Aircraft Reliability Engineer: DFMEA & Safety Lead

MANNA; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

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

You will perform DFMEAs, lead safety analyses, define reliability targets with design teams, and translate data into engineering requirements to support certification and fleet operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and minimum 5+ years of working experience in aerospace reliability.
• Experience performing reliability or safety analysis for complex, safety-critical systems.
• Nice to have DFMEAs developed and validated in practice.

Responsibilities

• Perform system safety and reliability assessments across aircraft systems and subsystems.
• Lead the development, maintenance, and application of Design Failure Mode and Effects Analyses (DFMEAs).
• Develop a ground-up understanding of aircraft reliability, including component- and subsystem-level failure modes and dependencies.
• Establish measurable reliability targets for subsystems in partnership with design and engineering teams.
• Identify, assess, and communicate the highest-priority reliability risks.
• Recommend risk-reduction and reliability-improvement actions based on engineering analysis, test data, and operational experience.
• Support verification and validation activities to confirm that reliability requirements and targets have been met.
• Analyse test results, field data, failure reports, and operational trends to identify emerging issues and drive corrective actions.
• Work closely with the Airworthiness team to provide reliability evidence that meets stringent aircraft regulatory standards.

Skills

Reliability engineering

DFMEA

Risk assessment

Root-cause analysis

Cross-functional communication

Analytical skills

Documentation

Education

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

Job description

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

You will perform DFMEAs, lead safety analyses, define reliability targets with design teams, and translate data into engineering requirements to support certification and fleet operations.