Senior Reliability Engineer – Defense Systems

Anduril; Costa Mesa, Quincy (CA, MA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril's Reliability & System Safety Engineering organization is hiring Reliability Engineers to work across our product portfolio, including Air Dominance & Strike, Counter-UAS, Maritime, Ground Systems, Space, and Mission Autonomy. These roles span the entire product lifecycle, collaborating with mechanical, electrical, and software teams to ensure robust designs from concept to deployment.

You will lead FMEA/FTA, perform predictive reliability analyses, develop qualification plans, and drive

Qualifications

• Experience with safety-critical hardware & software systems in the defense or aerospace industry.
• Experience or familiarity with MIL-STD-810, MIL-HDBK-217, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-516C, and MIL-STD-1629.
• Experience setting up a Reliability Engineering framework for a product or program, including support of production testing, field testing, data acquisition, and data analysis.
• Expertise in reliability analysis techniques, including FMEA/FMECA, predictive modeling, Weibull analysis, and Fault Tree Analysis.

Responsibilities

• Support and review system block diagrams, interface control documents, and schematics for compliance, redundancy, and accuracy against requirements and concept of operations.
• Lead Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) efforts, collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams to implement design improvements.
• Perform predictive reliability analysis to calculate probability of loss of control, loss of asset, and MTBF using requirements, specifications, and industry standards.
• Develop and execute Qualification and Validation Test plans to ensure coverage and de-risk production readiness; partner with Test Engineering for fixtures and instrumentation.
• Work with Quality and Manufacturing Engineering to develop, refine, and validate assembly, integration, and testing processes to optimize build reliability.
• Develop Maintainability prediction models using MIL-HDBK-472 and support Preventative Maintenance & Sparing plans.

Skills

Reliability engineering

FMEA/FMECA

Predictive modeling

Weibull analysis

Design for reliability

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

BS in Mechanical/Aerospace/Systems Engineering

Job description

Anduril's Reliability & System Safety Engineering organization is hiring Reliability Engineers to work across our product portfolio, including Air Dominance & Strike, Counter-UAS, Maritime, Ground Systems, Space, and Mission Autonomy. These roles span the entire product lifecycle, collaborating with mechanical, electrical, and software teams to ensure robust designs from concept to deployment.

You will lead FMEA/FTA, perform predictive reliability analyses, develop qualification plans, and drive