Senior Reliability Engineer

Company: Lockheed Martin
Location: Sedalia
Posted on: April 1, 2026

Job Description:

"Ahead of Ready" About Lockheed Martin Space: Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security, and our humanity. While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more — we can innovate, invest, inspire, and integrate our capabilities to transform the future. At Lockheed Martin Space, we aim to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve. We’re creating future-ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security® vision. We’re erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world. We’re advancing spacecraft and the workforce to fuel the next generation. And we’re reimagining how space can connect us, ensuring security and prosperity. Join us in shaping a new era in space and find a career that's built for you About the Team: As part of the central reliability team, the reliability engineering role may include a wide variety of reliability engineering tasks and activities for spacecraft and missiles. The central group supports multiple programs including Orion, GPS, and other critical national programs. We service the entire lifecycle from concept through sustainment. About the Role: As a Reliability Engineer, you will spend much of your time working in a team environment, obtaining inputs from other engineers, performing analyses, and creating presentations / reports. There may be some travel. You will interact with engineers, suppliers, quality, production operations, program managers, customers, and customer consultants. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, self-driven, and can multitask as needed. Responsibilities will include: • Work within the Special Disciplines team and may lead a small Reliability team or project • Develop, coordinate and conduct technical reliability studies and evaluations of engineering design concepts and design of experiments (doe) constructs. • Recommend design or test methods and statistical process control procedures for achieving required levels of product reliability • Compile and evaluate performance reports and process control statistics; investigate and analyze relevant variables potentially affecting product and processes • Ensure that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards • Evaluate preliminary plans and develop reliability engineering programs to achieve company, customer and governmental agency reliability objectives • Develop mathematical models to identify units, batches or processes posing excessive failure risks • Propose changes in design or formulation to improve system and/or process reliability • Determine units and/or batches requiring environmental testing, and specifies minimum number of samples to obtain statistically valid data You can learn more about Denver, CO by visiting this link. Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package. Basic Qualifications • Engineering analysis in Aerospace • Experience with Reliability principles, practices, and understanding of root cause analysis • Knowledge and experience with probability, statistical concepts, and mathematical modelling • Experience with subsystems to system level integration Desired skills • Spacecraft/Missile experience • Parts Engineering expertise and knowledge of MIL-PRF screening requirements • Systems engineering and production • Missile or space segment design and test experience with one or more subsystems or fields outside of Systems Engineering • Requirements development, system design, problem analysis and resolution, and integration and test • Analytical thinker with a demonstrated ability of solving complex problems, and strict attention to detail; effective analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to perform detail-oriented work with a high accuracy within requested timelines • Experience in at least six (6) of the following: Reliability Program Plans; Reliability Predictions and Analysis; Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA); Availability; Maintainability Analysis and Predictions; Fault Tree Analysish; Probability Risk Assessment (PRA); Reliability HDBKS and Standards; Application of probability and statistics to support decisions regarding sample size, burn-in life testing and failure analysis investigations • Strong interpersonal skills. Ability to work in a collaborative and team-based environment • Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics. The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration. * At Lockheed Martin, we use our passion for purposeful innovation to help keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work. With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel, develop, and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. We place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering an inclusive environment built upon integrity and corporate responsibility. If this sounds like a culture you connect with, you’re invited to apply for this role. Or, if you are unsure whether your experience aligns with the requirements of this position, we encourage you to search on Lockheed Martin Jobs , and apply for roles that align with your qualifications. Other Important Information By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings. Ability to work remotely Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. Work Schedule Information Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits. Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $85,500 - $150,765. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate’s final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer. Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays. (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year. This position is incentive plan eligible. Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in most major metropolitan areas in California, Massachusetts, and New York is $98,300 - $170,315. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate’s final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer. Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays. This position is incentive plan eligible.

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