Maritime RAM Engineer: Reliability & Availability

Amentum; Canberra; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Amentum in Canberra is seeking a Reliability, Availability & Maintainability (RAM) Engineer to join LAND 8710 program. You will analyse failure rates for propulsion and mission systems, support availability targets, and help optimise maintenance concepts for harsh maritime environments.

The role requires a bachelor’s in engineering, experience in reliability modelling, systems engineering, ILS, MTBF calculations, and strong written communication for RAM reports.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, systems, electrical or mechatronics engineering.
• Experience with failure distributions and reliability modelling.
• Systems engineering lifecycle and V&V experience.
• ILS principles with maritime/defence exposure.
• Data analysis and MTBF calculation experience.
• Strong written communication for RAM/technical reports.

Responsibilities

• Ensure platform reliability through failure rate analysis.
• Support operational readiness and availability targets.
• Model and optimise vessel availability with maintenance strategies.
• Develop maintenance concepts and plans for harsh environments.
• Collaborate with systems engineering to improve design and life-cycle costs.
• Monitor in-service performance of landing craft fleets.
• Identify trends and propose fleet improvements.

Skills

Weibull analysis

MTTR & repair

Availability modelling

Reliability growth

RAM & reliability

ILS principles

Systems engineering

MTBF calculations

Technical writing

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical/systems/electrical/mechatronics engineering

Job description

Amentum in Canberra is seeking a Reliability, Availability & Maintainability (RAM) Engineer to join LAND 8710 program. You will analyse failure rates for propulsion and mission systems, support availability targets, and help optimise maintenance concepts for harsh maritime environments.

The role requires a bachelor’s in engineering, experience in reliability modelling, systems engineering, ILS, MTBF calculations, and strong written communication for RAM reports.