Engineer III

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Job Description
Position Summary/Essential Functions:
Researches, analyzes, designs, and tests component parts, processes, or systems to develop new and/or improve core products. Develops and recommends solutions to engineering requirements for complex or specialized projects or systems, to ensure that design objectives are met, including program scope, cost and schedule constraints. Applies engineering principles based on assigned engineering domain (e.g. mechanical; electrical; chemical, etc.).
Works with engineering project or a cross-functional team within the business unit; may have regular customer/suppler interaction.

Responsibilities:
  • Perform reliability analyses on mechanical, electrical, and electromechanical devices for both commercial and military products.
  • Document and present the results of these analyses to technical audiences, including both internal and external customers in a clear and effective manner.
  • These analyses may include, but are not limited to, Mean Time Between Unscheduled Removals (MTBUR), Mean Time Before Between Failures (MTBF), Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), Reliability Prediction, Warranty Guarantees, Weibull Analysis.
  • Interface and work with other disciplines in the engineering and business fields, such as design engineering, manufacturing/production, quality engineering, program management, contracts, and business development. Support program reviews and present reliability data and findings at Program Reviews.
  • Use reliability engineering analysis to compare competing designs. Recommends product improvements to achieve customer and product reliability and safety standards (e.g. failure analysis). Develop reports and documentation in response to technical information requests.
  • Provides technical information for review with product engineering, design review, program management teams using established engineering practices, standards, and documentation methods (e.g. structured design process; customer design reviews).
  • Contributes to supporting documentation for procedures and technical reports; may write technical responses or proposals for customers.
  • Maintain efforts within defined cost and schedule constraints including status and root cause/corrective actions of associated variances.
  • May act as a Control Account Manager (CAM) for projects applying Earned Value Management (EVM).
  • Maintains and further develops professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing technical publications, and/or participating in professional associations.
  • Shares specialized knowledge with others. Assigned to mentor new employees. May represents the company on specific projects or engineering tasks.


Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s degree (BS) (or Professional Engineer (PE) certificate) in an engineering or science technical discipline.
  • Ability to perform the essential functions of the job typically acquired through 4-6 years of related experience.
  • Has thorough knowledge of product area and domain and develops breadth of knowledge of industry practices, techniques, regulations, and policies.
  • Proficient with reliability and analysis tools (e.g. PTC Windchill Quality Solutions and PowerBI); ability to use standard software packages. May require capability using specialized software applications or languages.
  • Ability to apply standard practices and techniques in specific situations, adjust and correlate data, recognize discrepancies in results, and follow operations through a series of related detailed steps or processes.
  • Ability to work with general objectives regarding projects and team goals; applies judgment in selecting procedures and techniques that should be applied. Works collaboratively in a team environment.
  • Ability to effectively communicate and present status, actions, recommendations, and other technical information with clarity and precision. Responsive to inquiries from other engineering and business teams.
  • PowerBI and Weibull experience is a plus but not a requirement
  • FRACAS experience is a positive as well
  • Must have: Strong communication, someone who is proactive in relationship building, someone who is driven/challenges status quo, attention to detail, strong organizations, good team player
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Location:
Irvine
Category:
Engineering

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