Senior Aerospace Reliability Engineer - Strategy

F7d8749a; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking a Senior Reliability Engineer to lead reliability engineering for aircraft systems, establishing requirements, budgets, and analyses across development, integration, testing, and operations. The role requires direct aerospace experience and proficiency in reliability tools and methods.

You will work with cross-disciplinary teams to identify design improvements, reduce single-point failures, and improve mission availability, reliability budgets, and data-driven risk

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in reliability or related engineering required.
• Minimum 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree.
• Direct experience with aircraft development, integration, testing sustainment, or operations.
• Proficiency in reliability methods such as FMEA/FMECA, FTA, RBD, Weibull analysis, FRACAS.
• Ability to work with multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop aircraft-level reliability requirements and program reliability plans.
• Allocate and manage reliability budgets across systems and subsystems.
• Track reliability against targets and identify drivers of risk.
• Perform reliability predictions using data and mission profiles.
• Conduct FMEA/FMECA, FTA, and RBD analyses; apply Weibull methods.
• Support safety assessments with reliability data and failure rates.
• Maintain MTBF, MTBCF, mission reliability, and availability metrics.
• Lead or support FRACAS activities.
• Analyze test and field data to identify trends and improvements.
• Mentor junior engineers and improve reliability processes.

Skills

Reliability engineering

FMEA/FMECA

FRACAS

Weibull analysis

RBD

FTA

ReliaSoft

Windchill Quality Solutions

Isograph

RAM Commander

Windchill Quality Solutions

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

ReliaSoft

Windchill Quality Solutions

Isograph

RAM Commander

Job description

Shield AI is seeking a Senior Reliability Engineer to lead reliability engineering for aircraft systems, establishing requirements, budgets, and analyses across development, integration, testing, and operations. The role requires direct aerospace experience and proficiency in reliability tools and methods.

You will work with cross-disciplinary teams to identify design improvements, reduce single-point failures, and improve mission availability, reliability budgets, and data-driven risk