Principal Reliability Engineer

**Job Description** _Thank you for your interest in BAE Systems! This opening is included as part of our June 2026 Electronic Combat Solutions Engineering Hiring Event. While we encourage all interested professionals to apply, please note that this is a selection-based interview event for candidates whose skills and experience match our hiring needs. If your background and skill set match these needs, we will reach out with next steps. If selected for an interview, specific opportunities based on your interests, experience, and skill set will be discussed with the hiring team. For candidates not local to the southern NH, virtual interviews will be accommodated._ See what you re missing. Our employees work on the world s most advanced electronics from detecting threats for F-35 pilots to illuminating the night for soldiers. Spanning air, land, sea, and space, we are developing the technology of tomorrow, delivered today. Drawing strength from our differences, we re innovating for the future. And you can, too. Our flexible work environment provides you with a chance to change the world without giving up your personal life. We put our customers first exemplified by our mission: We Protect Those Who Protect Us. Sound like a team you want to be a part of? Come build your career with BAE Systems. BAE Systems has a stimulating opportunity for an energetic well-qualified Reliability Engineer to join our team. You will work on teams developing and producing a variety of electronic equipment including Countermeasure & Electromagnetic Attack Solutions, providing unparalleled electronic warfare capabilities to enhance mission survivability. BAE Systems Reliability Engineers are involved with every stage of the equipment lifecycle from concept through development, Integration & Test, production and field support. You will have significant interaction across the company including program office, all engineering disciplines and production functions and this will provide for a fast-paced, educational, and fulfilling experience. Your efforts will have a positive impact on front line warfighter s effectiveness and daily quality of life. We are seeking a Principal Engineer with an earned degree in a relevant engineering discipline to join our Reliability Science engineering team. You will have opportunities to apply your engineering skills and education to investigate digital and analog electronics, power supplies, and systems of electronic modules, to ensure Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability requirements are achieved. Your self-starting enthusiasm for technology, and ability to investigate and solve problems will propel you to become an integral part of our innovative teams and influence product development. In this role, you will: Work with a cross-functional team to ensure Reliability and Maintainability requirements are achieved. Perform failure trend analysis, failure investigation and root cause analysis. Coordinate failure analysis with vendors or failure analysis labs. Prepare and review failure reports and FRACAS metrics for publication. Present findings and conclusions with recommended corrective actions to both internal management as well as our customers. Perform internal and external supplier interface to resolve reliability issues. Perform Design-for Reliability and Maintainability including reliability and maintainability modeling and analysis and assessments requiring the full use and wide application of engineering theories, concepts and precedents. Conduct research to provide solutions to a wide range of technical problems and proposals. Make technical choices to improve the reliability & maintainability attributes of the equipment. Plan and conduct a variety of reliability and maintainability tasks to meet reliability and maintainability goals. Present findings and conclusions with recommended corrective actions to both internal management as well as our customers. Represent the Company at customer meetings as applicable. BAE Systems offers competitive pay, benefits, and important work-life balance initiatives including every other Friday Off, Flextime, and Telecommuting. BAE also believes in a culture of recognition for the extraordinary contributions of our skilled employees. Our engineers are the lifeblood of our company and we re more than 5,000 strong. With our robust offering of educational and career development opportunities, your chances to grow are limitless. + Lead the Reliability, Availability & Maintainability (RAM) scope activities + Perform RAM trade studies for the system design process + Experience / awareness using ReliaSoft , Relyence and/or PTC Windchill RR software tools + Define/allocate RAM requirements and assess RAM performance (MTBF, MTBCF, Ao) + Perform Reliability & Maintainability Predictions and MTBF Modeling + Perform Failure Modes Effects Criticality Analysis (FMECA) + Perform Testability Analysis + Perform Maintainability Analysis + Drive the Failure reporting, Analysis & Corrective Action System (FRACAS) process + Perform failure trend analysis, failure investigation and root cause analysis + Chair/Track the Failure Review Board activities + Present R&M design and analysis of customer requirements at design milestone reviews + Responsibilities may involve supporting the design team to establish BIT functions, test interface requirements and diagnostic features **Required Education, Experience, & Skills** + Bachelor s degree in engineering, preferred Electrical, Computer, or Software, and 4 or more years of relevant engineering experience or equivalent. **Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills** + Bachelor s or Master s of Science degree in electrical engineering or computer science/engineering + Proven Circuit Analysis experience + Reliability Growth software tools experience + Experience with requirement development + Experience with System Integration + Experience with MBSE (Magic Draw, SysML) + Familiarity with industry standard practices such as Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, etc. + Ability to work in a fast-paced dynamic environment + Active Secret Clearance \#ECSSE **Pay Information** Full-Time Salary Range: $118095 - $200762 Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience. Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics. **Principal Reliability Engineer** **125105BR** EEO Career Site Equal Opportunity Employer. Minorities . females . veterans . individuals with disabilities . sexual orientation . gender identity . gender expression