Flight Reliability Engineer
Location
Redondo Beach, CA
Level
Mid-Level
Department
Aerospace & Space
Type
Salary
$120,000 - $180,000
Job Description
Posted on:
2026-05-14
Responsibilities
- Evaluate mission and vehicle risks throughout development, integration, test, and flight operations; drive mitigation strategies across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Develop and maintain scalable processes for risk identification, disposition, and closure.
- Lead vehicle-level readiness reviews for major program milestones, including test campaigns, launch operations, and flight readiness activities.
- Own root cause investigations for significant flight and ground-test anomalies, driving corrective and preventive actions to closure.
- Advance internal mission assurance processes including change management, configuration control, impact assessment, and lessons learned capture.
- Partner closely with design, manufacturing, software, avionics, propulsion, GNC, and operations teams to improve mission reliability across the full vehicle lifecycle.
- Support development of early certification and compliance approaches for government and commercial customers across multiple programs.
Job Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in aerospace, defense, launch vehicles, spacecraft, aviation, or other highly complex technical systems.
- Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and decision-making skills.
- Experience driving structured problem solving and root cause investigations.
- U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD TS/SCI or TS/SAP security clearance.
- Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 5+ years' of demonstrated experience in aerospace, defense, or complex technical system management (preferred).
- Systems engineering background with experience managing technical interfaces and requirements across complex programs (preferred).
