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Quantum Space is seeking a Reliability Engineer to ensure the reliability, safety, and mission assurance of next-generation spacecraft and supporting systems. You will perform comprehensive reliability analyses, influence system architecture and hardware design, support environmental testing and failure investigations, and help establish processes that ensure mission success throughout the product lifecycle.
Key responsibilities include:
- Perform functional and interface Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analyses (FMEA/FMECA) at part, assembly, and system levels; maintain the Critical Items List (CIL)
- Develop Fault Tree Analyses (FTA), Reliability Block Diagrams (RBD), and reliability predictions including MTBF and MTTF to support design trades, redundancy decisions, and sparing strategies
- Apply physics-of-failure methodologies, Weibull analysis, accelerated life testing, and probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) to evaluate mission-critical hardware
- Support EEE parts reliability through component selection, derating, parts stress analysis, worst-case analysis, and radiation effects screening per EEE-INST-002
- Monitor GIDEP alerts and supplier advisories, tracking limited-life and limited-shelf-life components throughout production
- Partner with design and systems engineering teams to integrate reliability requirements into spacecraft architecture, supplier selection, and manufacturing processes early in development
- Provide actionable analyses that influence redundancy, design margins, and component selection while maintaining documentation for technical reviews and audits
- Support environmental qualification, life testing, and verification activities by reviewing test plans, evaluating results, and assessing reliability impacts
- Tailor reliability activities to mission risk classifications while maintaining rigorous standards for safety-critical and range safety systems
- Help develop and improve Quantum Space's reliability engineering processes, procedures, analysis templates, and requirements within the AS9100 Rev D Quality Management System
Required qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical, Systems Engineering, or related discipline. 5+ years of reliability, mission assurance, or closely related engineering experience supporting flight hardware or similarly high-reliability systems. Hands-on experience developing FMEA/FMECA, FTA, RBD, and reliability predictions. Working knowledge of NASA-STD-8729.1, MIL-STD-882, and EEE-INST-002. Experience applying reliability engineering principles to complex aerospace or high-reliability systems. Strong technical writing and analytical skills. Ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams in fast-paced environments. Must be a U.S. Person per ITAR/EAR regulations.
Nice-to-have: Master's degree or ASQ Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE) certification. Direct spacecraft, satellite, or flight hardware development experience. Familiarity with NASA standards. Experience with PLM/PDM tools (Creo, Windchill). Familiarity with propulsion systems, pressure systems, batteries, ordnance, or safety-critical spacecraft subsystems. Experience supporting rideshare launch programs or range safety requirements.
