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RAM Lead Engineer

Anduril· Maritime & Maneuver Dominance : Heavy Metal - Engineering & Operations : Systems Engineering
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Costa Mesa, CA$166k - $220kFull-timePosted 6d ago

About the role

Lead RAM/ Reliability Engineer for a fleet of maritime autonomous vehicles in Anduril’s Maritime Division, focusing on reliability, availability, and maintainability from concept through production and field performance.

Responsibilities

  • Support and review system block diagrams, interface control documents, and schematics for compliance, redundancy, and accuracy against requirements and concept of operations.
  • Lead Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) efforts, collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams to implement design improvements.
  • Perform predictive reliability analysis to calculate probability of loss of control, loss of asset, and MTTF/MTBF utilizing Anduril requirements, specifications, and relevant industry standards (i.e. MIL-HDBK-217Plus).
  • Develop and execute comprehensive Qualification and Validation Test plans (including environmental, life/limit, and accelerated testing) to ensure appropriate requirements coverage and de-risking for production readiness; partner with Test Engineering to fixture and instrument test campaigns.
  • Work with Quality and Manufacturing Engineering to develop, refine, and validate assembly, integration, and testing processes (including inspection/acceptance test gates) to optimize build reliability and reduce time-to-deploy.
  • Develop Maintainability prediction models using MIL-HDBK-472, and support the development of Preventative Maintenance & Sparing plans.
  • Perform Weibull analysis utilizing data from qualification campaigns, production testing, and fielded assets to predict failures and identify trends.
  • Lead failure investigations on anomalies originating from design validation, production testing, and field returns; drive root cause analysis and corrective/preventative actions (CAPA) to closure.
  • Support Development Milestone Reviews through the identification of appropriate entry and exit criteria, guiding the transition of designs from engineering development to high-rate production.
  • Develop and implement standardized reliability processes, tools, and infrastructure to streamline and accelerate our design, manufacturing, and deployment operations.
  • Own RAM requirements definition, allocation, and verification across the vehicle and support system.
  • Build and maintain reliability models, predictions, and availability analysis for the fleet.
  • Lead FMECA, fault tree analysis, and criticality assessment across subsystems.
  • Drive design-for-reliability and design-for-maintainability requirements back into engineering.
  • Define the reliability growth program, including test-analyze-fix planning.
  • Establish failure reporting, analysis, and corrective action (FRACAS) and the data pipeline behind it.
  • Perform Level of Repair Analysis and maintainability modeling in partnership with Maintenance.
  • Set spares and provisioning inputs derived from reliability predictions.
  • Lead and mentor engineers across the RAM discipline as the function grows.

Qualifications

  • Minimum of 7+ years experience as a Reliability Engineer, Design/Development Engineer, Process Engineer, Automation Engineer, Industrial Engineer or Test Engineer
  • B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline
  • Experience with safety-critical hardware & software systems in the defense or aerospace industry, with a preference for experience with Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  • Experience or familiarity with MIL-STD-810, MIL-HDBK-217, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-516C, and MIL-STD-1629
  • Experience setting up a Reliability Engineering framework for a product or program, including support of production testing, field testing, data acquisition, and data analysis
  • Expertise in reliability analysis techniques, including FMEA/FMECA, predictive modeling, Weibull analysis, and Fault Tree Analysis
  • Experience with generating qualification testing requirements and executing tests to proactively characterize product behavior and performance
  • Failure investigation/analysis experience with proven track record of solving problems and preventing reoccurrence
  • Design Review Experience (PDR, CDR, MRR) and confidence in presentation skills across all levels of leadership
  • Eligibility to obtain/maintain a U.S. Secret clearance
  • Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Reliability Engineering, or equivalent.
  • 7+ years in reliability, RAM, or sustainment engineering on complex electromechanical systems.
  • Demonstrated ownership of RAM requirements and predictions on a program.
  • Hands-on experience with FMECA, fault tree analysis, and reliability modeling.
  • Experience running or standing up a FRACAS and closing the loop on failure data.
  • Ability to drive reliability requirements into a design organization.
  • Background in maritime, subsea, or naval sustainment.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance.

Skills

Required:System reliability engineeringFMECA / Fault Tree AnalysisWEIBULL analysisMIL-STD/standards knowledgeFRACASQualification & Validation testing

Benefits

  • Benefits package including health, recovery, and other covers typical of Anduril offers (see company benefits page)
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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