Senior Reliability Analyst at Mercer Engineering Research Center

The position is responsible for the collection, development, and analysis of maintenance data as well as the production of daily, weekly, monthly, and long-term reliability analyses. You will lead reliability investigations and provide technical recommendations on aircraft systems, structures, and avionics. These investigations will address reliability improvements, maintainability assessments, aging aircraft evaluations, and other pertinent information.

Responsibilities:

• Lead individual and team efforts pertinent to reliability and sustainment programs.
• Apply and develop research techniques and expertise to perform assigned tasks and participate with teams in evaluating maintenance and technical data, gathering of field maintenance issues, identifying trends, determining system reliability and availability of components, and recommending changes to the technical data and scheduled maintenance program.
• Investigate and coordinate with engineering to determine root cause of failures and possible resolutions to increase component and system reliability, reduce maintenance costs, and increase aircraft availability.
• Ensure tasks are accomplished within cost, schedule, and performance requirements of the work effort.
• Demonstrate excellent written and oral communication skills.
• May prepare and present formal and informal briefings.

Required Qualifications:

• US citizenship.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance
• A high school diploma or an Associate’s degree and 15 years of directly related experience in aircraft electrical and environmental, communication and navigation, guidance and control, electronic countermeasures or mechanical systems; or a Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline and 9 years of directly related experience; or a Master’s degree in a technical discipline and 8 years of directly related experience
• Experience developing products using Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Adobe
• Experience with aircraft avionics or electrical systems

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with the C-130 aircraft
• Experience in data evaluation, interpretation and analysis for the creation of recommended actions
• Technical and specialized knowledge in Reliability Centered Maintenance, Condition Based Maintenance, and/or Maintenance Steering Group 3 (MSG-3)