88 Reliability and Safety Engineer

Blackshark; München; Vor Ort; EUR 70.000 - 110.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Mission-driven work

Autonomy with ownership

No micromanagement

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Zusammenfassung

Hypersonica is building Europe’s hypersonic capability. We seek a Reliability and Safety Engineer to lead safety analyses across avionics, guidance, navigation, and control systems, working with expert teams to influence architectures and mitigate risk from early stages.

You will quantify reliability metrics, identify failure paths, and support flight readiness with rigorous safety evidence, contributing to Europe’s technological independence.

Qualifikationen

• 4+ years’ experience in aerospace/defence or other high-consequence engineering domains.
• Deep experience with structured safety and reliability methods.
• Ability to reason across system, subsystem and component boundaries.
• Proactively identify single-point failures and common-cause risks.
• Fluent in quantitative reliability thinking.
• Confident influencing design decisions early in development.
• Balance analytical rigour with programme pace.
• Motivated by flight-critical systems where safety is mission-enabling.

Aufgaben

• Lead reliability and safety analysis across AGNC systems at system, subsystem, and component level.
• Perform structured safety analyses, including FTA and FMECA.
• Assess and quantify reliability metrics, including MTBF, for design decisions.
• Identify single-point failures and degradation paths in flight-critical systems.
• Collaborate with design, systems, and test engineers to influence architectures and mitigate risk early.
• Support verification, test, and flight readiness with safety and reliability evidence.
• Use test results and flight data to refine analyses and improve models over time.

Kenntnisse

Reliability engineering

Safety engineering

Structured safety methods

Systems thinking

Identifying single-point failures

Quantitative reliability

Influencing design decisions

Flight-critical mindset

Tools

FTA

FMECA

Jobbeschreibung

Help Build Europe's Hypersonic Capability

At Hypersonica, we’re redefining what’s possible in European defence technology. We exist to deliver speed, resilience, and technological independence at a pace that sets a new standard. We are a small, elite team working on problems that matter, and solving them fast.

As our Reliability and Safety Engineer you’re not stepping into a predefined role. You’re joining a talent dense environment where every individual shapes the direction of the company. Our philosophy is to hire a small number of exceptional people with broad, deep technical capability, strong judgement, and the ability to operate autonomously.

We hire for talent, not rigid boxes. This role represents a business need, but the way it evolves will be shaped by the individual. If you’ve achieved what others said was impossible, or you bring a unique combination of skills that doesn’t fit a traditional mould, we want to hear from you. The work you do here directly contributes to Europe’s technological independence.

What you'll do

• Lead reliability and safety analysis across avionics, guidance, navigation, and control (AGNC) systems at system, subsystem, and component level.
• Perform structured safety analyses, including Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) and Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA).
• Assess and quantify reliability metrics, including MTBF, to inform design tradeoffs and system architecture decisions.
• Identify single point failures, common cause risks, and degradation paths in flight critical systems.
• Work closely with AGNC design, systems, and test engineers to influence architectures and mitigate risk early in development.
• Support verification, test, and flight readiness activities by providing clear safety and reliability evidence.
• Use test results and flight data to validate assumptions, refine analyses, and improve models over time.

Who you are

• A reliability or safety engineer with 4+ years’ experience in aerospace, defence, or other high-consequence engineering domains.
• Deeply experienced in structured safety and reliability methods, with the judgement to know where they add value and where they don’t.
• Comfortable reasoning across system, subsystem, and component boundaries, not just analysing parts in isolation.
• Someone who naturally looks for single-point failures, common-cause risks, and degradation paths before they show up in test.
• Fluent in quantitative reliability thinking, including interpreting and challenging MTBF-style metrics.
• Confident influencing design decisions early, before architecture hardens and options disappear.
• Able to balance analytical rigour with programme pace, supporting rapid iteration without false confidence.
• Motivated by working on flight-critical systems where safety and reliability are mission-enabling, not box-ticking.

What we offer

• A mission driven environment with the opportunity to work on one of Europe’s most consequential defence challenges, with direct impact on sovereign capability and security.
• Daily collaboration with top experts across engineering, operations, and defence, with real opportunity to learn from the best, contribute, and grow.
• High ownership and autonomy; no time tracking, no micromanagement, just clear objectives and accountability for outcomes.
• A fast paced environment where good ideas are implemented quickly, and feedback from test and flight drives real decisions.
• A culture that values clarity, integrity, and excellence, and supports people who take initiative and push boundaries responsibly.
• Competitive compensation and real share options aligned to responsibility and impact, not tenure or hierarchy.

At Hypersonica, every hire raises the bar. We are deliberately small, intensely capable, and deeply mission-driven.

Hypersonica is an equal-opportunity employer and assesses candidates solely on merit, capability, and potential.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.