Remote RAM Reliability Engineer with Secret Clearance

Fairwinds Technologies, LLC; Colorado Springs (CO); Remote; USD 107,000 - 147,000; Full time

Job summary

Fairwinds Technologies, LLC seeks a RAM Engineer to support multinational SATCOM programs delivering, sustaining, and modernizing deployable multi‑band SATCOM fly‑away terminals.

The RAM Engineer develops, analyzes, validates, and maintains reliability, maintainability, availability, and supportability models throughout the product lifecycle, collaborating with Systems Engineering, IPS, Logistics, QA, and Manufacturing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Reliability Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain reliability programs for SATCOM systems through design, production, deployment and sustainment phases.
• Perform RAM predictions using MIL-HDBK-338B, MIL-STD-756, IEC 61078, Telcordia SR-332, HDBK-217Plus, and ANSI VITA 51 methodologies.
• Analyze hardware, firmware, and software reliability to the Level of Replaceable Unit (LRU) level.
• Develop and maintain Reliability Block Diagrams (RBDs) and evaluate system reliability performance.
• Perform Maintainability Analyses, including MTTR, MTTRS, TTR, and MTBPM assessments.
• Conduct Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analyses (FMECA) per MIL-STD-1629A and IEC 60812.
• Support BIT strategies and testability assessments, including fault detection and fault isolation analyses.
• Develop availability models and readiness assessments to support sustainment planning.
• Perform Operation and Maintenance Task Analyses (O&MTA) and define maintenance requirements.
• Conduct Level of Repair Analyses (LORA) to determine cost-effective maintenance and repair strategies.
• Support IPSP, ISSP, PSDP, and Initial Provisioning Lists (IPL) development.
• Participate in DRACAS activities, analyze failure data, and recommend corrective actions.
• Develop and maintain Product Support Database (PSDB) inputs and supporting documentation.
• Participate in technical reviews, design reviews, acceptance reviews, audits, and sustainment reviews.
• Present RAM analyses and recommendations to customers, program leadership, and engineering stakeholders.

Skills

Reliability Predictions

RAMT Analyses

FMECA

LORA

Maintenance Analysis

Availability Modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Reliability Engineering or related field

Job description

Fairwinds Technologies, LLC seeks a RAM Engineer to support multinational SATCOM programs delivering, sustaining, and modernizing deployable multi‑band SATCOM fly‑away terminals.

The RAM Engineer develops, analyzes, validates, and maintains reliability, maintainability, availability, and supportability models throughout the product lifecycle, collaborating with Systems Engineering, IPS, Logistics, QA, and Manufacturing.