Junior Reliability and Systems Engineer

Koitecc Solutions; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health and Wellness programs

Income Protection

Paid Leave

Retirement

Job summary

Leidos Defense Systems Sector in Huntsville seeks a Junior Reliability and Systems Engineer to join a diverse team. You will perform RAM analyses, build reliability models, and support system engineering tasks across DoD, DARPA, NASA programs.

You should have a BS in Systems Engineering or related field (ABET-accredited) with 2+ years of experience; a secret clearance is preferred. The role offers growth in a mission-driven environment and opportunities to work with multi-disciplinary engineers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering with 2+ years experience or MS.
• Collaborative engineering environment experience.
• Strong problem solving and decision making.
• Effective communication within a team.

Responsibilities

• Perform RAM analyses (reliability, MTTR, FMECA, FTA).
• Develop requirements from customer needs and interface with teams.
• Support design life cycle and model system behavior.
• Maintain configuration management.

Skills

RAM analyses

Systems engineering

Model-Based Systems Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Human Factors Engineering

Risk Management

Communication

Education

ABET-accredited engineering degree

Tools

Reliasoft

Relyence

LTSpice

Cameo Systems Modeler

SysML

Job description

Looking for an opportunity to make an impact?

At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers’ success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainable. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.

Your greatest work is ahead!

The Defense Systems Sector is seeking a talented Junior Reliability and Systems Engineer to join a diverse team to create unique solutions for complex problems. With offices across the United States engaging in the defense, space, cyber and commercial fields, Leidos-Dynetics provides responsive, cost-effective engineering, scientific and IT solutions.

The Junior Reliability and Systems Engineer will work in a matrixed organization at Leidos-Dynetics, supporting a variety of programs on a team consisting of other Systems and Reliability engineers. A candidate with direct experience in areas such as Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability (RAM) Analyses, Model-Based Junior Reliability and Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Human Factors Engineering, and Risk Management will be treated preferentially. However, a BS in Systems Engineering (SE) or in other Engineering disciplines is what is required for this position.

The Junior Reliability and Systems Engineer will work with other reliability engineers on large programs associated with the DoD, DARPA, NASA, and commercial applications. The selected candidate will perform RAM analyses such as reliability prediction, Mean Time to Repair (MTTR), reliability block diagrams (RBD), Failure Modes Effect Criticality Analysis (FMECA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), FRACAS, obsolescence, etc. The selected candidate may also perform Systems Engineering duties such as developing requirements specifications derived from customer needs, interfacing with program management and design engineers to support the program’s Systems Engineering needs throughout its design life cycle, including modeling system behavior, defining the system architecture, dictating system interfaces, performing requirements verification, helping develop test programs, and maintaining configuration management.

If this sounds like the kind of environment where you can thrive, keep reading!

Leidos Defense Systems Sector

provides a diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT, large-scale intelligence systems, command and control, geospatial and data analytics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and intelligence analysis and operations support. Our team is solving the world’s toughest security challenges for customers with “can’t fail” missions.

Basic Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent degree from an ABET-accredited university with 2+ years of experience or an MS.
• Position requires candidates to be capable of performing in a collaborative engineering environment working closely with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated resourcefulness by using problem solving, critical thinking, and decision-making skills.
• Demonstrated experience effectively communicating within a team environment.
• Educational or Professional experience in deriving requirements for complex electrical, electro-mechanical, mechanical, and software systems.
• Resident of the North Alabama area or willing to relocate to the Huntsville - North Alabama, AL area.
• Possess a secret clearance or have the ability to obtain a secret clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with programming or scripting languages (e.g., VBA, Python, MATLAB, or R) to automate RAM analyses and support data-driven decision making.
• Experience with Reliasoft and/or other reliability analysis tools, such as Relyence.
• Experience conducting reliability-related analyses such as MTTR, MTBF, FMEA, RBD, power dissipation, and derating.
• Experience with LTSpice or other electronic circuit simulator software.
• Educational or Professional experience in working with SysML to develop Model-Based Junior Reliability and Systems Engineering diagrams.
• Experience working with Cameo Systems Modeler or any variant of that software.
• INCOSE Junior Reliability and Systems Engineering Professional (SEP) certification (ASEP).
• Understanding of the DoD acquisition processes and methods.
• Experience supporting DoD, NASA, or DARPA program.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

June 18, 2026

Pay Range:

Pay Range $69,550.00 - $125,725.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers.

Employment benefits include

• competitive compensation
• Health and Wellness programs
• Income Protection
• Paid Leave
• Retirement

More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.