Senior Reliability Engineer

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The Defense Systems Sector is seeking a talented Senior Reliability Engineer to join a diverse team to create unique solutions for complex problems. With offices across the United States engaging in the defense, space, cyber and commercial fields, Leidos provides responsive, cost-effective engineering, scientific and IT solutions.

As a Senior Reliability Engineer, this candidate may serve as a Lead Reliability Engineer on at least one major program simultaneously, where they will manage tasking for a team of other, more junior reliability engineers. In this role, the candidate will also interface with program leadership, customers, and line management. The expectation is for the Senior Reliability Engineer to manage Reliability Engineering work internally within the Defense Systems Sector (and Leidos as a whole) by fielding requests from project managers, support Basis of Estimation (BoE) development for proposed reliability work, and shape the company’s overall approach to Reliability Engineering via tool selection and training of other reliability team members. The selected candidate will have a significant impact on the development of reliability artifacts such as reliability prediction, MTTR analysis, reliability block diagrams (RBD), reliability reports, statistics, FMEA, and FTA.

Lastly, the Defense Systems Sector’s focus is on hiring a candidate with subject matter expertise in reliability prediction analyses, but experience with production-related activities like Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action Systems (FRACAS) is beneficial.

Leidos Defense Systems Sector 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. To explore and learn more, click here!

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Basic Qualifications

• Candidate must possess a Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent technical/engineering degree from an ABET-accredited university.

• Candidate must have at least twelve (12) years of experience supporting DoD, NASA, or commercial programs as a reliability engineer.

• Candidate must have experience conducting reliability-related analyses such as MTTR, MTBF, FMEA/FMECA, RCM, reliability block diagram, power dissipation, and derating.

• Candidate must have experience mentoring other engineers and/or serving as a technical task lead on an engineering project.

• Candidate must have experience in deriving reliability program requirements for complex electrical, electro-mechanical, mechanical, and software systems.

• Position requires candidates to be capable of performing in a collaborative engineering environment working closely with multi-disciplinary teams.

• Candidate must have demonstrated experience effectively communicating within a team environment.

• Candidate must have experience with Reliasoft, and other reliability analysis tools such as Relyence. Reliasoft is strongly recommended.

• Candidate must have demonstrated experience with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) tools such as Windchill.

• Candidate must be a US Citizen and possess (as well as maintain) a Final Secret Clearance.

• Candidate must be a resident of the North Alabama area or willing to relocate to the Huntsville - North Alabama, AL area.

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred candidates will also have experience and/or working knowledge with:

• Certified ASQCRE

• INCOSE Systems Engineering Professional Certification (ASEP or CSEP)

• A detailed understanding of the top-down systems engineering process for architecture development and bottoms-up verification

• Thorough understanding of the DoD acquisition processes and methods

• Experience supporting DoD, NASA, or DARPA programs

• Experience performing risk management, test planning, and/or proposal development

• Experience shaping and executing business development efforts

• Experience in supporting ESS and HALT testing

Original Posting:

June 11, 2025

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:

Pay Range $126,100.00 - $227,950.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and 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.