RAM Lead Engineer

Anduril Industries

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On-site
Location
Costa Mesa, CASanta Ana, CA
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$167,000–$222,000 / yr
Posted
8 days ago
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About Anduril Industries

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company that builds advanced hardware and software systems for national security, including autonomous drones, surveillance systems, and the Lattice AI command platform.

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TL;DR · RAM Lead Engineer

The RAM Lead Engineer joins the Maritime Division to own reliability, availability, and maintainability for a fleet of maritime autonomous vehicles. Reporting to the Support System Lead, you will set RAM requirements, perform predictive reliability analysis, and drive design changes across the entire product lifecycle from concept to field performance. You will lead Failure Modes & Effects Analysis, Fault Tree Analysis, and Weibull analysis while developing qualification and production test plans. Key responsibilities include establishing failure reporting processes, performing Level of Repair Analysis, and mentoring engineers. You will utilize industry standards including MIL-HDBK-217Plus, MIL-HDBK-472, MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-516C, and MIL-STD-1629. This role solves critical reliability challenges for autonomous underwater vehicles and complex electromechanical systems within a defense and naval sustainment context.

What you'll do

  • Own reliability, availability, and maintainability (RAM) requirements and verification across the vehicle and support systems.
  • Perform predictive reliability analysis to calculate probability of loss of control, loss of asset, and MTTF/MTBF.
  • Lead Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) to implement design improvements.
  • Develop and execute comprehensive qualification and validation test plans for environmental, life, and accelerated testing.
  • Lead root-cause failure investigations for anomalies from the factory floor and the field to drive corrective actions.
  • Develop maintainability prediction models and support the creation of preventative maintenance and sparing plans.
  • Build and maintain reliability models, predictions, and availability analysis for the maritime autonomous vehicle fleet.
  • Establish standardized reliability processes, tools, and data pipelines to streamline design, manufacturing, and deployment operations.

What we're looking for

  • Minimum of 7+ years of experience as a Reliability, Design/Development, Process, Automation, Industrial, or Test Engineer.
  • B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or an equivalent technical discipline.
  • Experience with safety-critical hardware and software systems in the defense or aerospace industry, preferably with Autonomous Underwater Vehicles.
  • Experience or familiarity with MIL-STD-810, MIL-HDBK-217, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-516C, and MIL-STD-1629.
  • Expertise in reliability analysis techniques including FMEA/FMECA, predictive modeling, Weibull analysis, and Fault Tree Analysis.
  • Experience setting up reliability engineering frameworks, including production testing, field testing, data acquisition, and data analysis.
  • Eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance.
  • Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Reliability Engineering, or equivalent.

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