Our Mission Systems Sector is seeking a Reliability Engineer/Principal Reliability Engineer in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, for support projects associated with the design and development of avionic mission systems. The job responsibilities will be as an individual-contributor and deliverable/product lead within a multi-disciplinary engineering team. A successful candidate will be responsible for establishing, monitoring, and verifying subsystem reliability & maintainability (R&M) performance requirements and ensuring that R&M program requirements are achieved.
This position will be full-time, on-site at our Rolling Meadows, IL location.
Responsibilities:
- Perform Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) processes including: documenting failure modes, trending and reporting of data.
- Perform Root Cause and Corrective Action investigations in coordination with hardware and systems engineering.
- Perform reliability predictions in accordance with industry standards.
- Perform reliability and maintainability analysis such as Failure, Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) and Mean Time To Repair (MTTR).
Competencies for Success:
- Good oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to manage time and multi-task.
- Ability to solve problems.
- Ability to drive projects and processes.
This position can be filled as a Reliability Engineer or Principal Reliability Engineer
Basic Qualifications for Reliability Engineer:
- Bachelor of Science in a STEM discipline from an accredited college/university with 2 years of experience OR Master of Science with 0 years of experience.
- Proficient in the use of MS Office applications (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
- Must have experience in a Systems Engineering discipline.
- Candidate must be a US Citizen
- Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a Government Secret Clearance. Clearance is not required to start.
Basic Qualifications for Principal Reliability Engineer:
- Bachelor of Science in a STEM discipline from an accredited college/university with 5 years of experience; OR Master of Science with 3 years of experience; OR PhD in Science with 1 year of experience.
- Proficient in the use of MS Office applications (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
- Must have experience in a Systems Engineering discipline.
- Candidate must be a US Citizen
- Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a Government Secret Clearance. Clearance is not required to start.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Degree in Electrical, Computer, or related engineering discipline.
- Understanding of electrical components, modes of operation, and failure modes.
- Demonstrated experience with problem resolution on complex technical challenges.
- Experience in a Reliability and Maintainability Engineering discipline.
- Experience in Aerospace and Defense industry.
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