Aircraft Reliability Engineer - DFMEA & Risk Mitigation

Manna; Ireland; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Manna is seeking a Reliability Engineer to ensure safety, reliability, and operational readiness of our next-generation aircraft. You will develop reliability documents, assess risks, and contribute to design decisions in collaboration with the Head of Hardware Architecture, Reliability, and Validation.

You will lead DFMEA activities, set measurable targets, analyze test data and field reports, support verification and validation, and work with the Airworthiness team to meet regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of reliability engineering principles and DFMEA
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to translate reliability risks into engineering requirements
• Experience with safety-critical systems is a plus
• Ability to work in a fast-moving environment with evolving products

Responsibilities

• Perform system safety and reliability assessments across aircraft systems
• Lead development, maintenance, and application of DFMEAs
• Develop understanding of subsystem failure modes and dependencies
• Establish measurable reliability targets with design teams
• Support verification and validation to meet reliability requirements
• Analyze test data, field data, and failure reports to drive corrective actions
• Collaborate with Airworthiness team to meet regulatory standards

Skills

DFMEA

Reliability engineering

Risk assessment

Root-cause analysis

Cross-functional communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, mechanical, electrical, systems, or reliability engineering

Job description

Manna is seeking a Reliability Engineer to ensure safety, reliability, and operational readiness of our next-generation aircraft. You will develop reliability documents, assess risks, and contribute to design decisions in collaboration with the Head of Hardware Architecture, Reliability, and Validation.

You will lead DFMEA activities, set measurable targets, analyze test data and field reports, support verification and validation, and work with the Airworthiness team to meet regulatory standards.