Maritime Fleet Reliability Engineer

Quartermaster; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Quartermaster is building a real-time picture of the world’s oceans through a global fleet of SmartMast sensors. We are seeking a senior Fleet Reliability Engineer to own hardware health, uptime, and long-term reliability across deployed units, turning telemetry into proactive action and driving RCAs and CAPA closures.

You will define maintenance, spares, and RMA workflows for a globally distributed fleet, partnering with hardware, firmware, and field-service teams to scale from hundreds to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Systems, Reliability, or related engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of engineering experience with deployed electro-mechanical hardware.
• Ownership of hardware reliability outcomes for a fleet or installed base.
• Hands-on proficiency with root-cause analysis methods (8D, 5-Whys, fishbone).
• Willingness to travel internationally and domestically for field work.

Responsibilities

• Own fleet-wide reliability metrics (uptime, MTBF, MTTR) and report to leadership.
• Lead root-cause analysis on field failures and drive CAPA actions.
• Define preventive maintenance schedules and RMA/repair workflows for global fleet.
• Develop and scale reliability processes, including design-for-reliability feedback to hardware teams.
• Collaborate with hardware, firmware, and manufacturing to close loop on failures.
• Support field deployments and complex repairs at vessels and installation sites.

Skills

Data fluency

Root-cause analysis

Telemetry/Logs analysis

Hardware reliability ownership

Electro-mechanical troubleshooting

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Systems, Reliability, or related engineering discipline

Tools

8D Problem Solving

FMEA

CAPA

Fault Tree Analysis

Job description

Quartermaster is building a real-time picture of the world’s oceans through a global fleet of SmartMast sensors. We are seeking a senior Fleet Reliability Engineer to own hardware health, uptime, and long-term reliability across deployed units, turning telemetry into proactive action and driving RCAs and CAPA closures.

You will define maintenance, spares, and RMA workflows for a globally distributed fleet, partnering with hardware, firmware, and field-service teams to scale from hundreds to