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Reliability Engineer Staff

Lockheed Martin
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Littleton, CO, USA
Sep 21, 2026

Standard Job Description

Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security, and our humanity. While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more - we can innovate, invest, inspire, and integrate our capabilities to transform the future.

At Lockheed Martin Space, we aim to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve. We’re creating future-ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security® vision. We’re erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world. We’re advancing spacecraft and the workforce to fuel the next generation. And we’re reimagining how space can connect us, ensuring security and prosperity.

Join us in shaping a new era in space and find a career that's built for you.

As a Reliability Engineer, you will:

  • Work within the Special Disciplines team and may lead a small Reliability team or project

  • Develop, coordinate and conduct technical reliability studies and evaluations of engineering design concepts and design of experiments (doe) constructs.

  • Recommend design or test methods and statistical process control procedures for achieving required levels of product reliability

  • Compile and evaluate performance reports and process control statistics; investigate and analyze relevant variables potentially affecting product and processes

  • Ensure that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards

  • Evaluate preliminary plans and develop reliability engineering programs to achieve company, customer and governmental agency reliability objectives

  • Develop mathematical models to identify units, batches or processes posing excessive failure risks

  • Propose changes in design or formulation to improve system and/or process reliability

  • Determine units and/or batches requiring environmental testing, and specifies minimum number of samples to obtain statistically valid data

  • Proficient in AI prompting as it applies to this position and practice

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The information below reflects the standard job description for this position:

Develops, coordinates and conducts technical reliability studies and evaluations of engineering design concepts and design of experiments (doe) constructs. Recommends design or test methods and statistical process control procedures for achieving required levels of product reliability. Compiles and analyzes performance reports and process control statistics; investigates and analyzes relevant variables potentially affecting product and processes. Ensures that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards. Analyzes preliminary plans and develops reliability engineering programs to achieve company, customer and governmental agency reliability objectives. May develop mathematical models to identify units, batches or processes posing excessive failure risks. As necessary, proposes changes in design or formulation to improve system and/or process reliability. May determine units and/or batches requiring environmental testing, and specifies minimum number of samples to obtain statistically valid data.

Basic Qualifications

Experience in five of the following:

a. Reliability Program Plans
b. Reliability Predictions and Analysis
c. Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA)
d. Critical Items List
e. Availability
f. Maintainability Analysis and Predictions
g. Fault Tree Analysis
h. Probability Risk Assessment (PRA)
i. Familiarity with Reliability HDBKS and Standards (i.e.; MIL-HDBK-217, Milt-STD-1629, MIL-STD-1543, MIL-HDBK-338, MIL-HDBK-472)
j. Application of probability and statistics to support decisions regarding sample size, burn-in life testing and failure analysis investigations
k. Reliability modernization techniques such as ANSI/VITA 51.1 or RAC factors

US Citizenship with the willingness/ability to acquire and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance

Desired Skills

  • Spacecraft/Missile experience

  • Previous experience leading small reliability projects or teams

  • Proven experience in all facets of the conduct of a reliability program to include: Reliability Program Plans, Reliability Predictions and Analysis, Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis, Critical Items List, Availability, Maintainability Analysis and Predictions, Fault Tree Analysis, Probability Risk Assessment (PRA), familiarity with Reliability HDBKS and Standards i.e.; MIL-HDBK-217, Milt-STD-1629, MIL-STD-1543, MILHDBK-338, MIL-HDBK-472, the application of probability and statistics to support decisions regarding sample size, burn-in life testing and failure analysis investigations  

  • Proven behaviors of a systems thinker; selects and applies appropriate systems thinking skills to tackle very sophisticated problems and implement constructive change

  • Missile or space segment design and test experience with one or more subsystems or fields outside of Systems Engineering

  • Active or Current TS/SCI clearance

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $118000.00 - $219100.00

At  Lockheed Martin, we know mission success starts with taking care of our people. Our Total Rewards program is designed to attract top talent, support your well-being, and help you grow-both professionally and personally.

The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.  

Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.

  • Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
  • For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.

Job ID

996476166772

Security Clearance

TS/SCI
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