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Safety & Reliability Engineer

Burbank, CA 91504

Posted: 06/12/2025 Employment Type: Direct Hire Department: Core Technologies - FTE Job Number: 30582 Industry: AERO - Aerospace

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Position Title: Safety & Reliability Engineer

Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting direct hire opportunity for a Safety & Reliability Engineer located in Burbank, CA.

Job Description:
  • We're seeking an experienced Safety & Reliability Engineer to join a leading engineering team focused on cutting-edge product development.
  • In this role, you'll play a critical part in ensuring new designs meet rigorous safety, reliability, and maintainability objectives, contributing directly to product excellence and customer satisfaction.


Job Responsibilities:
  • Lead and perform in-depth system safety analyses, applying industry-recognized methodologies and guidelines.
  • Conduct comprehensive reliability analyses for electronic, electro-mechanical, and mechanical components at various levels, utilizing established handbook methods and databases.
  • Calculate key reliability metrics such as Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) and Mean Time Between Unscheduled Removal (MTBUR) from diverse data sources.
  • Perform maintainability analyses and determine Mean Time To Repair (MTTR) based on established guidelines.
  • Execute Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) at both component and functional levels.
  • Conduct fault detection and isolation analysis weighted by failure rates.
  • Generate essential safety, reliability, and maintainability documentation and present analysis results in critical design reviews.
  • Participate actively in system, hardware, and software design requirements reviews, providing recommendations for improvement.
  • Ensure adherence to internal guidelines, procedures, and configuration management processes.


Job Qualifications:
  • Minimum 5+ years of relevant experience in Safety and Reliability Engineering within a product development environment.
  • Demonstrated experience with safety and reliability analysis methodologies such as ARP 4761, MIL-STD-882E, MIL-HDBK-217F, and HDBK-217Plus.
  • Proficiency in digital and analog electronic circuit analysis.
  • Knowledge of embedded systems safety analysis and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) software.
  • Familiarity with system and software requirements assessment.
  • Strong technical writing and verbal communication skills.
  • Advanced MS Excel skills for complex data analysis, including reliability calculations and FMEA data generation.
  • A cooperative, team-oriented attitude with the ability to foster positive relationships.
  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering is required. A Master's Degree is a plus.
  • Eligibility Requirement: Due to contractual obligations, this position requires US Person status and experience working with controlled data or information.


Job Details:
  • Job Type: Direct hire
  • Location: Burbank, CA (Onsite).
  • Salary Range: $125K- $146K.
  • An offer of employment is contingent on successfully passing a drug test and background check, and applicants who do not successfully pass both the drug test and background check will not be considered for employment.
  • ITAR obligations are associated with this role, U.S. citizenship, under 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a) (1), (3) is required.


About Protingent: Protingent is an Award-Winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation — from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. We’re passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.

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