Maintainability & Diagnostics Engineer

CFD Research Corporation; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

Medical, Vision & Dental insurance

Job summary

CFD Research is seeking a Maintainability and Testability Engineer to advance an aerospace and defense hardware system lifecycle. You will translate failure behaviors into practical requirements for fault detection, isolation, diagnostics, and maintenance improvements, contributing to design maturation and verified reliability.

Your work spans FMEA/FMECA-informed insights, BIT and diagnostics evaluation, and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to ensure robust maintenance strategies and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in systems engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, industrial engineering, or related discipline.
• Strong technical writing and analytical skills are required.
• Ability to interpret technical drawings, system architecture, and maintenance data for diagnostics and repair.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the maintainability and testability engineering framework.
• Create and maintain Maintenance Task Analyses.
• Perform or support Level of Repair Analysis.
• Develop fault-detection and fault-isolation analyses.
• Define diagnostic coverage and BIT capabilities.
• Collaborate with controls, software, electrical, mechanical, and other teams to enhance BIT and diagnostics.
• Evaluate health-monitoring and prognostic capabilities where applicable.
• Support reliability-centered maintenance activities and maintenance task development.

Skills

Technical writing

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

Cameo Systems Modeler

SysML

MBSE tools

Job description

CFD Research is seeking a Maintainability and Testability Engineer to advance an aerospace and defense hardware system lifecycle. You will translate failure behaviors into practical requirements for fault detection, isolation, diagnostics, and maintenance improvements, contributing to design maturation and verified reliability.

Your work spans FMEA/FMECA-informed insights, BIT and diagnostics evaluation, and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to ensure robust maintenance strategies and