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Mach Industries · 1 day ago

Reliability Engineer – Performance & Life-Cycle Assurance

Huntington Beach, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Mach Industries is a rapidly growing defense technology company focused on developing next-generation autonomous defense platforms. They are seeking a Reliability Engineer to manage the end-to-end reliability lifecycle for UAS platforms, ensuring systems meet reliability and operational life-expectancy targets in mission-critical defense applications.

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Responsibilities

Develop, deploy and maintain a reliability program plan for our UAS platforms and key subsystems (hardware, firmware, software) following best-practices (e.g., failure-mode and effects analysis (FMEA))

Define reliability and maintainability requirements and metrics (e.g., MTBF, MTBR, availability, mission readiness, failure rate targets) early in the design lifecycle, and track performance through production and field operation

Using data (lab testing, manufacturing, field returns, in-service logs) perform analytics to identify trends, root causes of failures (RCFA), latent defects, and reliability risks—then drive corrective and preventive actions

Define and oversee reliability test plans, accelerated life testing, environmental stress screening, field-data analysis, degradation modelling and life-cycle modelling in collaboration with test & validation teams

Monitor key reliability indicators (e.g., failure-rate trending, early‐life failures, wear-out characteristics, maintenance cost per unit time/mission, parts-life forecasting) and provide actionable insights to leadership

Communicate reliability status, risk posture, and improvement plans to senior leadership and stakeholders, including interfacing with defense-customer reliability/quality requirements and audits if applicable

Qualification

Reliability EngineeringData AnalysisFMEAReliability TestingMechanical EngineeringElectrical EngineeringAerospace EngineeringSystems EngineeringCollaborationCommunicationProblem Solving

Required

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering or related discipline

5+ years of reliability engineering (or similar) experience in complex hardware-centric systems; preferably in aerospace/defense/unmanned systems or high-reliability industrial/automotive environments

Demonstrated experience applying reliability methods such as FMEA, FMECA, and RCFA

Strong data-analysis skills: ability to ingest large data sets (field returns, operational logs), perform statistical/trend analysis, build dashboards, derive actionable insights

Experience with reliability testing: accelerated life tests, environmental stress screening, vibration/thermal/thermal-cycle/shock/humidity, life-cycle modelling

Knowledge of safety‐critical system standards and regulatory requirements (e.g., MIL-STD, DO-178, DO-254)

Preferred

Prior experience in UAS/unmanned aerial systems, defense/mission-critical systems, or high-availability aerospace systems

Hands-on experience in collaborating with design/production/field teams and influencing change in systems/products based on reliability findings

Familiarity with manufacturing and supplier reliability practices, and reliability in high-volume production environments - including supplier reliability and high-volume manufacturing

Experience working with growth-stage companies, building reliability infrastructure from the ground up