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Senior RAM Engineer
Destinusgroup
Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
Remote · Zürich, Switzerland
Experience
Senior · 7+ years
Job description
Senior Reliability Engineer at Destinus Engineering responsible for leading reliability, availability and maintainability (RAM) efforts across defense systems and products over the full product lifecycle, from design trade studies through qualification, fielding and sustainment.
At a glance
- Work mode
- Remote · Zürich, Switzerland
- Languages
- English – fluent, German
What you'll do
- Develop and execute reliability program plans in line with contract requirements and applicable standards (e.g., MIL-STD-785, MIL-HDBK-217, MIL-STD-1629, IEC 60812, FIDES, ANSI/GEIA-STD-0009, ASD S3000L or customer-specific equivalents)
- Perform reliability predictions, FMEA/FMECA, fault tree analysis, derating and worst-case analyses, and reliability block diagram modeling
- Define and run reliability test programs, including HALT/HASS, environmental stress screening, accelerated life testing, and reliability growth testing
- Contribute to design reviews (PDR, CDR) and influence design for reliability and maintainability early in development
- Support sustainment engineering, including obsolescence and parts-quality assessments, and supplier reliability oversight
- Prepare reliability documentation and present findings to internal leadership and government customers
- Availability modelling and allocating RAM requirements down from the system to subsystems
- Maintainability analysis plus testability and BIT coverage analysis
- Input to the maintenance and logistic support analysis, working with ILS
What we're looking for
- BSc or MSc in engineering (electrical, mechanical, systems, or related)
- [7+] years of reliability engineering experience preferably in the defense sector
- Hands-on experience with FMEA/FMECA, reliability prediction, and statistical life data analysis
- Experience with modern European RAM standards: IEC 60812, FIDES, ANSI/GEIA-STD-0009, ASD S3000L
- Familiarity with military reliability and environmental standards (e.g., MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461) and DoD acquisition or equivalent processes
- Experience using RWB Isograph or similar RAMS software
- Proactive, ownership-driven mindset with strong problem-solving capabilities
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a fast-paced, dynamic, international and multidisciplinary development team
- Fluency in English is required
Nice to have
- Experience in a tier 1 defense supplier company interacting directly with the military customer
- Experience with Air Defence and / or Strike systems
- German is a plus