Senior System Reliability and Safety Engineer

Parry Labs, LLC; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Education assistance

Unlimited paid time off

Workplace flexibility

Job summary

Parry Labs, LLC is seeking a Senior System Reliability and Safety Engineer to ensure reliability, availability, and maintainability of defense systems. You will perform RAM analyses using FMECA, FTA, and RBD, and conduct MTBF and LCC evaluations across hardware and software lifecycles.

Responsibilities include safety analyses, hazard assessments, MBSE integration, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to improve design, verification, and documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field required.
• 5+ years as a Reliability Engineer, defense industry preferred.
• 5+ years in system safety engineering in the DoD industry.
• Knowledge of RAM modeling techniques (FMECA, FTA, RBD).
• Experience with MTBF and LCC analyses.
• Familiarity with MIL-HDBK-217F, MIL-STD-1629, and MIL-STD-882 guidance.

Responsibilities

• Perform RAM analysis for defense systems, components, and equipment.
• Develop RAM modeling techniques (FMECA, FTA, RBD) and MBSE integration.
• Conduct reliability predictions including MTBF and LCC analyses.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to validate requirements and test plans.
• Provide design recommendations to improve reliability and reduce risks.
• Conduct safety analyses and risk assessments for complex systems and products.
• Develop and maintain RAM, Safety, and Requirements artifacts and documentation.
• Mentor junior engineers and share knowledge across teams.

Skills

RAM analysis

FMECA

FTA

RBD

MTBF

LCC analysis

Safety analyses

Hazard analysis

MBSE

Statistical methods

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Master's degree in engineering

Tools

MADe

Reliasoft

Raptor

Cameo

Job description

Who Are We?

At Parry Labs we believe the modern combat advantage relies on the speed and scale of open systems. We're redefining the edge of the increasingly ever-changing battlespace by delivering game changing capabilities to our warfighters through digital engineering, software, and hardware solutions that are essential to our core of being a Digital Systems Integrator.

Born digital and agile, Parry Labs is building a winning team to be the premier provider for Next Generation Mission Systems Integration across air, land, sea, space and cyber.

Are you ready to be an instrumental part of experts in the industry? Join us in the innovation of integration at Parry and apply to help develop the technologies of tomorrow while reaching new heights in your career today.

About The Role

As a Senior System Reliability and Safety Engineer in our defense industry team, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the reliability, availability and maintainability of our systems, components, and equipment. You will be responsible for conducting RAM analysis using modeling techniques such as FMECA, FTAs, and RBDs. Your expertise in reliability predictions, MTBF analysis, and LCC evaluation will contribute to the overall system performance and cost-effectiveness. You will perform safety and hazard analysis, ensuring the safety of our systems and products (hardware and software) throughout their lifecycle. You will directly assist in the integration of all Reliability and Safety aspects as part of an overarching systems engineering approach, ensuring a reliable and safe system design.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Perform reliability, availability, maintainability (RAM) analysis for defense systems, components, and equipment.
• Develop and implement RAM modeling techniques, such as Failure Modes Effects and Criticalitiy Analysis (FMECA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Reliability Block Diagram (RBD), and integration with Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) approaches.
• Conduct reliability predictions, including Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) and Life Cycle Cost (LCC) analysis.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish and validate the requirements, specifications, and test plans for both reliability and safety.
• Provide recommendations for design improvements to enhance system reliability, including component selection, redundancy strategies, maintenance strategies, and mitigation of identified risks/hazards.
• Conduct reliability testing, analyze data, and generate reports to assess system performance and identify areas for improvement.
• Conduct safety analyses and risk assessments of complex systems and products; collaborate with design and development teams to identify and mitigate potential safety hazards.
• Develop and implement safety plans and policies in accordance with industry standards and regulations.
• Monitor and track system reliability and performance metrics, provide regular reports and updates to stakeholders, and create relevant RAM, Safety, and Requirements artifacts.
• Develop and maintain documentation related to system safety, including hazard analyses, risk assessments, and safety plans.
• Provide guidance and training to other team members on system safety principles and practices.
• Support failure investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective action implementation to mitigate reliability issues.
• Conduct safety reviews and audits of hardware and software designs and implementations.
• Perform testing and evaluation of systems and products to verify compliance with safety requirements.
• Stay updated with industry standards, best practices, and emerging technologies in reliability engineering for the defense sector. Provide guidance and mentorship to junior engineers and collaborate with other teams to share knowledge and expertise.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field.
• 5 years of experience as a Reliability Engineer, preferably in the defense industry.
• 5+ years of experience in system safety engineering in the DoD industry.
• Strong knowledge of reliability, maintainability, and availability modeling techniques, including FMECA, FTA, and RBDs.
• Experience in conducting reliability predictions, including MTBF and LCC analysis.
• Familiarity with MIL-HDBK-217F, MIL-STD-1629, and other relevant defense industry standards.
• Experience with both hardware and software safety engineering.
• Knowledge of industry standards and regulations related to system safety, such as MIL-STD-882.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to apply statistical methods to analyze and interpret data.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and present technical information to stakeholders.
• Proven track record of successfully implementing reliability improvements in complex systems.
• Ability to conduct safety analyses and risk assessments of complex systems and products.
• US Citizen/Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in engineering or a related field.
• 3 years of experience as a Reliability Engineer, preferably in the defense industry.
• 7+ years of experience in system safety engineering in the DoD industry.
• Proficiency in reliability software tools, such as MADe, Reliasoft, Raptor, or similar.
• Previous experience conducting code reviews or design reviews to identify the safety critical functions and assign a level of rigor needed.
• Strong understanding of software safety standards, such as DO-178C Experience with Airworthiness Certification of complex systems.
• Experience with Software Reliability modeling like Markov modeling. Eligibility for obtaining and maintaining security clearance, as required for defense industry projects.
• Knowledge of MBSE practices and familiarity with cameo modeling tool.
• Experience writing requirements, to include decomposition and derivation of requirements stemming from customer contracts and/or specifications.

Why Join Parry Labs?

At Parry Labs, we foster a culture of curiosity and collaboration. Employees are given the autonomy to leverage their skills in creating state-of-the‑art tech solutions that aid in the protection of the American Warfighter. We encourage new and bold ideas that push the status quo. It is this entrepreneurial spirit that drives us.

Parry Labs will support you with workplace flexibility, a commitment to the health and well-being of you and your family and provide opportunities to work with a purpose. We are committed to supporting your success in both your professional and personal lives with benefits such as education assistance and unlimited paid time off, just to name a few.

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