Senior Reliability Engineer - Jet Engines

About the role

This Senior Engineer position covers engine reliability and life cycle management, including failure mode analysis, reliability modelling and customer-facing reliability data exchange. The role works closely with the Manager of Reliability Engineering and other reliability engineers.

Key responsibilities

• Analyze engine reliability data, review failure modes, conduct or assist with root cause analyses and perform reliability calculations
• Design, implement and maintain engine failure data collection and analysis tools, and maintain a Failure Analysis database
• Gather reliability data from field studies or databases, correlate it with maintenance practices and operational use, and identify trends
• Build system models to simulate and predict engine reliability and failure, and construct cost models for reliability improvement strategies
• Act as liaison with senior management and engineering staff, and as prime contact with assigned customers for strategic reliability data
• Support service engineers and other personnel collecting reliability and failure data, and participate in projects as team member or team leader
• Manage project timelines, write technical reports, prepare proposals and work instructions, and present analysis results to staff and customers
• Observe safety requirements and report unsafe practices immediately

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, aerospace or reliability engineering, or equivalent
• More than 10 years of experience supporting optimization, engine performance analysis, engine health monitoring, testing, data and fleet reliability analytics for the CFM56 family of engines
• Shop floor service engineering is a plus; strong subject matter knowledge of the CFM56-7 engine is required
• Proven experience planning and managing engineering projects on gas turbine engine reliability and life cycle management

Required skills

• Thorough knowledge of the MS Office suite (Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint)
• Proficiency with Oracle ERP and data systems
• Computer programming in any language (VB, VBA, C, C#, C++, etc.) is a must
• Database experience (MS Access, LAMP, SQL, etc.) preferred
• Strong knowledge of statistics and mathematical analysis
• Advantages: familiarity with StandardAero's Maintenance Insight and Weibull analysis, airline maintenance practices, and SA Menu