Reliability and Maintainability Engineer

Job Description:

Experienced Reliability and Maintainability Engineer to join our Reliability & Maintainability (R&M) Engineering team located in Everett, WA- Remote

The selected candidate will help design, certify & support commercial airplanes by applying state-of-art reliability and maintainability engineering design, modelling and analysis principles. R&M Engineering is a key functional discipline that supports airplane development for optimal performance, lifecycle economics & compliance to safety and airworthiness requirements.

Position Responsibilities:

• Develop and allocate reliability requirements at system and subsystem levels.
• Use modeling, simulation and data analytics methodologies & tools including statistical and probabilistic analyses.
• Perform reliability analyses including:
• Serve as a technical specialist supporting other functional design groups during all stages of the airplane product development and support lifecycle.
• Responsible for aiding in determining program technical performance measures (TPMs) such as schedule reliability, airplane operational availability & maintenance cost.
• Provide support in the following areas:
• Design for Reliability & Safety (airplane and system design reliability requirements validation & verification, reliability requirements allocation to suppliers, failure modes, rates, effects, propagation and detection analysis, architecture & operational provisions, safety & certification analysis, certification support, reliability & durability testing).
• Interaction with airplane system suppliers, business partners, airline customers, airplane development program leaders, and functional management is typical, as is a high level of communication between the rest of the R&M Engineering internal organization, program teams, and functional design areas. Team involvement and individual effort, problem solving, and managing multiple actions and assignments will be regular duties for an R&M engineer.
• Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA/FMECA)
• Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)

Basic Qualifications (Required Skill/Experience):

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 3–10+ years of experience in aerospace reliability or aircraft systems engineering.
• Strong knowledge of aircraft systems (ATA chapters)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with propulsion or airplane systems
• Reliability engineering experience.
• Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) experience.
• Knowledge of commercial aircraft programs is preferred