Senior RAM Engineer

Destinus; Zürich; On-site; CHF 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Destinus Engineering is seeking a Senior Reliability Engineer to lead RAMS efforts across defense systems and products throughout the lifecycle. You will collaborate with design, test, and supply chain teams, guiding reliability decisions and ensuring performance in demanding environments.

Strong leadership and teamwork are essential to coordinate with multi-disciplinary groups. The role requires extensive experience with FMEA/FMECA, RAM standards, and reliability testing, plus the ability to

Qualifications

• BSc or MSc in engineering (electrical, mechanical, systems, or related).
• 7+ years of reliability engineering experience, preferably in defense.
• Experience with FMEA/FMECA, reliability prediction, and statistical life data analysis.
• Experience with RAM standards (IEC 60812, FIDES, ANSI/GEIA-STD-0009, ASD S3000L).
• Hands-on reliability program management across design, test, and sustainment.

Responsibilities

• Develop reliability program plans aligned with contract requirements and standards.
• Conduct RAM analyses and modeling to support design decisions.
• Define and run reliability test programs (HALT/HASS, environmental screening, accelerated life tests).
• Contribute to design reviews (PDR/CDR) to improve reliability early.
• Support sustainment including obsolescence and supplier reliability oversight.
• Prepare reliability documentation and present to leadership and customers.
• Allocate RAM requirements from system to subsystems and ensure maintainability.

Skills

RAMS

FMEA/FMECA

Reliability modeling

HALT/HASS

Statistical life data

Autonomous work

Team collaboration

English fluency

Education

BSc or MSc in engineering

Tools

Isograph RAMS

Job description

Destinus Engineering is looking for a highly motivated and experienced Senior Reliability Engineer to ensure that our defense systems and products perform dependably in demanding operational environments. You’ll lead reliability, availability and maintainability (RAM) efforts across Destinus systems and products covering the full product lifecycle, from early design trade studies through qualification, fielding, and sustainment. You will work closely with system design, test, and supply chain teams as well as customers. The ideal candidate is a strong team player with good social and leadership skills to continuously coordinate with the peers of the respective engineering disciplines and teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute reliability program plans in line with contract requirements and applicable standards (e.g., MIL-STD-785, MIL-HDBK-217, MIL-STD-1629, IEC 60812, FIDES, ANSI/GEIA-STD-0009, ASD S3000L or customer-specific equivalents)
• Perform reliability predictions, FMEA/FMECA, fault tree analysis, derating and worst-case analyses, and reliability block diagram modeling
• Define and run reliability test programs, including HALT/HASS, environmental stress screening, accelerated life testing, and reliability growth testing
• Contribute to design reviews (PDR, CDR) and influence design for reliability and maintainability early in development
• Support sustainment engineering, including obsolescence and parts-quality assessments, and supplier reliability oversight
• Prepare reliability documentation and present findings to internal leadership and government customers
• Availability modelling and allocating RAM requirements down from the system to subsystems
• Maintainability analysis plus testability and BIT coverage analysis
• Input to the maintenance and logistic support analysis, working with ILS

Required Qualifications

• BSc or MSc in engineering (electrical, mechanical, systems, or related)
• [7+] years of reliability engineering experience preferably in the defense sector
• Experience in a tier 1 defense supplier company interacting directly with the military customer is a plus
• Hands-on experience with FMEA/FMECA, reliability prediction, and statistical life data analysis
• Experience with Air Defence and / or Strike systems is a plus
• Experience with modern European RAM standards: IEC 60812, FIDES, ANSI/GEIA-STD-0009, ASD S3000L
• Familiarity with military reliability and environmental standards (e.g., MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461) and DoD acquisition or equivalent processes
• Experience using RWB Isograph or similar RAMS software.
• Proactive, ownership-driven mindset with strong problem-solving capabilities
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a fast-paced, dynamic, international and multidisciplinary development team.
• Fluency in English is required; German is a plus.