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Blue Canyon Technologies Reliability Engineer II in Lafayette, Colorado
Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT), a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies, is leading the way in the New Space revolution! Our state-of-the-art systems are currently on missions from low Earth orbit to the Moon, near earth asteroids, and to Mars. We create high-reliability spacecraft with significantly greater performance, much smaller size and at a fraction of the cost of traditional space systems. We are involved in a wide range of projects for academic, commercial, and government applications. Join our innovative and dynamic company, as we build the small s
Position Purpose: The Reliability Engineer II reports to the Principal Product Line Mission Assurance Manager and works in concert with program management team members.
Title: Reliability Engineer II
Position Type: Full Time
Pay Range: $80,000 - $135,000
(Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.)
Location: Lafayette, CO
Benefits:
100% company paid health, dental and vision benefits for you and your dependents effective the first of the month following hire date Life insurance 401k (matching 4% with a minimum 5% contribution) Generous PTO (3 weeks of vacation + 3 floating holidays, 2 weeks of sick time, 7 paid holidays throughout the year) and parental leave
Job Responsibilities:
Performs reliability analyses as needed to support program deliverables and analysis such as; parts stress analysis (PSA), failure mode and effects (FMEA), worse case circuit analysis (WCCA), mean time between failure (MTBF), probability of success (Ps). Participate in analysis effort to generate MTBF and Parts Stress Analyzes leveraging industry documents such as EEE-INST-001. Work in coordination with the EEE parts Engineer and Radiation Effects Engineer to understand overall probability of success based on mission environments. Communicate hardware reliability risks to the Mission Assurance Manager and Program Manager. Develop and maintain risk reduction test methods of flight hardware. Participate in Material Review Board and Failure Review Board activities as required. Works under general direction of project engineers or section head, or under general administrative instruction in performing detailed reliability studies and calculations of component/system reliabilities. Considers impact of costs on recommended action plans for avoiding/correcting problems during the design phase or remedial action for correcting reliability problems on installed equipment; performs root cause failure analysis to help prevent failures. Plans and performs engineering research, design development, or manufacturing/process engineering assignments, including responsibility for major subsections of complex projects using general engineering practices influenced by the general theme of reliability principles. Estimates engineering personnel needs and coordinates and supervises the use of other engineers and technicians to accomplish the objective of cost-effective reliability improvements for projects. Performs other work as assigned.
Required Qualifications/Education:
2+ years of experience A bachelor s degree from an accredited college in a technical discipline (e.g., engineering field) or equivalent discipline (e.g., math, physics, etc.).
Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education. Direct experience performing at least one reliability analysis; parts stress analysis, failure mode and effects, worse case circuit analysis, signal integrity, mean time between failure, probability of success, is required. Ability to read electrical schematics is required. General knowledge of electrical circuits and EEE parts is required. Knowledge of space and/or military requirements documents for reliability such as EEE-INST-002, TORs, etc. is preferred. Experience in SPICE analysis tools, with specific xperience in P-SPICE and LT-SPICE is preferred. Experience in circuit analysis of digital and analog circuits is preferred. General knowledge of EEE part failure modes is recommended. Experience in statistical analysis and or statics theory is recommended.
Working Conditions: This job operates in a professional office environment, but in a manufacturing company. This role uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, scanners, filing cabinets and fax machines. BCT anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require BCT to shorten or extend the applicatio
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties