Reliability Engineer

Saalex is seeking a Reliability Engineer in China Lake, CA. The selected candidate will provide reliability engineering support by administering FRACAS processes, reviewing and resolving trouble/failure reports, performing structured root cause analysis (RCA), driving corrective actions to verified effectiveness, and developing required reliability/quality documentation in accordance with program and contract requirements.

Position Type: Full-Time

Salary: $140k-$180k annually (depending upon experience)

Work Location: Onsite

Essential Functions:

• Administer all aspects of the Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) process.
• Review, evaluate, disposition, and resolve trouble, problem, and failure reports.
• Lead investigations and perform structured root cause analysis (RCA) using established methods.
• Develop corrective action plans and track corrective actions through closure.
• Verify the effectiveness of implemented corrective actions.
• Perform statistical and trend analysis using FRACAS and reliability data.
• Develop and maintain reliability, quality, RCA, and corrective action documentation in accordance with program and contractual requirements.
• Prepare RCA reports supported by evidence and documented corrective action plans.
• Coordinate with peers, engineering teams, and other related functional groups to support reliability activities.
• Perform additional duties that support program reliability and continuous improvement objectives.

Required:

• A minimum of 7 year’s of related experience.
• Demonstrated FRACAS experience supporting reliability improvement in a production/test or field reliability environment.
• Demonstrated experience reviewing and resolving trouble/failure reports, including leading investigations and driving closure.
• Strong RCA skills and ability to translate findings into actionable corrective actions.
• Proficiency with reliability/quality tools and concepts (failure mode taxonomy, FMEA logic concepts, corrective action effectiveness verification).
• Strong technical writing skills for RCA and closure documentation.
• Working knowledge of data analysis tools (spreadsheets and basic statistics/trend analysis).

• Familiarity with reliability documentation standards commonly used in defense programs (as required by the contract).

• RCA reports with evidence and corrective action plan.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (or equivalent experience).

Security Clearance:

Active Secret clearance required, interim secret acceptable to start. Requirements to obtain a clearance include US Citizenship, security investigation, etc.

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Training & Development
• Wellness Resources
• Stock Option Benefit