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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Reliability Engineer - **Company:** Mach, Inc - **Location:** Huntington Beach, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Address Resolution Protocols, Adobe InDesign, Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, Data Cleansing, Firmware, Failure Mode Effects Analysis, Reliability Engineering, Software Reliability Testing, Software Systems, Test Data, Reliability of Systems, MIL-STD-810 Environmental Testing - **Published:** July 31, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/senior-reliability-engineer-uas-systems-reliability-huntington-beach-ca--eac797bd-b8c3-4a69-9b14-90fa734f55dc ## About the Role * Bachelor's or Master's in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, or Systems Engineering (or related). * 5+ years of reliability, test, failure analysis, or hardware systems engineering experience with complex electromechanical systems. * Demonstrated hands-on application of reliability block diagrams, FMEA/FMECA, and root cause failure analysis that resulted in design, test, or production changes. * Experience recommending specific tests or mitigations from reliability analysis or failure investigation. * Ability to work from messy or incomplete data and convert findings into clear engineering actions. * Cross-functional experience with design, test, manufacturing, quality, or field operations teams. * Strong communication skills for explaining reliability risks to both technical and non-technical audiences., * Aerospace, defense, UAS, robotics, autonomous systems, or automotive hardware environment experience. * Environmental, qualification, or accelerated life testing experience. * Familiarity with MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-1629, MIL-HDBK-217, ARP4761, or similar reliability standards. * FRACAS, field failure tracking, or closed-loop corrective action system experience. * Startup or growth-stage company experience where reliability processes were still being built., ARP (Address Resolution Protocol), Aerospace and Defense, Business Skills, Communication Skills, Computer Engineering, Computer Firmware, Concrete, Corrective Action, Cross-Functional, Data Cleaning, Disability Accommodations, Electrical Engineering, Electricity, Electromechanical Systems, Engineering, Failure Analysis, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Failure Reporting Analysis and Corrective Action System (FRACAS), Federal Government, Field Trials, Hardware Administration, Hardware Quality Assurance, Import/Export, Legal, Manufacturing, Military/DoD Standards, Prototyping, Regulations, Reliability Analysis, Reliability Engineering, Reliability Testing, Risk, Risk Analysis, Root Cause Analysis, Startup, State Laws and Regulations, Systems Engineering, Systems Reliability, Technical/Engineering Design, Test Data, Test Design, Testing ## Description Mach Industries is seeking a Senior Reliability Engineer to build and own the reliability program for our UAS platforms. This role is for someone who gets close to hardware, test setups, manufacturing, and field symptoms to identify reliability risks before clean data exists. You will help engineering teams make better design, test, production, and sustainment decisions. This is a hands-on foundational role where you will work directly with hardware, test setups, failure evidence, and engineering teams to shape reliability outcomes. Our programs move fast with extensive prototyping, which means the right person must make reliability-based decisions from minimal data while requesting targeted tests to quantify risk. The ideal candidate can use reliability block diagrams, FMEA/FMECA, root cause analysis, and component-level test planning to find high-risk failure points and recommend concrete mitigations under schedule pressure. Key Responsibilities * Build and maintain a practical reliability program spanning hardware, electrical systems, firmware-enabled systems, production processes, and field feedback. * Use reliability block diagrams and FMECA to identify single-point failures, cascading effects, and high-risk dependencies across vehicle architectures. * Recommend specific component, subsystem, environmental, and screening tests based on failure hypotheses and mission risk. * Lead root cause investigations using teardown, test data, manufacturing records, and field evidence. * Establish lightweight failure-reporting and corrective-action workflows that drive design, test, and production changes at the pace the program demands. * Decide what reliability work must happen now, what can stay lightweight, and what can be deferred while communicating residual risk. * Partner cross-functionally with design, test, manufacturing, quality, suppliers, and field operations to close reliability gaps. ## Related Videos - [Leading with Reliability: Applying SRE Principles to Build Stronger Engineering Organizations](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100185-leading-with-reliability-applying-sre-principles-to-build-stronger-engineering-organizations) - [Dirty Tests And How To Clean Them](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/515-dirty-tests-and-how-to-clean-them) - [Playing Pong on a shoulder press machine](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100140-playing-pong-on-a-shoulder-press-machine) - [SRE Methods In an Agency Environment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/348-sre-methods-in-an-agency-environment) - [Stop Guessing, Start Measuring: Evaluating RAG Systems with Synthetic Test Data](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1982-stop-guessing-start-measuring-evaluating-rag-systems-with-synthetic-test-data) - [Agent Smith Gets Hardware: Autonomous IoT Hacking From Debug Port to Cloud API](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100258-agent-smith-gets-hardware-autonomous-iot-hacking-from-debug-port-to-cloud-api) ## Related Articles - [What is Software Engineering?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/289-what-is-software-engineering) - [Top Characteristics of a Software Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/166-top-characteristics-of-a-software-engineer) - [Résumé-Driven Development: How IT trends affect the job market for software developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/59-resume-driven-development-how-it-trends-affect-the-job-market-for-software-developers) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [Dev Digest 129 - Now that's what I call private data!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/468-dev-digest-129-now-that-s-what-i-call-private-data)