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# Reliability Engineer

- **Company:** Caci Inc
- **Location:** Danbury, CT, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $94,400.0 - $198,200.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Databases, Failure Mode Effects Analysis, Mathcad, Minitab, Software Technical Review, Windchill, Reliability Availability Maintainability and Safety Software, Reliability of Systems
- **Published:** October 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=1c9d145b704d359c

## About the Role

Required:

 * U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance
 * Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Systems Engineering, or related technical field.
 * 4-7 years of relevant experience in reliability/mission assurance engineering, preferably supporting spacecraft, launch vehicle, or satellite programs.
 * Working knowledge of reliability tools and methodologies: FMEA/FMECA, FTA, RBD, Weibull analysis, worst-case/derating analysis.
 * Familiarity with space-industry reliability and mission assurance standards
 * Understanding of space environmental effects on hardware (radiation, thermal vacuum, launch vibration/shock) and their impact on reliability.
 * Experience with reliability/statistical software (e.g., Windchill Risk and Reliability, Minitab, MathCAD).
 * Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work through ambiguous, high-consequence design trade-offs.
 * Excellent written and verbal communication skills; experience presenting at technical design reviews.

Desired:

 * Master's degree in a relevant engineering discipline.
 * Familiarity with radiation hardness assurance (RHA) processes and EEE parts selection for flight hardware.
 * CRE (Certified Reliability Engineer) certification or equivalent.

## Description

We are seeking a skilled Reliability Engineer to support our Specialty Engineering team. In this role, you will drive reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety (RAMS) initiatives for spacecraft, launch vehicles, and ground support systems - ensuring our hardware and software meet mission assurance requirements for high-reliability, long-duration, and often unmaintainable space applications., * Perform FMEA/FMECA, Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), and Reliability Block Diagrams (RBD) for spacecraft subsystems to identify single points of failure and mission-critical risks.

 * Develop reliability predictions and lifetime assessments for components operating in extreme space environments (radiation, vacuum, thermal cycling, vibration/launch loads) using tools such as MIL-HDBK-217, NPRD/EPRD, or physics-of-failure models.
 * Develop and track reliability metrics including MTBF, failure rates, redundancy margins, and mission success probability across design life.
 * Support design reviews (PDR, CDR, MRR) by presenting reliability analyses, risk assessments, and open-item dispositions to internal and customer/program stakeholders
 * Collaborate with quality, components, and parts/materials engineering to ensure compliance with applicable standards
 * Assess supplier/vendor component reliability data, qualification status, and heritage for flight hardware procurement decisions.
 * Contribute to lessons-learned databases and continuous improvement of reliability processes supporting Danbury program missions.
 * Support Electrical Engineering in worst-case analysis (WCA), derating analysis, and parts stress analysis per NASA/aerospace standards
 * Support radiation effects analysis (TID, SEE, displacement damage) in coordination with parts engineering to ensure component suitability for mission orbit/duration.