Senior Reliability Engineer - Defense Systems (In-Office)

Sigma Design Inc; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 127,000 - 168,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

401(k) with match

PTO 15 days

9 holidays

Quarterly bonus program

Voluntary benefits

Day shift

In-office

Job summary

Sigma Design Inc. is seeking a Staff Reliability Engineer for a contract-to-hire, in-office role in Costa Mesa, CA.

You’ll lead reliability activities across the full product lifecycle, drive risk reduction, and implement robust testing and validation strategies to ensure production-ready systems. Ideal candidates have 12+ years in reliability engineering within aerospace/defense, strong analytical skills, and experience with MIL standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or an equivalent technical discipline required; Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum of 12 years of relevant work experience as a Reliability Engineer or related role.

Responsibilities

• Lead reliability engineering activities across product development programs.
• Review system diagrams, documents, and schematics for compliance and redundancy.
• Lead FMEA/FMECA and FTA to identify risks and drive design improvements.
• Perform predictive reliability analyses including MTTF/MTBF calculations and modeling.
• Develop qualification, validation, environmental, and life-cycle testing plans.
• Partner with engineering, manufacturing, quality, and test teams to improve processes.
• Develop maintainability models and support maintenance strategies.
• Lead CAPA activities for issues in development, production, or field operations.

Skills

Reliability engineering

FMEA/FMECA

Weibull analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering

Master's preferred

Tools

FMEA/FMECA

FTA

Job description

Sigma Design Inc. is seeking a Staff Reliability Engineer for a contract-to-hire, in-office role in Costa Mesa, CA.

You’ll lead reliability activities across the full product lifecycle, drive risk reduction, and implement robust testing and validation strategies to ensure production-ready systems. Ideal candidates have 12+ years in reliability engineering within aerospace/defense, strong analytical skills, and experience with MIL standards.