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# Senior Reliability Engineer

- **Company:** Leonardo DRS
- **Location:** Hazelwood, MO, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $93,121.0 - $125,713.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Microsoft Office, Rapid Prototyping Process, Reliability Engineering, System Availability, Reliability of Systems
- **Published:** October 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://careers.leonardodrs.com/talentcommunity/apply/1442195300/?locale=en_US

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical field
 * 5+ years of reliability engineering experience
 * Ability to obtain a Department of Defense (DoD) Secret security clearance
 * Ability to manage reliability engineering activities across multiple concurrent programs
 * Strong analytical, technical writing, and communication skills
 * Fluency in technologies and application domain
 * Ability to lead a technical group independently
 * Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications
 * Ability to travel approximately 10% to support testing, program reviews, and training activities

U.S. Citizenship required. This position requires an active DOD security clearance or the ability to obtain such clearance within a reasonable time after commencement of employment.

## Description

Leonardo DRS Land Systems is seeking a full time Senior Reliability Engineer. This position is based out of our Bridgeton, MO facility and will have the option to work an in person or hybrid schedule. The Senior Reliability Engineer will lead reliability engineering activities for contractual and rapid prototyping programs in alignment with applicable requirements, government direction, and industry standards. This role will oversee reliability efforts throughout the program lifecycle and collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish requirements, assess system performance, and drive design improvements. The Senior Reliability Engineer will analyze reliability data and performance trends to identify improvement opportunities, reduce program risk, and enhance system availability and mission success., Reliability Engineering and Documentation

 * Lead reliability planning, analysis, and assessment activities throughout the program life cycle
 * Develop, maintain, and present reliability analyses and documentation to support contractual deliverables and government reviews, including, as applicable:

 * Reliability and Maintainability Management Plan (RMMP)
 * FSAR documentation, as defined by the applicable contract
 * Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA)
 * Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) predictions and assessments
 * Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) records and reports
 * Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)

Analyze failure data, test results, and reliability performance trends to evaluate progress against requirements and recommend corrective actions

Lead a group of engineers on a technical activity and completion of activity on time and budget

Customer and Supplier Coordination

 * Provide technical direction to subcontractors and partners to support implementation of customer-flowed-down reliability requirements
 * Support classified and unclassified test events and communicate reliability performance, findings, and recommendations to customers and partner organizations
 * Coordinate retrieval of failed components and parts to enable timely failure analysis
 * Collaborate with suppliers and customers to identify root causes, implement corrective actions, verify effectiveness, and track actions to closure
 * Support government program reviews, technical interchange meetings, and audits by presenting reliability status, technical analyses, program risks, and corrective action progress

Internal Technical Leadership

 * Collaborate with Integrated Product Teams to incorporate reliability findings into design decisions and product improvements
 * Work with Program Managers and Project Engineers to identify, assess, and manage reliability-related risks and opportunities
 * Partner with the Systems Engineering Manager to establish and improve reliability engineering processes, methods, and practices