As a Reliability Engineering Manager at Anduril Industries, you will lead and manage a team of Reliability Engineers, providing technical guidance and mentorship. You will develop and implement reliability and maintainability program plans, conduct complex reliability artifacts like FMEA/FMECAs, and drive continuous improvement initiatives. Your role involves managing resources, liaising with customers and stakeholders, and ensuring compliance with military and industry standards. This position is critical to ensuring Anduril's autonomous systems perform reliably under real-world conditions across various product domains.

Responsibilities

Lead and manage the performance of a team of Reliability Engineers, providing technical guidance and mentorship on reliability principles, best practices, and artifact development
Manage resource allocation and capacity planning to support multiple concurrent programs, and drive recruiting efforts to maintain growth trajectory
Conduct performance management, career development planning, and succession planning
Develop and implement tailored reliability & maintainability program plans aligned with Anduril and customer needs
Define and communicate the Reliability organization's vision, goals, and framework to standardize development efforts across the business and integrate Reliability processes across all stages of product development
Conduct and review complex reliability artifacts, including FMEA/FMECAs, Fault Tree Analysis, and Qualification Test Plans
Develop reliability requirements and collaborate with design teams to implement solutions at system, sub-system, and component levels
Lead maintainability efforts, including predictive maintenance analysis, preventive maintenance procedure development, and operational performance metrics
Manage product/program risk databases and ensure proper risk mitigation strategies are in place
Liaise with customers, regulatory bodies, and internal stakeholders on reliability-related matters
Drive continuous improvement in reliability processes, methodologies, and tools
Ensure compliance with relevant military and industry Reliability standards
Contribute to proposal efforts and support business development activities, as required
Provide executive-level reporting and communications on team performance, program status, and strategic initiatives

Requirements

B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline
7+ years of experience in Reliability Engineering, with at least 1 years in a leadership role
Proven track record building, scaling, and managing technical teams of 5+ engineers for complex advanced hardware programs
Deep technical expertise in reliability analysis techniques, including FMEA/FMECA, predictive modeling, Weibull analysis, and Fault Tree Analysis
Extensive knowledge of MIL-STD-810, MIL-HDBK-217, 217PLUS, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-516C, and MIL-STD-1629 or other relevant industry standards
Experience with safety-critical hardware and software systems
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with ability to influence cross-functionally at all levels
Strategic thinking with ability to balance hands-on technical work with management responsibilities
Eligibility to receive and maintain a U.S. security clearance, as required

Nice to have

M.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline
10+ years of experience in Reliability Engineering, with at least 3 years in a leadership role
Experience managing teams through periods of rapid growth (2x+ team expansion)
Track record of developing talent and promoting team members into leadership roles
Experience with RTCA/DO-330, DO-254, DO-178, MIL-HDBK-472, ARP-4754, or ARP-4761
Executive-level communications, reporting, and roadmap presentation experience
Technical writing experience developing standards, specifications, user guides, and policies
Experience with Relyence, Teamcenter, Confluence, and JIRA software suites
Experience drafting requirements for software and hardware systems
Active U.S. security clearance

Benefits

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:
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