Senior RF Reliability Engineer — EW Systems

Northstrat Incorporated; Sterling (VA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Northstrat Incorporated, doing business as GRVTY, seeks a Senior Reliability Engineer to own the reliability of fielded and in‑production RF EW systems. You will lead RAM, MTBF/MTTF, and FRACAS, and direct reliability testing per MIL‑STD‑810 in harsh environments such as airborne pods, shipboard, and ground platforms.

You will analyze failures, drive corrective actions, mentor juniors, and sustain component reliability across production and lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Active Secret or higher clearance required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years in reliability engineering with RF/microwave hardware.
• Experience in defense/aerospace regulated hardware programs.
• Working knowledge of RF fundamentals (S-parameters, impedance matching, link budgets).
• Expertise in reliability methods: FMEA/FMECA, RBD, fault tree analysis, Weibull life data.
• Experience planning environmental and accelerated stress tests per MIL‑STD‑810 (HALT/HASS).
• Strong data analysis skills (Excel and Python/MATLAB/MINITAB/JMP).

Responsibilities

• Serve as reliability lead for fielded and in‑production EW RF systems.
• Perform reliability predictions and modeling (MTBF/MTTF, RAM diagrams, fault trees).
• Lead FMEA/FMECA and translate findings into production improvements.
• Plan and analyze qualification and ongoing reliability testing per MIL‑STD‑810.
• Conduct root‑cause and failure analysis with labs and drive corrective action (FRACAS).
• Apply derating and thermal management analysis for high‑power EW components.
• Own component sustainment, screening, and obsolescence risk management.
• Own reliability data across lifecycle and build reliability growth models.
• Support Production Readiness and Test Readiness activities and reviews.
• Mentor junior reliability engineers and mature reliability processes.

Skills

RF/microwave

Reliability engineering

FMEA/FMECA

FRACAS (8D)

MIL-STD-810

Root-cause analysis

Data analysis

S-parameters

Weibull analysis

Environment testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

MATLAB

Python

Minitab

JMP

Job description

Northstrat Incorporated, doing business as GRVTY, seeks a Senior Reliability Engineer to own the reliability of fielded and in‑production RF EW systems. You will lead RAM, MTBF/MTTF, and FRACAS, and direct reliability testing per MIL‑STD‑810 in harsh environments such as airborne pods, shipboard, and ground platforms.

You will analyze failures, drive corrective actions, mentor juniors, and sustain component reliability across production and lifecycle.