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Staff Engineer, System Reliability (R5533)

Shield AI· V-BAT Engineering
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Dallas, TX$140k - $210kFull Time EmployeePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Reliability Modeling Engineer responsible for the V-BAT unmanned aircraft system reliability model, fault tree, and failure-prediction strategy; partners across Design, Manufacturing, Quality, and Fleet Support to drive improvements in system reliability.

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain the V-BAT system reliability model, predicting system-level failure rate using failure-rate data from the field and industry sources.
  • Create and maintain the V-BAT system fault tree, identifying single points of failure and quantifying their contribution to overall system reliability.
  • Inform design decisions that eliminate single points of failure and improve the reliability of the system, providing Design-for-Reliability (DfR) guidance in design reviews.
  • Partner with Design, Fleet Support, Quality, and Manufacturing Engineers on root cause investigations for field failures, and drive corrective and preventive actions to closure.
  • Drive reliability test campaigns in production and sustainment to verify the system is meeting its reliability requirements and predictions, feeding results back into the model.
  • Drive production reliability screening campaigns to reduce infant-mortality failures, such as HASS (Highly Accelerated Stress Screening) and ESS (Environmental Stress Screening).
  • Establish and track reliability metrics — MTBF, failure-rate trends, and reliability growth — and communicate reliability status and risk posture to program leadership.

Qualifications

  • B.S. in Engineering, Mathematics, or Statistics discipline.
  • Typically requires a minimum of 7 years of related experience in reliability or surety engineering in a high-consequence industry (defense, aerospace, automotive, or medical device).
  • Expertise in Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), and Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) calculations.
  • Demonstrated ability to build reliability models from field and test data and translate them into actionable design and production decisions.

Skills

Required:Reliability modelingFault Tree Analysis (FTA)FMECAMTBF calculations
Nice to have:RAM modelingWeibull analysis

Benefits

  • Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
  • Temporary employee offer package (applicable after 60 days of employment) + temporary benefits package
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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