Senior Reliability Engineer

Lockheed Martin Corporation; Littleton (CO); On-site; USD 96,000 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(k) match

Paid time off

Holidays

Parental Leave

EAP

Flexible Spending Accounts

Life Insurance

Short-Term Disability

Long-Term Disability

Job summary

Lockheed Martin Space, a leader in space technology, seeks a Reliability Engineer to strengthen our central reliability team. You will develop reliability models, coordinate analyses, and influence design decisions early in the lifecycle of next-generation space systems.

The role requires collaboration across disciplines, strong quantitative skills, and the ability to translate data into actionable reliability improvements. US citizenship and TS/SCI eligibility are required.

Qualifications

• Experience with spacecraft, missiles or similar complex systems.
• Experience with reliability analyses and products (FMEA, FTA, predictions).
• Interfacing with multi-functional teams and organizations.

Responsibilities

• Drive Mission Success by providing reliability-centric recommendations and analysis.
• Shape system architecture through early program development evaluations.
• Model complex systems with reliability modeling and simulations.
• Influence hardware design with advanced test methods and SPC procedures.
• Evaluate internal/external designs for compliance with requirements.
• Transform raw data into performance reports and process statistics.
• Develop predictive risk models to identify high-risk units or processes.

Skills

Spacecraft systems

Reliability analyses

Cross-functional teamwork

US citizenship

TS/SCI clearance

Education

Bachelor's in Engineering

Tools

FMEA

FTA

PRA

Job description

Standard Job Description

Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security and our humanity. While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more — we can innovate, invest, inspire and integrate our capabilities to transform the future.

Standard Job Description

At Lockheed Martin Space, we aim to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve. We’re creating future-ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security® vision. We’re erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world. We’re advancing spacecraft and the workforce to fuel the next generation. And we’re reimagining how space can connect us, ensuring security and prosperity.

Join us in shaping a new era in space and find a career that's built for you.

At the intersection of cutting-edge innovation and mission success, you will ensure the flawless execution of next-generation space systems. As part of our central specialty engineering team, your technical insight won't just analyze risks—it will actively shape the architecture of assets built to withstand the harshest environments in the universe. If you are an engineer looking to take individual ownership of complex space programs, collaborate across disciplines, and influence design decisions early in the product lifecycle, your next mission starts here

As a Reliability Engineer, You Will

• Drive Mission Success: Support multiple space programs by providing reliability-centric recommendations and analysis within a highly collaborative specialty engineering team.
• Shape System Architecture: Perform technical trade studies and evaluations of potential system architectures during early program development.
• Model Complex Systems: Develop, coordinate, and execute reliability modeling, simulations, and predictions as part of the central reliability team.
• Influence Hardware Design: Recommend advanced design variations, test methods (such as HALT/HASS), and statistical process control procedures to maximize product lifespan.
• Evaluate Program Technicalities: Assess both internal and external designs to ensure overall compliance with mission requirements and government agency objectives.
• Transform Raw Data: Compile and analyze performance reports, process control statistics, and flight/test variables affecting products.
• Architect Predictive Risk Models: Develop mathematical and statistical models to isolate hardware units, batches, or software processes posing excessive failure risks.

The information below reflects the standard job description for this position:

Develops, coordinates and conducts technical reliability studies and evaluations of engineering design concepts and design of experiments (doe) constructs. Recommends design or test methods and statistical process control procedures for achieving required levels of product reliability. Compiles and analyzes performance reports and process control statistics; investigates and analyzes relevant variables potentially affecting product and processes. Ensures that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards. Analyzes preliminary plans and develops reliability engineering programs to achieve company, customer and governmental agency reliability objectives. May develop mathematical models to identify units, batches or processes posing excessive failure risks. As necessary, proposes changes in design or formulation to improve system and/or process reliability. May determine units and/or batches requiring environmental testing, and specifies minimum number of samples to obtain statistically valid data.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience with Spacecraft, Missile, or similar complex systems and associated analyses
• Experience with reliability and/or availability analyses and products such as FMEA, FTA, predictions, etc.
• Experience interfacing with multi-functional teams and organizations
• Willingness/ability to obtain/maintain a Top Secret security clearance; US Citizenship Required

Desired Skills

• Experience in management and generation of at least 6 of the following products: Reliability Program Plans, Predictions, Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), Availability, Maintainability Analysis and Predictions, Fault Tree Analysis, Probability Risk Assessment (PRA)
• Familiarity with industry standards (i.e.; MIL-HDBK-217, Milt-STD-1629, MIL-STD-1543, MIL-HDBK-338, MIL-HDBK-472)
• Experience applying statistics to decision making processes
• Demonstrated behaviors of a systems thinker with the ability to select and apply appropriate systems thinking skills to solve problems and implement constructive change
• Proficient in AI prompting as it applies to this position and practice
• Active or Current security clearance (TS/SCI or higher)

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $95900.00 - $178100.00

Benefits offered:

Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.

• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
• For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.