System Reliability Program Manager - Autonomous Defense

Mach-Industries; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Equity participation

Professional development

Paid time off

Job summary

Mach Industries seeks a System Reliability Engineer Program Manager to own the end-to-end reliability program for our autonomous defense platforms. You will set reliability targets, drive risk assessments, and translate field/test data into corrective actions at Huntington Beach, CA.

The role spans Systems, Design, Avionics, Mechanical, Manufacturing, and more, requiring hands-on engagement with vehicle architectures and field data. Up to 50% travel is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in systems, mechanical, electrical, aerospace, reliability, or equivalent.
• 10+ years in system reliability, hardware reliability, failure analysis, test engineering, or complex electromechanical systems.
• Experience applying reliability methods such as FMEA/FMECA, fault-tree analysis, and root-cause analysis.
• Experience allocating system reliability requirements to components and integrating evidence into platform decisions.
• Ability to lead cross-functional technical work and explain reliability tradeoffs to technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Own the system reliability program across architecture, design, integration, qualification, production, and field operation.
• Define system reliability objectives, allocations, assumptions, and evidence for integrated mechanical, electrical, software-enabled, and propulsion systems.
• Maintain reliability block diagrams, system FMECA, fault trees, interface-risk assessments, and single-point-failure analyses.
• Integrate supplier reliability assessments into system-level risk, readiness, and mitigation decisions.
• Define targeted qualification, environmental, screening, accelerated-life, and integrated-system tests.
• Lead system-level failure investigations using teardown evidence, test data, and field observations.

Skills

Systems engineering

Reliability engineering

Root-cause analysis

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's or master's in engineering

Tools

FMEA/FMECA

Fault-tree analysis

FRACAS

Job description

Mach Industries seeks a System Reliability Engineer Program Manager to own the end-to-end reliability program for our autonomous defense platforms. You will set reliability targets, drive risk assessments, and translate field/test data into corrective actions at Huntington Beach, CA.

The role spans Systems, Design, Avionics, Mechanical, Manufacturing, and more, requiring hands-on engagement with vehicle architectures and field data. Up to 50% travel is expected.