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At CesiumAstro, we are developers and pioneers of out-of-the-box communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms. We take pride in our dynamic and cross-functional work environment, which allows us to learn, develop, and engage across our organization. If you are looking for hands-on, interactive, and autonomous work, CesiumAstro is the place for you. We are actively seeking passionate, collaborative, energetic, and forward-thinking individuals to join our team.
We are looking to add a Senior Reliability Engineer to our Specialty Engineering team. If you enjoy working in a startup environment, and are passionate about developing reliable leading-edge electronics for aerospace and defense systems, we would like to hear from you.
In this role, you will be responsible for the reliability and maintainability of complex electronics system. You will have the opportunity to work should-to-shoulder with design engineering teams to influence system architecture and electronics design decisions from a reliability perspective. You will own and author reliability analyses and reports to support critical customer deliverables.
At a small company and a startup, your work will make direct contributions to the success of the business. The work is challenging and impactful, requiring both breadth and depth of technical knowledge. Our products are made for high-reliability space and airborne applications, so designs require high levels of technical rigor while maintaining the agility of a startup environment.
The successful candidate will also present engineering design review materials to our customers and executive team. As such, excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.
JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Analyze the reliability of electronics modules and systems based on piece-part-level reliability data.
Suggest redundancy and fault containment methods to improve system reliability.
Analyze the maintainability and availability of ground and airborne systems for defense applications.
Author reports that will go directly to customers for key project milestones.
Contribute to reliability engineering process development to help scale this function in a high-growth startup environment.
Develop and maintain reliability databases to streamline future work.
JOB REQUIREMENTS AND MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor of Science (BS) degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
Minimum of 4 years of industry or university research experience in reliability engineering or electronics design.
Strong technical background in electronics, including failure modes of electronic components.
Experience with reliability analysis standards such as MIL-HDBK-217 and VITA 51.
Experience with industry-standard reliability analysis tools such as Relyence.
Experience with Failure Modes and Effects Criticality Analysis (FMECA), Reliability and Maintainability analysis, and Built-In Test (BIT) design.
Strong technical communication skills to author customer-facing reports.
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE
Designing HALT/HASS test plans.
CesiumAstro considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, education/training, and key skills. Full-time employment offers include company stock options and a generous benefits package including health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability and retirement plans.
CesiumAstro is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Please note: CesiumAstro does not accept unsolicited resumes from contract agencies or search firms. Any unsolicited resumes submitted to our website or to CesiumAstro team members not through our approved vendor list or Talent Acquisition will be considered property of CesiumAstro, and we will not be obligated to pay any referral fees.
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