Senior Aircraft Reliability Engineer

Shield; San Diego (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Benefits

Equity

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking a Senior Reliability Engineer to lead reliability activities for aircraft systems across development, integration, testing, and operations. You will establish reliability plans, budgets, and data analyses while coordinating with multidisciplinary teams to improve mission readiness.

The role requires deep experience with aircraft or complex aerospace systems, MTBF metrics, and FRACAS processes, with a focus on reducing single-point failures and improving fault tolerance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in reliability, systems, aerospace or related field.
• 5+ years related experience with Bachelor's degree.
• Experience with aircraft development, integration, testing, or operations.

Responsibilities

• Develop aircraft-level reliability requirements and program reliability plans.
• Manage reliability budgets across systems and components.
• Perform reliability analyses and identify design improvements.
• Conduct FMEA, FMECA, FTA, and RBD analyses.
• Lead or support FRACAS activities and reliability data tracking.

Skills

Reliability engineering

FMEA

FRACAS

Weibull analysis

MTBF/MTBCF

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 activities for aircraft systems across development, integration, testing, and operations. You will establish reliability plans, budgets, and data analyses while coordinating with multidisciplinary teams to improve mission readiness.

The role requires deep experience with aircraft or complex aerospace systems, MTBF metrics, and FRACAS processes, with a focus on reducing single-point failures and improving fault tolerance.