Provide technical support for avionics products and services within Thales UK, including fault investigation, technical queries, and support to internal and external stakeholders.
Locations (2)
Crawley, England, United Kingdom
RNAS Culdrose, United Kingdom
Compensation
Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package; Performance-related bonus
Responsibilities
Ensure fault investigation actions are undertaken
Provide input to technical investigations and queries
Support internal and external progress reporting
Provide technical data and analyses for DRACAS process
Undertake technical support activities at RNAS Culdrose (if required)
The System Engineer supports the definition, integration, and delivery of complex metro systems, ensuring that technical requirements, interfaces, and system performance are effectively managed throughout the project lifecycle.
Responsibilities
Develop and maintain the System Assurance / RAMS Plan and associated framework
Define, manage and demonstrate RAMS requirements and targets across the lifecycle, including reliability, availability, maintainability and safety objectives
Perform reliability and availability analyses and demonstrations using appropriate methods such as Reliability Block Diagrams, failure-rate/MTBF calculations, availability modelling, maintainainability/MTTR assessment, reliability prediction and sensitivity analysis
Undertake FMEA/FMECA and support maintainability and maintenance-related assessments
Lead or facilitate hazard identification and risk assessment activities including PHA, HAZID, HAZOP, SHA/SSHA, interface hazard analysis and operational hazard analysis
Perform RAM (Reliability Availability Maintainability) activities in Projects and Programs using industry standard RAM tools and calculation methods.
Compensation
The anticipated salary range for candidates who will work in Rochester, NY is $65,100 to $97,700 per year.
Responsibilities
Coordinate and perform all the RAM activities for projects and product design lifecycles, from the Tender phase through commissioning and demonstration periods.
Define the RAM approach and strategy for assigned projects and programs
Responsible for the main RAM deliverables through a project/program lifecycle, including RAM Program Plan, RAM report/analysis, Demonstration Test Plans & Procedures, RAM Monitoring plans, and RAM Monitoring reports
Perform core RAM activities for projects and programs, including Tender/Design phases: Reliability Prediction (MTTF/ MTBF/ MTBFF/ MTBSF/ MTTR), Lifetime Analysis, Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA), Degraded modes analysis, Creates Reliability Block Diagram, Functional Reliability, Service Reliability and/or Availability modelling
Operational phase: data collection from field/customer and data collection from repair sites, root cause identification and RAM classification definition, statistical analysis of collected data, Reliability growth analysis, and actions plan proposal as part of an overall FRACAS effort
Requirements
B.S. in RAM, Engineering, Quality Assurance, related technical field, or additional 4 years of relevant experience
Senior Reliability Engineer responsible for RAM activities across defense systems and products.
Responsibilities
Develop and execute reliability program plans in line with contract requirements and applicable standards
Perform reliability predictions, FMEA/FMECA, fault tree analysis, derating and worst-case analyses, and reliability block diagram modeling
Define and run reliability test programs, including HALT/HASS, environmental stress screening, accelerated life testing, and reliability growth testing
Contribute to design reviews (PDR, CDR) and influence design for reliability and maintainability early in development
Support sustainment engineering, including obsolescence and parts-quality assessments, and supplier reliability oversight
Requirements
BSc or MSc in engineering (electrical, mechanical, systems, or related)
Nice to have: Experience in a tier 1 defense supplier company interacting directly with the military customer
Nice to have: Experience with Air Defence and/or Strike systems
Nice to have: Experience with modern European RAM standards: IEC 60812, FIDES, ANSI/GEIA-STD-0009, ASD S3000L
Nice to have: Familiarity with military reliability and environmental standards (e.g., MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461)
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