Reliability Engineer

📋 Job Overview

Saalex is seeking a Reliability Engineer in Ridgecrest, CA. The selected candidate will provide reliability engineering support by administering FRACAS processes, reviewing and resolving trouble/failure reports, performing structured root cause analysis (RCA), driving corrective actions to verified effectiveness, and developing required reliability/quality documentation in accordance with program and contract requirements.

🏢 About Saalex

Saalex is a company focused on reliability engineering and related services.

🎯 The Role

The Reliability Engineer will administer all aspects of the Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) process, review, evaluate, disposition, and resolve trouble, problem, and failure reports, lead investigations and perform structured root cause analysis (RCA) using established methods, develop corrective action plans and track corrective actions through closure, verify the effectiveness of implemented corrective actions, perform statistical and trend analysis using FRACAS and reliability data, develop and maintain reliability, quality, RCA, and corrective action documentation in accordance with program and contractual requirements, prepare RCA reports supported by evidence and documented corrective action plans, coordinate with peers, engineering teams, and other related functional groups to support reliability activities, and perform additional duties that support program reliability and continuous improvement objectives.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Administer all aspects of the Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) process.
• Review, evaluate, disposition, and resolve trouble, problem, and failure reports.
• Lead investigations and perform structured root cause analysis (RCA) using established methods.
• Develop corrective action plans and track corrective actions through closure.
• Verify the effectiveness of implemented corrective actions.
• Perform statistical and trend analysis using FRACAS and reliability data.
• Develop and maintain reliability, quality, RCA, and corrective action documentation in accordance with program and contractual requirements.
• Prepare RCA reports supported by evidence and documented corrective action plans.
• Coordinate with peers, engineering teams, and other related functional groups to support reliability activities.
• Perform additional duties that support program reliability and continuous improvement objectives.

📌 Required Qualifications

• A minimum of 7 year’s of related experience.
• Demonstrated FRACAS experience supporting reliability improvement in a production/test or field reliability environment.
• Demonstrated experience reviewing and resolving trouble/failure reports, including leading investigations and driving closure.
• Strong RCA skills and ability to translate findings into actionable corrective actions.
• Proficiency with reliability/quality tools and concepts (failure mode taxonomy, FMEA logic concepts, corrective action effectiveness verification).
• Strong technical writing skills for RCA and closure documentation.
• Working knowledge of data analysis tools (spreadsheets and basic statistics/trend analysis).
• Familiarity with reliability documentation standards commonly used in defense programs (as required by the contract).
• RCA reports with evidence and corrective action plan.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (or equivalent experience).

🎁 Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Training & Development
• Wellness Resources
• Stock Option Benefit

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

• Active Secret clearance required, interim secret acceptable to start. Requirements to obtain a clearance include US Citizenship, security investigation, etc.