RAM Engineer, Maritime Systems — Reliability & Availability

Amentum; Canberra; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Amentum in Canberra is seeking a Reliability, Availability & Maintainability (RAM) Engineer to assure platforms are reliable, available and maintainable across lifecycle. You will support design, testing and sustainment activities for Defence maritime systems, driving RAM analyses and maintenance concepts.

The role requires a mechanical/electrical/mechatronics background, experience with Weibull analysis, MTTR, availability modelling and systems engineering, plus strong technical reporting and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, systems, electrical or mechatronics engineering.
• Experience with failure distributions, Weibull analysis, MTTR and availability modelling.
• Background in systems engineering including lifecycle frameworks, V&V and RAM.
• Experience with naval or maritime engineering and harsh environments.

Responsibilities

• Ensure platform and system reliability through the analysis and prediction of failure rates on vessel propulsion systems, mechanical/electrical and mission systems and amphibious vehicle subsystems.
• Support vessel and Mission readiness through achieving operational availability targets.
• Model & optimise vessel availability considering maintenance regimes, spares provisioning and deployment cycles.
• Definition and refinement of maintenance concepts inclusive of scheduled & corrective maintenance, repair times and level of repair decisions.
• Support the development of maintenance plans and sustainment strategies for harsh environments (saltwater, corrosion and remote operations).
• Collaborate closely within systems engineering teams to influence design ensuring reliability and ease of maintenance, weight vs redundancy and performance vs life-cycle costs.
• Embed RAM considerations into vessel and vehicle design and integration of mission and combat systems.
• Monitor in service performance of landing craft fleets and amphibious logistics vehicles.
• Identify trends such as failure modes and maintenance bottlenecks.
• Recommend improvements to increase fleet availability and operational readiness.

Skills

Weibull analysis

MTTR analysis

Availability modelling

Reliability growth

Systems engineering

V&V processes

RAM management

Technical reporting

Stakeholder engagement

Maritime/Defence systems knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical, systems, electrical or mechatronics engineering

Job description

Amentum in Canberra is seeking a Reliability, Availability & Maintainability (RAM) Engineer to assure platforms are reliable, available and maintainable across lifecycle. You will support design, testing and sustainment activities for Defence maritime systems, driving RAM analyses and maintenance concepts.

The role requires a mechanical/electrical/mechatronics background, experience with Weibull analysis, MTTR, availability modelling and systems engineering, plus strong technical reporting and