Reliability Engineer (Roadrunner)

Costa Mesa, California, United States

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

Anduril’s Reliability Engineering organization is seeking a Reliability Engineer to join our team supporting our RoadRunner product. Roadrunner is a reusable, vertical take-off and landing (VTOL), operator-supervised Autonomous Air Vehicle (AAV) with twin turbojet engines and modular payload configurations that can support a variety of missions. The Reliability Engineering team works with our broader Engineering team to ensure our products operate and meet all mission performance, environmental conditions, and customer requirements. We develop cutting-edge Reliability processes and methods to secure scalable, long-term business success.

As a Reliability Engineer at Anduril, you will work within the organization to support product development through proactive analysis such as FMEA and predictive analysis techniques, define qualification test requirements, define and execute processes for continuous improvement, and lead root cause + corrective action efforts throughout the new product development life cycle to ensure a smooth hand off to production and mitigate risk. You will support field performance monitoring, and track trends/lessons learned to recommend improvements to upstream teams. The right person for this role has knowledge of design, development, test, analysis, manufacturing, operations, asset tracking and maintenance, and continuous improvement. If you are someone who has hands-on experience throughout the entire new product development life cycle from concept to customer delivery, loves to build world-class Reliability processes, work with many multi disciplinary teams, and be accountable for results, then this role is for you.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

General Design & Development:

  • Support Design & Development Engineers in requirements documentation, redundancy evaluation, and proactive design reliability liaising to ensure compliance against Anduril’s design standards.
  • Support and review system block diagrams, interface control documents, and schematics for compliance, redundancy, and accuracy against requirements and concept of operations with a focus on Propulsion Interfaces, Electrical Systems, and Mechanical Systems.
  • Support Design & Development Engineers as a critical partner to identify risk as early as possible through tools such as Failure Modes and Effects Analysis, Physics of Failure Methodologies, and Analysis + Test Data Reviews in R&D, then coordinate mitigation action plans to proactively lead the Design Reliability Effort for your assigned product or product area.
  • Support the Design Requirements Process as a Subject Matter Expert to ensure teams adhere to our Hardware Design Best Practices, and Analysis best practices.
  • Support Development Milestone Reviews for product maturity and associated artifact deliverables with Hardware Product Management for SRR, PDR, CDR, QDR, and then support the production hand off process with Quality Engineering.

Reliability Predictive Analysis:

  • Perform reliability prediction analysis to calculate sub-component failure rates, system MTTF, and system and sub-system MTBF utilizing Anduril requirements, specifications, and COTS specifications as well as leveraging MIL-HDBK-217 Plus. Use probability of failure from predictions to contribute to larger effectiveness models for the system.
  • Lead FMECA (Failure Mode and Effects Criticality Analysis) evaluations and calculations.
  • Lead Maintainability prediction models using MIL-HDBK-472.
  • Perform Weibull analysis utilizing test data from the Qualification campaign to general Reliability Performance Reports for the customer.

Validation & Qualification:

  • Lead, Draft, and tailor R&D Test and Qualification Test top level campaign requirements plans with support from the Chief Architect, Product Manager, Systems Engineering, and Design and Test Engineer(s).
  • Lead and manage the Qualification & Traceability matrix alongside Requirements and FMEA documentation.
  • Lead and drive root cause analysis and corrective action for issues found during R&D and Qualification testing alongside the Development, Quality, and Test Engineering Teams.
  • Publish the Qualification Completion Matrix and Reports for the customer.

End to End Support, Continuous Improvement, and Performance Monitoring:

