Hardware Reliability Engineer - Battlespace Awareness

Speedrun Talent Network; Fort Collins (CO); On-site; USD 123,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Fort Collins, CO is seeking an experienced Reliability Engineer to embed reliability into early product architecture and design validation. You will own MTBF tracking, HALT/HASS/ESS campaigns, and drive robustness across hardware and firmware in the Battlespace Awareness line.

You'll work with mechanical, electrical, and software engineers, perform FMECA/FTA, and lead design verification and field data analysis to ensure mission-critical performance in the field.

Qualifications

• Experience with reliability frameworks for hardware products.
• Strong background in failure analysis and reliability modeling.
• U.S. security clearance eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Own reliability campaigns for NPI and fielded products.
• Lead DFMEA/FMECA, FTA and reliability test plans.
• Collaborate with HW/SW/QA teams to embed reliability and drive design improvements.
• Manage MTBF, FRACAS, and field data for reliability growth.

Skills

Reliability engineering

FMEA/FMECA

Weibull analysis

HALT/HASS/ESS planning

MTBF tracking & FRACAS

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Systems/Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Statistics, or related field

MS Degree in related technical field (preferred)

Tools

MIL-STD-810

MIL-HDBK-217Plus

MIL-STD-461

FMECA/FTA tooling

DO-254/DO-178 (preferred)

Job description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting‑edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

ABOUT THE TEAM

The Reliability Engineering team partners across Anduril's engineering, manufacturing, and operations organizations to ensure our autonomous systems survive real‑world conditions and deliver consistent performance for our customers. Our mandate spans the complete product lifecycle - from early concept design through production scale‑up and fielded operations. We use data, statistical methods, and engineering analysis to forecast how our systems will perform over time and influence design decisions, including part selection, redundancy strategies, and maintenance approaches. We establish tailored reliability frameworks by program and partner with Quality to drive design robustness, failure prevention, and rapid response to issues in the field.In Battlespace Awareness, Reliability sits alongside Quality and covers both new products moving through design reviews and products already in production and deployed with customers.

ABOUT THE JOB

We are seeking an experienced Reliability Engineer to join our team in Fort Collins, CO, driving reliability for ourBattlespace Awareness product line. This is a hands‑on role focused on embedding reliability into early product architecture and detailed design - from early concept trade studies through design validation and transition to manufacturing. On new product introduction (NPI) programs, you will embed reliability into product architecture and detailed design, from concept trade studies through Critical Design Review, design validation, and transition to manufacturing. On products already in production and in the field, you will own the reliability data: MTBF tracking, field failure analysis, sparing, and the reliability growth that comes from closing the loop with design and production. You'll be the reliability champion throughout the design and development process, working closely with mechanical, electrical, and software engineering teams to ensure designs are robust. Your responsibilities will include conducting reliability predictions and allocations during architecture trades, leading design FMEAs and fault tree analyses to identify and mitigate failure modes, developing and executing design verification test plans,planning and running HALT, HASS, and ESS campaigns,performing stress‑derating analysis and parts selection reviews, and assessing design changes for reliability impact throughout the development cycle.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

New product introduction (NPI)

• Own the reliability campaign for each NPI program: plan and execute HALT to find design margins before qualification, then define the HASS and ESS profiles that screen production units, with gates tied to the program's design reviews.
• Build the reliability evidence for design reviews (PDR, CDR, MRR/PRR): reliability allocations and block diagrams, DFMEA/FMECA, FTA, reliability test plans, and closure of reliability‑related review actions.
• Performing Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analyses (FMECA) and Fault Detection/Fault Isolation (FDFI) analyses and collaborating cross‑functionally to implement product improvements for reliability.
• Performing predictive reliability analyses to forecast probability of field failures and MTTF/MTBF utilizing Anduril requirements, specifications and relevant industry standards (i.e. MIL-HDBK-217Plus).
• Partner with Quality, Manufacturing, and contract manufacturers on electronics and PCBA reliability, including derating, parts selection, and screening of new suppliers.

Fielded and production products

• Own the MTBF methodology for fielded products end to end: what counts as a relevant failure, how operating hours are calculated from fielded‑unit records, and a single reported number that internal teams and customers agree on.
• Run a FRACAS that ties every field failure to a nonconformance or quality ticket and to failure analysis results, including a path for hardware that is replaced in the field and never returns, so failure data stays traceable by serial number.
• Developing Maintainability prediction models using MIL‑HDBK‑472 and support the development of Preventative Maintenance and Sparing Plans, including data‑driven sparing ratios for deployed systems.
• Developing and communicating RAM (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability) reports internally and to external parties.
• Reviewing field failure data and performing Weibull analyses utilizing that data to determine gap to initial model in order to further fine tune and adjust it for further predictions.
• Collaborate with HW teams and Failure Analysis (FA) labs to investigate the root causes of time‑based failures and guide design iterations.
• Track and model physical and functional degradation parameters (e.g., parameter drift, mechanical wear) over time to predict end‑of‑life thresholds before actual failures occur.
• Develop statistical models to project future warranty claims, sustainment costs, and field failure rates, providing data‑driven risk assessments across various teams.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years experience in a hardware‑focused Reliability Engineer role, Design/Development Engineer role or Quality Engineering role, with a strong emphasis on life data analysis.
• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Statistics, Materials Science, or a related technical field.
• Experience or Familiarity with MIL-STD-810, MIL-HDBK-217, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-516C, and MIL-STD-1629.
• Experience setting up a Reliability Engineering framework for a product or program, including support of production testing, field testing, data acquisition, and data analysis.
• Expertise in reliability analysis techniques, including FMEA/FMECA, predictive modeling, Weibull analysis, and Fault Tree Analysis.
• Hands‑on experience planning and running HALT, HASS, and/or ESS on electronic hardware, and turning the results into design changes and production screens.
• Experience owning reliability for products already in the field: MTBF tracking, FRACAS, and scrubbing field failure data so the numbers hold up with customers.
• Familiarity with structured root‑cause analysis and problem‑solving methodologies (e.g., 8D, 5 Whys, Fishbone diagrams, Kepner‑Tregoe) within a CAPA or FRACAS framework.
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain a US Security Clearance.
• Design Review Experience (PDR, CDR, MRR) and confident in presentation skills across all levels of leadership.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• M.S. Degree in Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Statistics, Materials Science or a related technical field.
• ASQ Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE).
• Experience with DO-254, DO-178, MIL‑HDBK‑217Plus, MIL‑HDBK‑472, ARP-4754.
• Experience with Environmental Testing and\/or Mechanical Testing.
• Demonstrated experience withradar, RF, or EO/IR systems.
• Experience with systems that operate continuously outdoors at fixed sites, and with sparing and sustainment for deployed fleets.
• Experience working with contract manufacturers on PCBA and box‑build reliability.

$123,000—$162,000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and\/or training, critical skills, and\/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top‑tier benefits for full‑time employees, including:

Benefits

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