Systems Engineer — Reliability & System Optimization

Lockheed Martin Corporation; Palmdale (CA); On-site; USD 79,000 - 147,000; Full time

Job summary

Lockheed Martin in Palmdale, CA is seeking a Systems/ Reliability Engineer to perform technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, and reliability analyses across the product life cycle.

The role requires a STEM degree and experience with MTBF/MTTR, FMEA, and reliability software like ReliaSoft, MATLAB, and Python. Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration are essential.

Qualifications

• STEM degree required.
• Comfortable with statistics, life-data models, and interpreting reliability metrics such as MTBF and MTTR.
• Skilled at diagnosing issues through root-cause analysis, FMEA, and fault-tree techniques.
• Able to use reliability-analysis software (ReliaSoft, MATLAB, Python) to predict performance and assess maintainability.

Responsibilities

• Performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability analyses for total systems.
• Converts customer requirements into hardware and software specifications while considering schedule and cost constraints.
• Performs functional and timeline analyses, detail trade studies, and requirements allocations to translate requirements into designs.

Skills

Statistics interpretation

Root-cause analysis

Reliability-analysis software

Education

STEM degree

Tools

ReliaSoft

MATLAB

Python

Job description

Lockheed Martin in Palmdale, CA is seeking a Systems/ Reliability Engineer to perform technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, and reliability analyses across the product life cycle.

The role requires a STEM degree and experience with MTBF/MTTR, FMEA, and reliability software like ReliaSoft, MATLAB, and Python. Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration are essential.