  • Lead product End-To-End Plans from component receiving through field deployment. Liaison with Quality Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering to ensure all inspection and acceptance test gates and requirements are in place and documented into a clear process.
  • Develop, Draft, and Implement Reliability Processes for the business to improve and streamline our Design, Manufacturing, and Deployment Operations efforts for rapid development.
  • Host regular metrics reviews to highlight key problem areas for deployed products utilizing Anduril data. Plot aggregate data and review change trends, performance trends, and issue landscape. Support operational functional data log reviews for performance characterization to generate family data insights. Propose and coordinate corrective actions to closure to improve data performance trends. Act as the lead liaison to close all communication feedback loops between the Deployment Operations Team and the Development Engineering Teams for corrective action.
  • Host regular risk and mitigation corrective action reviews to ensure progress and lessons learned are communicated with all stakeholders, and that all actions have been implemented in a timely manner to ensure risk landscape is under control.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Minimum of 5-8 years Industry Experience as a Reliability Engineer, Design or Development Engineer, or Test Engineer
  • B.S. Degree in Engineering or Physics
  • Experience working on Advanced Hardware Systems
  • Experience with Drone, Aircraft, and/or Weapon System Reliability Engineering
  • Experience setting up the Reliability Engineering initial framework for a product or program -front end Design Reliability Experience.
  • Experience with Prediction Modeling, FMEA/FMECA, and Risk Management
  • Experience or familiarity with MIL-STD-810, MIL-HDBK-217, and MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-516C, and DOD RAM Guide
  • Experience with MIL-HDBK-217 Plus, MIL-HDBK-472, MIL-HDBK-1629, and MIL-HDBK-882
  • Qualification testing requirements experience and/or test execution experience to proactive characterize product behavior and performance.
  • Experience with root cause analysis Methodologies, corrective action management, and risk management
  • Clearance Eligible

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • M.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or Systems Engineering
  • Experience with Ansys, Sherlock, Monte Carlo Simulations, Accelerated life testing analysis, and/or Weibull analysis
  • Experience with de-rating analysis
  • Experience with Relyence, Teamcenter, Confluence, and JIRA software suites
  • Experience with risk management, change control/change management reviews, and software/firmware HITL/SITL
  • Modeling/CAD experience or familiarity
  • Finite element analysis experience or familiarity
  • Air breathing jet engine experience (test log data reviews, physics of failure, and integration interface experience)
  • Test Plan Development, fixture design, test set-up, and hands on test execution experience
  • HALT (Highly Accelerated Life Testing), HASS (Highly Accelerated Stress Screening), Environmental Testing, and/or Mechanical Loads Testing Experience, environmental test experience, and functional test experience.
  • Technical writing experience developing standards, specifications, user guides, and policies
  • Requirements drafting experience for Software & Hardware
  • Active Top Secret Clearance

US Salary Range

$128,000 - $192,000 USD

 

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

  • Platinum Healthcare Benefits: For U.S. roles, we offer top tier platinum coverage (medical, dental, vision) that are 100% covered by Anduril for you and 90% covered for your dependents.
    • For UK roles, Private Medical Insurance (PMI): Anduril will cover the full cost of the insurance premium for an employee and dependents.
    • For AUS roles, Private health plan through Bupa: Coverage is fully subsidized by Anduril.
  • Basic Life/AD&D and long-term disability insurance 100% covered by Anduril, plus the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your dependents.
  • Extremely generous company holiday calendar including a holiday hiatus in December, and highly competitive PTO plans.
  • 16 weeks of paid Caregiver & Wellness Leave to care for a family member, bond with your baby, or tend to your own medical condition.
  • Family Planning & Parenting Support: Fertility (eg, IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carrier coverage with additional benefits and resources to provide support from planning to parenting.
  • Mental Health Resources: We provide free mental health resources 24/7 including therapy, life coaching, and more. Additional work-life services, such as free legal and financial support, available to you as well.
  • A professional development stipend is available to all Andurilians.
  • Daily Meals and Provisions: For many of our offices this means breakfast, lunch and fully stocked micro-kitchens.
  • Company-funded commuter benefits available based on your region.
  • Relocation assistance (depending on role eligibility).
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan - both a traditional and Roth 401(k). (US roles only)

The recruiter assigned to this role can share more information about the specific compensation and benefit details associated with this role during the hiring process.

Anduril is an equal-opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. The Anduril team is made up of incredibly talented and unique individuals, who together are disrupting industry norms by creating new paths towards the future of defense technology. All qualified applicants will be treated with respect and receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, uniform service, Veteran status, age, or any other protected characteristic per federal, state, or local law, including those with a criminal history, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the CA Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. We actively encourage members of recognized minorities, women, Veterans, and those with disabilities to apply, and we work to create a welcoming and supportive environment for all applicants throughout the interview process. If you are someone passionate about working on problems that have a real-world impact, we'd love to hear from you!

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