Systems Safety and Reliability Engineer

Leidos Inc; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 87,100 - 157,450; Full time

Job summary

Leidos Defense is seeking a talented Systems Safety and RAM Engineer to support DoD, DARPA, NASA and commercial programs. You will develop safety artifacts per MIL-STD-882E, perform RAM analyses, hazard analyses, and collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to resolve complex problems across the system lifecycle.

The role expects presenting artifacts in design reviews and interfacing with customers, programs, and IPTs.

Qualifications

• ABET-accredited engineering degree or equivalent
• Bachelor's with 4+ years experience or Master's with 2+ years
• Familiarity with MIL-STD-882E
• Experience RAM analyses: MTTR, MTBF, FMEA, RBD, FRACAS
• Experience hazard analyses: PHA, FHA, SHA, SSHA, OSHA, EHA, HHA, FTA
• Ability to work in a collaborative multi-disciplinary team
• Experience deriving requirements for complex electrical, electro-mechanical, software systems
• Experience supporting NASA/DoD/DARPA programs
• Resident of North Alabama or willing to relocate to Huntsville area
• Secret clearance or ability to obtain

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver systems safety artifacts across life cycle
• Produce reliability analyses: MTTR/MTBF, FMEA, RBD, FRACAS
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams and present in design reviews
• Interface with program IPTs, customers and management
• Contribute to RAM processes and risk management

Skills

Systems Safety

RAM Analysis

MIL-STD-882E

Hazard Analysis

DoD/DARPA/NASA experience

Education

ABET-accredited engineering degree

Tools

ReliaSoft/Relyence

LTSpice

SysML

Job description

Description

At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers' success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainable. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.

Looking for an opportunity to make an impact?

Leidos Defense provides a diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT, large-scale intelligence systems, command and control, geospatial and data analytics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and intelligence analysis and operations support. Our team is solving the world's toughest security challenges for customers with "can't fail" missions.

Are you ready for your next career challenge?

Leidos Defense is seeking a talented Systems Safety and RAM (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability) Engineer to join a diverse team to create unique solutions for complex problems.

The Systems Safety and RAM Engineer will work on small or large programs associated with the DoD, DARPA, NASA, and commercial applications. The selected candidate is expected to have a significant impact on the development of systems safety and reliability artifacts throughout the system's life cycle. Examples of artifacts include, but are not limited to: systems safety analysis tasks in accordance with MIL-STD-882E, hazard analyses (PHA, FHA, SHA, SSHA, O&SHA, EHA, HHA, FTA) , reliability prediction, Mean Time To Repair (MTTR) analysis, reliability block diagrams (RBD), reliability reports, statistics, Failure Modes Effect (Criticality) Analysis (FMEA/FMECA), Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System (FRACAS). The selected candidate will be expected to collaborate on multi-disciplinary teams to resolve complex and significant problems using their technical knowledge. The selected candidate may present systems safety and reliability engineering artifacts they have developed to the customer in formal design reviews and may serve as a customer liaison in many of their programs.

The Systems Safety and RAM Engineer will work in a matrixed organization at Leidos, with the potential to support one or multiple programs at once in a variety of engineering fields with different team environments, from the large-scale programs that Leidos is the prime contractor for, to smaller-scale programs for which Leidos provides support as a subcontractor to companies in the top 100 DoD contractors. The candidate will join a diverse team of other systems engineers and specialty engineers (e.g., Reliability, Safety and Human Factors, Risk, Test) within Leidos and may have the opportunity to work on programs from their preferred background, as well as challenge themselves by working on programs outside of their expertise.

As a Systems Safety and RAM Engineer, this candidate will serve on at least one major program, where they may be part of a small team or a larger team of systems engineers. In this role, the candidate may interface with program IPTs, customers, and line management. The expectation is for the engineer to work independently with significant impact on project deliverables. The engineer may also have the opportunity to impact Systems Safety and RAM processes outside their program.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or equivalent technical/engineering degree from an ABET-accredited university.
• BS degree and 4+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 2+ years of prior relevant experience.
• Demonstrated familiarity with MIL-STD-882E and its application to system safety programs.
• Must have experience conducting RAM related analyses such as MTTR, MTBF, FMEA, RBD, FRACAS, power dissipation, and derating.
• Experience conducting hazard analyses (PHA, FHA, SHA, SSHA, O&SHA, EHA, HHA, FTA)
• Position requires candidate to be capable of performing in a highly collaborative engineering environment working closely with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience in deriving requirements for complex electrical, electro-mechanical, mechanical, and software systems.
• Experience supporting NASA, DoD, or DARPA programs.
• Resident of the North Alabama area or willing to relocate to the Huntsville - North Alabama, AL area.
• Possess a secret clearance or have the ability to obtain and maintain a secret clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to take on complex or ambiguous technical tasks, develop a structured plan of action, and drive it to completion with minimal supervision.
• Experience with programming or scripting languages (e.g., VBA, Python, MATLAB, or R) to automate RAM analyses and support data-driven decision making.
• Experience with ReliaSoft and/or other reliability analysis tools, such as Relyence.
• Experience with LTSpice or other electronic circuit simulator software.
• Familiarity with AR 385-10, AR 385-16, AR 770-3, and AMCOM 385-17
• Knowledge of Army Safety Board processes and preparation
• Proficiency with safety tools and databases (e.g., hazard tracking systems, model-based systems engineering, requirement databases)
• Demonstrated experience accurately estimating the engineering effort (i.e. hours) associated with System Safety and RAM Engineering tasks
• Experience in working with SysML to develop Model-Based Systems Engineering diagrams.
• Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE) and/or INCOSE ASEP/CSEP certification preferred.
• An understanding of the top-down systems engineering process for architecture development and bottoms-up verification.
• Experience in supporting Environmental Stress Screening (ESS) and Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT).
• Experience performing risk management, test planning, and proposal development.
• Understanding of the DoD acquisition processes and methods.
• Master's Degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent technical/engineering degree from an ABET-accredited university.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting: July 27, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range $87,100.00 - $157,450.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

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