Principal Reliability Engineer

Reliability EngineerOur employees work on the world's most advanced electronics – from detecting threats for F-35 pilots to illuminating the night for soldiers. Spanning air, land, sea, and space, we are developing the technology of tomorrow, delivered today. Drawing strength from our differences, we're innovating for the future. And you can, too. Our flexible work environment provides you with a chance to change the world without giving up your personal life. We put our customers first – exemplified by our mission: "We Protect Those Who Protect Us®." Sound like a team you want to be a part of? Come build your career with BAE Systems.BAE Systems has a stimulating opportunity for a Reliability Engineer to join our team. You will work on teams developing and producing a variety of electronic equipment including Countermeasure & Electromagnetic Attack Solutions, providing unparalleled electronic warfare capabilities to enhance mission survivability. BAE Systems' Reliability Engineers are involved with every stage of the equipment lifecycle from concept through development, Integration & Test, production and field support. You will have significant interaction across the company including program office, all engineering disciplines and production functions and this will provide for a fast-paced, educational, and fulfilling experience. Your efforts will have a positive impact on front line warfighter's effectiveness and daily quality of life. You will have opportunities to apply your engineering skills and education to investigate digital and analog electronics, power supplies, and systems of electronic modules, to ensure Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability requirements are achieved. Your self-starting enthusiasm for technology, and ability to investigate and solve problems will propel you to become an integral part of our innovative teams and influence product development.BAE Systems offers competitive pay, benefits, and important work-life balance initiatives including every other Friday Off, Flextime, and Telecommuting. BAE also believes in a culture of recognition for the extraordinary contributions of our skilled employees. Our engineers are the lifeblood of our company and we're more than 5,000 strong. With our robust offering of educational and career development opportunities, your chances to grow are limitless.As a Reliability Engineer you will make impacts in the following ways:Work with a cross-functional team to ensure Reliability and Maintainability requirements are achieved. Perform failure trend analysis, failure investigation and root cause analysis. Coordinate failure analysis with vendors or failure analysis labsPerform internal and external supplier interface to resolve reliability issues. Perform Design-for Reliability and Maintainability including reliability and maintainability modeling and analysis and assessments requiring the full use and wide application of engineering theories, concepts and precedents.Prepare and review failure reports and FRACAS metrics for publication. Present findings and conclusions with recommended corrective actions to both internal management as well as our customers. Conduct research to provide solutions to a wide range of technical problems and proposals.Present findings and conclusions with recommended corrective actions to both internal management as well as our customers. Represent the Company at customer meetings as applicable.Make technical choices to improve the reliability & maintainability attributes of the equipment.Lead the Reliability, Availability & Maintainability (RAM) scope activitiesPerform RAM trade studies for the system design processDefine/allocate RAM requirements and assess RAM performance (MTBF, MTBCF, Ao)Perform Reliability & Maintainability Predictions and MTBF ModelingPerform Failure Modes Effects Criticality Analysis (FMECA)Perform Testability Analysis, Maintainability AnalysisDrive the Failure reporting, Analysis & Corrective Action System (FRACAS) processPerform failure trend analysis, failure investigation and root cause analysisChair/Track the Failure Review Board activitiesPresent R&M design and analysis of customer requirements at design milestone reviewsMay involve supporting the design team to establish BIT functions, test interface requirements and diagnostic featuresRequired Education, Experience, & SkillsBachelor's degree in engineering, preferred Electrical, Computer, or Software, and 4 or more years of relevant engineering experience or equivalent.Experience / awareness using ReliaSoft, Relyence and/or PTC Windchill RR software toolsAbility to obtain a US government Secret ClearancePreferred Education, Experience, & SkillsBachelor's or Master's of Science degree in electrical engineering or computer science/engineeringProven Circuit Analysis experienceReliability Growth software tools experienceExperience with requirement developmentExperience with System IntegrationExperience with MBSE (Magic Draw, SysML)Familiarity with industry standard practices such as Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, etc.Ability to work in a fast-paced dynamic environmentActive Secret Clearance