Reliability, Availability, Maintainability Engineer

Job Summary:

Serves as a subject matter expert (SME) providing technical guidance and information to meet requirements. Works independently with minimal guidance on complex projects and assignments. Tasks require expert level application of standard engineering methods, procedures, techniques, criteria, and programs. Performs a project assignment that involves complex features and can be guided by codes, standards, and other precedents of the discipline; analyzes and/or evaluates the results of an analysis using techniques prescribed by senior engineers or supervisors; and accomplishes tasks of which require investigation of a many variables.

Requirements:

• TS/SCI or higher.
• Ability to lift 40lbs.
• Master’s degree in engineering.
• Travel: 30%
• Fifteen or more years of experience in reliability, availability, maintainability (RAM) modeling, test design techniques, predictions, reliability growth management, requirements generation, software and specification inputs.
• Demonstrable knowledge of Department of Defense (DoD) RAM Regulations required.
• Experience must demonstrate six months in each of the following:
  • Use of database software (Microsoft Access) or other database software to archive RAM data from test and evaluation (T&E) to identify RAM trends, lessons learned, and success metrics.
  • Developed technical training on RAM test planning and data analysis methods.
  • Interpreted test incident reports, supported RAM scoring conferences, and use of failure definition scoring criteria.

• Five or more years of additional experience gained within the last ten years in the operational effectiveness evaluation of Army and Joint Service systems, subsystems, and components in one or more of the following system commodity areas: Active Protection Systems; Air Delivery Systems; Air/Missile Defense Systems; Aircraft Armaments; Aircraft Systems; Automotive Vehicles; Command, Control, Communications, Computers Systems; Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Systems; Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Systems; Counter-Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems; Direct Fire Systems; Directed Energy Systems; Electronic Warfare/Offensive Cyber Operations Systems; Engineering Equipment; General Support Equipment; Indirect Fire Systems; Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance Systems; Missiles/Rockets; Optical/Electro-Optical Systems; Smoke and Obscurants; and Soldier Systems.
• Ability to conduct developmental test, operational test, and evaluation methods for Army and Joint Service systems.
• Experience is defined as activities to include test and evaluation planning, test execution, data collection during test, evaluation of test or modeling data, and development of evaluation analysis plans and reports.
• Interpretation, application, and integration of Army and Joint Service system acquisition documentation in the development of system acquisition products for test and evaluation. Examples of system acquisition documentation include Department of Defense, Army, and Army Test and Evaluation Command regulations, pamphlets, instructions, and guidance.
• Knowledge in the Executing Office of the Secretary of Defense methodologies and policies related to assessment of Joint Capability Technology Demonstrations and Advanced Technology Demonstrations.
• Experience working with application of Army and Joint Service metrics at various stages of equipment development to include the planning, analysis, evaluation, integration, testing, and acceptance phases.
• Experience working with test methods, infrastructure, and capability gaps related to system/program testing and processes.
• Oral and written communication such as briefings, writing technical papers, etc. Examples include Evaluation Plans, Evaluation Reports, Test Plans (Operational or Developmental), Safety Releases, and Safety Confirmations.
• At least one year of experience in software application testing (at least at black box level) and network communication.
• Experience with black box functional and system level testing is defined as testing techniques in which the software tester does not have access to the source code itself.
• Experience with application of system-level metrics at various stages of the acquisition process to include the Material Solution Analysis, Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction, Engineering and Manufacturing Development, and Production and Deployment phases.

Synovix is an equal opportunity employer