Principal Engineer, Reliability – Maintainability

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Principal Reliability & Maintainability Engineer in aerospace industry ensuring program development through reliability and maintainability techniques. Working on systems engineering processes with military standards.

Posted 6/9/2026full-timeRichardson • Iowa, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $107,500 - $204,500 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Supports program development through the application of reliability and maintainability techniques.
Participates in all phases of program life cycle, utilizing reliability and maintainability methodologies as they apply in our systems engineering processes in accordance with military standards such as MIL-HDBK-217, MIL-HDBK-338B, MIL-HDBK-470, MIL-STD-1629A.
Leads reliability and maintainability modeling and predictions analysis, testability analysis, maintainability and built-in-test demonstrations, environmental testing, FMEA/FMECA, and FRACAS.
Conducts/develops Reliability Allocations, Reliability Block Diagrams, Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), Reliability & Maintainability analysis and predictions, Reliability Critical Items List, and Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System (FRACAS)
Serves as a Reliability & Maintainability subject matter expert to engineering and business leadership
Participates in technical proposal and basis of estimate preparation for Reliability & Maintainability scope
Travel up to 5%

Requirements

What you’ll need

Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience
The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
Experience with systems engineering lifecycle, with knowledge of how to apply reliability and maintainability techniques to systems requirements
Experience supporting design and development teams to develop, assess, and verify Reliability & Maintainability related requirements for mission-critical systems
Experience in conducting/developing Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), Reliability & Maintainability analysis and predictions, Reliability Critical Items List, and Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System (FRACAS), Built In Test (BIT) design / verification analysis, and/or testability analysis

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
Tuition reimbursement program
Student Loan Repayment Program
Life insurance and disability coverage
Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
Adoption Assistance
Autism Benefit
Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
may be eligible for relocation
And more!

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Hard Skills & Tools

reliability analysismaintainability analysisFMEAFMECAFRACASReliability Block DiagramsReliability Allocationstestability analysisBuilt In Test (BIT) designenvironmental testing

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationcollaborationtechnical proposal preparationorganizational skills