Reliability and Maintainability Engineer, Journeyman

Socket.dev; Oklahoma; On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

COLSA is seeking a qualified engineer to apply DoD, AF and engineering principles to improve performance and sustainability of air and joint service weapon systems. You will assist in analyses leading up to design reviews and help prepare draft documentation and briefings for milestone approvals.

The role involves translating production and operational requirements into design, fabrication and testing objectives, contributing to reliability and maintainability processes, and attending technical

Responsibilities

• Apply an understanding of DoD, AF, and common engineering/scientific principles, processes, and procedures to improve performance and sustainability of existing and future AF and joint service weapon systems.
• Assist in performing material solution analyses leading up to design reviews.
• Assist in producing or supporting development of draft documentation and presentation materials as requested or necessitated by programmatic limits based on cost, schedule, and performance.
• Assist in developing and collecting technical data and inputs for staff summary packages and executive briefings to support coordination and signature of all associated documents for milestone approvals.
• Assist in translating production and operational requirements into design, fabrication and testing objectives.
• Provide analysis and recommendations to systems suitability for installation, functionality and reliability of systems and readiness of existing manufacturing processes.
• Attend all technical reviews and provide technical advice on the path forward to installation of the new hardware and software into the system.
• Support and assist performance effectiveness, cost effectiveness, cost performance, life-cycle cost, producibility, maintainability, supportability, reliability, technical and schedule risk assessments, and scheduling trade-off studies.
• Assist in reviewing system specific test plans and participate in system, subsystem, and component testing.
• Assist in developing an effective Reliability and Maintainability (R&M) process that ensures the user’s weapon system R&M requirements are clearly defined and achieved with agreement by the mission partner in support of the user's requirements.

Job description

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Apply an understanding of DoD, AF, and common engineering/scientific principles, processes, and procedures to improve performance and sustainability of existing and future AF and joint service weapon systems.
• Assist in performing material solution analyses leading up to design reviews.
• Assist in producing or supporting development of draft documentation and presentation materials as requested or necessitated by programmatic limits based on cost, schedule, and performance.
• Assist in developing and collecting technical data and inputs for staff summary packages and executive briefings to support coordination and signature of all associated documents for milestone approvals.
• Assist in translating production and operational requirements into design, fabrication and testing objectives.
• Provide analysis and recommendations to systems suitability for installation, functionality and reliability of systems and readiness of existing manufacturing processes.
• Attend all technical reviews and provide technical advice on the path forward to installation of the new hardware and software into the system.
• Support and assist performance effectiveness, cost effectiveness, cost performance, life-cycle cost, producibility, maintainability, supportability, reliability, technical and schedule risk assessments, and scheduling trade-off studies.
• Assist in reviewing system specific test plans and participate in system, subsystem, and component testing.
• Assist in developing an effective Reliability and Maintainability (R&M) process that ensures the user’s weapon system R&M requirements are clearly defined and achieved with agreement by the mission partner in support of the user's requirements.

At COLSA, people are our most valuable resource and centered at our core value. We invite you to unite your talents with opportunity and be a part of our “Family of Professionals!” Learn about our employee-centric culture and benefits here: https://www.colsa.com/culture_benefits