Life Cycle Engineer III
V2X
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V2X Engineering Solutions seeks a Life Cycle Engineer III to perform life cycle analysis and support the sustainment of training aids, devices, simulators, and related systems. You will drive RAM modeling, data-driven performance reviews, and cost-aware sustainment planning in a defense-focused environment.
The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, lifecycle affordability, and long-term supportability for complex fielded systems, with opportunities to influence design and logistics
Qualifications
- RAM analysis methods and tools.
- 5+ years of experience in reliability/sustainment engineering or related field.
- U.S. citizenship required due to customer and security requirements.
Responsibilities
- Perform RAM modeling and analysis to support life cycle assessments and readiness projections.
- Lead data collection, analysis, and interpretation of performance and environmental data across the product life cycle.
- Contribute to sustainment planning, sparing analyses, and cost-optimized life cycle support.
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Job description
Working across the globe, V2X builds smart solutions designed to integrate physical and digital infrastructure from base to battlefield. We bring 120 years of successful mission support to improve security, streamline logistics, and enhance readiness. Aligned around a shared purpose, our $3.9B company and 16,000 people work alongside our clients, here and abroad, to tackle their most complex challenges with integrity, respect, responsibility, and professionalism.
V2X Engineering Solutions is seeking a Life Cycle Engineer III to join our team. The Life Cycle Engineer III will perform life cycle analysis within a team in support of the sustainment of our customer’s training aids, devices, simulators and simulations, other furnished property and instrumentation, targets and threat simulations so they remain fully mission capable for their training events and exercises. In this role, the Life Cycle Engineer III will help drive system readiness, life cycle affordability, and long-term supportability for complex, fielded systems.
- Perform RAM modeling and analysis to support life cycle assessments and readiness projections for fielded systems
- Analyze system performance, failure modes, and maintenance data to validate and refine RAM models
- Recommend design or support strategy improvements to increase system availability and reduce life cycle cost
- Lead the collection, analysis, and interpretation of performance, maintenance, and environmental data across the product life cycle
- Identify trends, drivers of downtime, and systemic issues to inform engineering changes, sustainment strategies, and process improvements
- Develop data-driven reports and dashboards for internal stakeholders and customer reviews
- Conduct sustainment engineering activities including parts consumption analysis, maintenance trend evaluation, sparing recommendations, and cost-optimized sustainment planning
- Develop and contribute to sustainment engineering deliverables
Life Cycle Sustainment Reviews (LCSR) - Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
Provisioning and sparing analyses - Level of Repair Analysis (LORA)
Provide technical input to Integrated Product Support (IPS) planning and logistics support analysis
- Implement and lead the obsolescence management program for assigned systems
- Support Supply Chain and Program Management with the Diminishing
- Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) program
- Conduct BOM health assessments and track technology refresh plans to ensure long-term system viability.
- Identify alternative components, suppliers, or redesign strategies to mitigate obsolescence, TAA compliance and supply risk
- Utilize GIDEP, industry databases, supplier inputs, and market intelligence to proactively identify and address obsolescence risks
- Implement and manage a Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System (FRACAS)
- Analyze failure data, perform root cause analysis, and track corrective actions through closure
- Drive reliability growth initiatives and recommend design, process, or support changes that improve system performance and availability
- Provide feedback loops into design, manufacturing, and sustainment teams to continually enhance system reliability
- Support systems engineering life cycle activities, including configuration management and requirements traceability
- Track system modifications, upgrades, ECPs (Engineering Change Proposals), and technology refreshes throughout the life cycle
- Review and help update Technical Data Packages (TDPs) to ensure consistency with fielded configurations and approved changes
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (systems engineering, logistics, supply chain, program management) to ensure sustainment considerations are integrated into design and upgrade decisions
Education / Certifications: One-year related experience may be substituted for one year of education, if degree is required.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
- 5+ years of experience in reliability engineering, sustainment engineering, logistics engineering, or related field.
- Experience with RAM analysis methods and tools.
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret complex data sets and present clear, actionable recommendations.
- U.S. citizenship required due to customer and security requirements.
- Strong written, verbal and presentation skills
- Experience performing Life Cycle sustainment and cost optimization, trade-studies, and/or competing hardware design and cost-benefit analysis.
- Experience with FRACAS, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and corrective action management.
- Familiar with obsolescence management, DMSMS best practices, and BOM health analysis.
- Experience supporting DoW/DoD or other national security program.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and PowerBI.
- 5+ years of experience in reliability engineering, sustainment engineering, logistics engineering, or related field.
- Experience with RAM analysis methods and tools.
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret complex data sets and present clear, actionable recommendations.
- U.S. citizenship required due to customer and security requirements.
- Strong written, verbal and presentation skills
- Experience performing Life Cycle sustainment and cost optimization, trade-studies, and/or competing hardware design and cost-benefit analysis.
- Experience with FRACAS, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and corrective action management.
- Familiar with obsolescence management, DMSMS best practices, and BOM health analysis.
- Experience supporting DoW/DoD or other national security program.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and PowerBI.
- At V2X we strive to be market competitive in our total reward offerings.
- The successful candidate’s starting pay will be based on, but not limited to, their job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions.
- Healthcare coverage
- Life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits
- Retirement plan
- Wellness programs
- Paid time off, including holidays
- Learning and Development resources
- Employee assistance resources
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