stimulating opportunity for an energetic well-qualified Reliability Engineer to join our team. You will work on teams developing and producing a variety of electronic equipment including Countermeasure & Electromagnetic Attack Solutions, providing unparalleled electronic warfare capabilities to enhance mission survivability. BAE Systems Reliability Engineers are involved with every stage of the equipment lifecycle from concept through development, Integration & Test, production and field support. You will have significant interaction across the company including program office, all engineering disciplines and production functions and this will provide for a fast-paced, educational, and fulfilling experience. Your efforts will have a positive impact on front line warfighter s effectiveness and daily quality of life.

We are seeking a Level II Reliability Engineer with an earned degree in a relevant engineering discipline to join our Reliability Science engineering team. You will have opportunities to apply your engineering skills and education to investigate digital and analog electronics, power supplies, and systems of electronic modules, to ensure Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability requirements are achieved. Your self-starting enthusiasm for technology, and ability to investigate and solve problems, will propel you to become an integral part of our innovative teams and influence product development.

In this Reliability Engineer position you will make impacts in the following ways;

• Work with a cross-functional team to ensure Reliability and Maintainability requirements are achieved.

• Perform failure trend analysis, failure investigation and root cause analysis.

• Coordinate failure analysis with vendors or failure analysis labs.

• Prepare and review failure reports and FRACAS metrics for publication.

• Present findings and conclusions with recommended corrective actions to both internal management as well as our customers.

• Perform internal and external supplier interface to resolve reliability issues.

• Perform Design-for Reliability and Maintainability including reliability and maintainability modeling and analysis and assessments requiring the full use and wide application of engineering theories, concepts and precedents. Conduct research to provide solutions to a wide range of technical problems and proposals.

• Make technical choices to improve the reliability & maintainability attributes of the equipment.

• Plan and conduct a variety of reliability and maintainability tasks to meet reliability and maintainability goals.

• Present findings and conclusions with recommended corrective actions to both internal management as well as our customers.

• Represent the Company at customer meetings as applicable.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Bachelor s degree in Electrical Engineering or related engineering/technical/scientific field and 2 or more years of relevant engineering experience within the Reliability Sciences disciplines

Experience with a few or several of the following:

• Perform Reliability, Availability & Maintainability (RAM) trade studies for the system design process

• Experience using Reliability and Maintainability analysis and reliability growth software tools experience / awareness using ReliaSoft, Relyence and/or PTC Windchill RR software tool

• Define/allocate RAM requirements and assess RAM performance (MTBF, MTBCF, Ao)

• Perform Reliability Predictions and MTBF Modeling

• Perform Failure Modes Effects Criticality Analysis (FMECA)

• Perform Testability Analysis

• Perform Maintainability Analysis.

• Drive the Failure reporting, Analysis & Corrective Action System (FRACAS) process

• Perform failure trend analysis, failure investigation and root cause analysis.

• Chair/Track the Failure Review Board activities.

• Present R&M design and analysis against customer requirements at internal and customer design milestone reviews.

• Responsibilities may involve supporting the design team to establish BIT functions, test interface requirements and diagnostic features.

• Drive the Failure reporting, Analysis & FRACAS process

• Perform failure trend analysis, failure investigation and root cause analysis.

• Chair/Track the Failure Review Board activities.

• Present R&M design and analysis against customer requirements at internal and customer design milestone reviews.

• Responsibilities may involve supporting the design team to establish BIT functions, test interface requirements and diagnostic features.

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• Knowledge and/or experience with the principles of electrical and/or mechanical design

• Internship, Co-op or Research experience, preferably in a reliability engineering role

• Demonstrate time and task management with great organizational skills

• Awareness of MBSE (Magic Draw, SysML)

• Familiarity with industry standard practices such as Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, etc.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced dynamic environment

• Collaboration: You love working with a team and receiving input from others

• Creativity: You love finding new and creative ways to solve problems

Highly Desirable (these skills/experiences are not required but will set a candidate apart from the rest):

• Production, test and field reliability support, FRACAS and Root Cause Failure Analysis experience, Fault Tree Analysis, Failure Data Collection, vendor failure analysis, etc.

• 8D Root Cause Corrective Action Training

• Active development towards sharpening communication skills (i.e. Toastmasters)

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $79365 - $134921

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

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