Senior Reliability and Maintainability Engineer (R5301)

Shield AI
Dallas
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 100,000 - 150,000 annuallyFunction: Data Analytics & Business IntelligenceExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Problem-solving","Technical judgment","Written communication","Verbal communication","Cross-functional collaboration"]

Drive reliability and maintainability investigations for V-BAT field failures and repeat defects. Own root cause and corrective action workflows from problem statement through containment, verification, and closure, using logs, returned hardware, maintenance records, and fleet trends. Partner across Fleet Support, Product Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Reliability Data Engineering, Supply Chain, and Operations to translate findings into reliability and maintainability improvements that enhance fleet readiness and long-term system performance.

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Shield AI
Shield AI
2 months ago

Senior Reliability and Maintainability Engineer (R5301)

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Job Summary

Drive reliability and maintainability investigations for V-BAT field failures and repeat defects. Own root cause and corrective action workflows from problem statement through containment, verification, and closure, using logs, returned hardware, maintenance records, and fleet trends. Partner across Fleet Support, Product Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Reliability Data Engineering, Supply Chain, and Operations to translate findings into reliability and maintainability improvements that enhance fleet readiness and long-term system performance.
Location: Dallas
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead engineering investigations for V-BAT field failures, repeat defects, reliability and maintainability issues, and complex technical escalations.
  • •Drive Root Cause and Corrective Action activities for fielded V-BAT issues, including containment, corrective action planning, verification, and closure.
  • •Reproduce and analyze field issues using logs, returned hardware, test data, maintenance records, operational context, and configuration data.
  • •Partner with Fleet Support Engineering, Product Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Reliability Data Engineering, Supply Chain, and Operations to investigate and resolve fielded system issues.
  • •Document failure modes and contributing factors, recommend prevention actions (tests/inspections/diagnostics/design/process updates), and communicate findings and risks to stakeholders.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 100,000 - 150,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Reliability Engineering, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent practical experience).
  • •5+ years of experience in reliability engineering, maintainability engineering, failure analysis, systems engineering, quality engineering, aviation sustainment, product support, manufacturing engineering, or complex hardware sustainment.
  • •Demonstrated experience leading technical investigations for field failures, repeat defects, hardware issues, system-level issues, or complex product performance problems.
  • •Experience driving Root Cause and Corrective Action investigations from initial problem statement through containment, root cause, corrective action, verification, and closure.
  • •Strong ability to analyze hardware/software behavior, logs, test data, returned material, field reports, configuration history, maintenance records, and operational context.
Experience:5+ yearsAviationUnmanned systemsDefenseManufacturingAerospaceRobotics
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Problem-solvingTechnical judgmentWritten communicationVerbal communicationCross-functional collaboration
Tech Stack:FRACASRCCA5 WhysFault tree analysisFishbone diagrams8DFMEA/FMECAFault isolationMTBF/MTBURWeibull analysisReliability block diagramsConfiguration managementECO/ECRMRBTelemetry

Company Brief

Shield AI
Develops AI-powered autonomy and software for military aircraft and drones to enable autonomous ISR and combat missions, integrating perception, navigation, and mission planning for defense customers.
Industry: Defense Technology
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: San Diego, United States
Founded: 2015
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