Senior Reliability Engineer

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health benefits

Retirement plan

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab in Laurel, Maryland, seeks a Reliability Engineer to assess resilience in weapon systems. You will provide expertise in reliability, leading efforts in engineering, security, and integration to support strategic programs for national defense.

Your role involves collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and delivering reports on reliability methodologies and associated risks. A Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of relevant experience are required, plus the ability to obtain a Top Secret security clearance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience performing systems reliability engineering in weapon systems.
• Experience developing RAM requirements based on mission needs.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide subject matter expertise in reliability and resilience topics.
• Develop reliability methodologies and analyses of deterrent weapon capabilities.
• Deliver presentations and produce technical reports.

Skills

Reliability engineering

Safety engineering

Technical communication

Critical thinking

Team collaboration

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, mathematics, physics or related technical field

Tools

Reliability Block Diagrams

FMEA

Fault Tree Analysis

Statistical tools (Reliasoft, JMP, R)

Job description

Description

Are you passionate about applying reliability and system engineering principles to analyze and assess the resilience of future strategic weapon systems?

Do you have a strong technical background in reliability engineering, safety engineering, or related experience in managing and evaluating the reliability, availability, maintainability (RAM) and resilience of weapon systems for national defense?

Are you motivated by working on multidisciplinary teams tackling some of the nation’s most critical security challenges?

If so, we are looking for someone like you to join the Reliability and Sustainment Engineering Team in the System Realization and Resilience Group (KBR) within the Force Projection Sector. Our team is responsible for enabling the realization of strategic systems, ensuring resilience and specialty disciplines are integrated throughout system development, and supporting credible verification of strategic weapon systems. We lead efforts in systems engineering, system security engineering, test and integration, digital engineering, nuclear command and control, and reliability engineering. As a member of our team, you will provide subject matter expertise to inform reliability strategies, methodologies, and assessments of existing and future strategic weapons systems. We are passionate about making critical contributions to these critically important programs, and you will be a key part of our success. With your help, we will remain at the forefront of weapon systems engineering for the Force Projection Sector.

Responsibilities

• Your primary responsibility will be to provide subject matter expertise (SME) and thought leadership by engaging with and advising on reliability and resilience topics across several strategic deterrent systems.
• You will participate as a reliability SME in various projects, studies, and technical working groups focusing on requirements development, analysis, concept/technology development, acquisition, risk assessments, test planning and system evaluation.
• You will develop reliability methodologies and analyses of strategic deterrence weapon system capabilities and assist in the development of future weapon system requirements.
• You will provide reliability domain expertise while leading/coordinating research, studies, and analysis on current and future weapons system capabilities and performance, and provide supporting data and associated recommendations to advise program sponsors.
• You will deliver formal presentations to sponsors and supporting contractors, and effectively communicate proposed concepts/solutions and analysis results. You will produce reports that bring together concept definitions, requirements, analysis results, and technical recommendations.
• You will identify risk areas to project and program leaders with recommended mitigation strategies that are cost and schedule effective to meet the needs of the program.

Qualifications

• Have a Bachelor’s degree in engineering, mathematics, physics or related technical field.
• Have 5+ years of relevant experience performing systems reliability (RAM) engineering in the design, development or evaluation of complex weapon systems.
• Have experience developing and executing reliability approaches (e.g. FMEA, FMECA, Reliability Block Diagrams, Fault Tree Analysis, Probabilistic Risk Assessment and so forth) to quantify risk and inform program decisions in early concept development, acquisition, requirements analysis, design, test and evaluation, and sustainment.
• Have familiarity with developing and allocating RAM requirements based on assessment of mission needs in relation to the end user Concept of Operations.
• Have familiarity with RAM management strategies that evolve as the system matures through DoD acquisition phases.
• Have especially strong verbal and written communication skills, as well as strong critical thinking skills.
• Have shown ability to interact effectively with and lead multidisciplinary teams, including industry and government sponsors.
• Are willing and able to travel periodically, including short duration visits to sponsor offices at the Washington Navy Yard and to supporting contractor sites, as well as occasional travel to other military bases across the country.
• Hold an active Secret security clearance and are able to get a Top Secret clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship.

Desired Qualifications

• Have an advanced degree in engineering, mathematics, physics or related technical field.
• Have 10+ years of experience applying reliability engineering for the Department of Defense, particularly for Strategic weapon systems, ballistic defense systems, or space systems in development and deployment.
• Have experience formulating, implementing, and/or executing reliability models or metrics for Strategic weapon systems.
• Have experience with DoD acquisition processes and managing or evaluating Reliability Availability and Maintainability for DoD systems.
• Have familiarity with reliability and statistical engineering software tools such as Reliasoft, Windchill, Saphire, MADe, JMP, R, SAS and so forth.
• Have experience developing reliability tools and analysis through code development (R, Matlab, Python, SAS, etc.).
• Have experience applying Bayesian techniques to data analysis for prediction, planning, and evaluation purposes.
• Have experience with Software Reliability analysis and implementation of best practices for ensuring highly reliable and available code.
• Have experience identifying risk to system performance or system safety taking into account Human Factors.
• Have familiarity with systems engineering software, especially model based systems engineering tools like CAMEO, and DOORS.
• Have experience with new DoD program development to include concept development and Pre-Milestone A activities.
• Have experience with Navy Strategic Systems programs, and/or Air Force ICBM programs.
• Have knowledge of the Navy Trident II Strategic Weapon System and/or Air Force ICBM System.
• Hold an active Top Secret security clearance.

Equal Opportunity & EEO Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, occupation, marital or familial status, political opinion, personal appearance, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. APL is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals of all abilities, including those with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in any part of the hiring process, please contact [e-mail].