Lead Systems RMA Engineer - Air Traffic Control

About the role

Leidos is seeking a Reliability, Maintainability and Availability (RMA) Engineer to join an engineering team supporting the Federal Aviation Administration's En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM) program. ERAM is a mission-critical part of the National Airspace System, enabling air traffic controllers to manage high-altitude air traffic safely and efficiently. The engineer supports the engineering, analysis and sustainment of complex aviation and air traffic management systems so they meet strict reliability, maintainability, availability and performance requirements.

Key responsibilities

• Develop, analyze and maintain RMA requirements and specifications throughout the system lifecycle.
• Perform system-level RMA modeling, analysis and performance predictions to assess reliability, availability, maintainability and operational performance.
• Support system and design reviews with RMA assessments and recommendations to identify risks and improve performance.
• Develop and support test plans, procedures and evaluations to verify compliance with RMA requirements.
• Perform failure analysis and trending, identify root causes and support corrective actions.
• Evaluate field performance and failure trends to support reliability growth initiatives.
• Analyze field maintenance, operational and maintenance data to find opportunities for improvement.
• Develop sustainment scenarios and support lifecycle planning and operational availability assessments.
• Collaborate with systems engineering, hardware, software, maintenance, logistics, test and program teams, and support FAA-sponsored programs.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics or a related technical discipline with 4-8 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree with 2-6 years.
• Experience applying systems engineering principles throughout the development lifecycle.
• Experience with requirements development, analysis, documentation and management.
• Strong technical writing and communication skills, and ability to analyze technical data and communicate findings to stakeholders.
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary engineering environment.

Preferred qualifications

• RMA engineering experience, including reliability, maintainability, availability modeling, failure analysis, reliability predictions or lifecycle/sustainment analysis.
• Experience with government or industry RMA requirements and standards.
• Familiarity with aviation systems, air traffic management systems or the National Airspace System.
• Experience supporting FAA programs or other mission-critical government systems is a plus.
• Familiarity with both ground-based and airborne systems is highly desirable.

This is a hybrid position requiring presence in the Gaithersburg, MD office 2.5 days per week (10 days per month). Pay range: $87,100 - $157,450.