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Reliability and Maintainability Engineer, Journeyman

OklahomaOnsiteFull TimePosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • DoD
  • AF
  • weapon systems
  • reliability
  • maintainability
  • R&M process
  • test plans
  • risk assessments

Nice to have

  • material solution analyses
  • presentation materials
  • production requirements
  • operational requirements
  • fabrication
  • suitability for installation

Role summary

COLSA is seeking a Reliability and Maintainability Engineer (Journeyman) to support the Air Force (AF) and joint service weapon systems. This role involves applying engineering principles to improve system performance and sustainability, assisting with material solution analyses, design reviews, and documentation. The engineer will provide analysis and recommendations on system suitability, functionality, and manufacturing processes, attend technical reviews, and support various assessments including risk, cost, and trade-off studies. A key responsibility is developing an effective R&M process to ensure user requirements are met.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

  • Apply an understanding of DoD, AF, and common engineering/scientific principles, processes, and procedures to improve performance and sustainability of existing and future AF and joint service weapon systems.
  • Assist in performing material solution analyses leading up to design reviews. 
  • Assist in producing or supporting development of draft documentation and presentation materials as requested or necessitated by programmatic limits based on cost, schedule, and performance.
  • Assist in developing and collecting technical data and inputs for staff summary packages and executive briefings to support coordination and signature of all associated documents for milestone approvals.
  • Assist in translating production and operational requirements into design, fabrication and testing objectives.
  • Provide analysis and recommendations to systems suitability for installation, functionality and reliability of systems and readiness of existing manufacturing processes.
  • Attend all technical reviews and provide technical advice on the path forward to installation of the new hardware and software into the system.
  • Support and assist performance effectiveness, cost effectiveness, cost performance, life-cycle cost, producibility, maintainability, supportability, reliability, technical and schedule risk assessments, and scheduling trade-off studies.
  • Assist in reviewing system specific test plans and participate in system, subsystem, and component testing.
  • Assist in developing an effective Reliability and Maintainability (R&M) process that ensures the user’s weapon system R&M requirements are clearly defined and achieved with agreement by the mission partner in support of the user's requirements.

At COLSA, people are our most valuable resource and centered at our core value. We invite you to unite your talents with opportunity and be a part of our “Family of Professionals!” Learn about our employee-centric culture and benefits here: https://www.colsa.com/culture_benefits 

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