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Reliability Engineer
Posted: 04/27/2026
Employment Type:
Contract
Industry: Engineering
Job Number: 44481
Pay Rate: 56.20
Job Description
The Panther Group is seeking experienced Senior Reliability Engineers to support a high-impact defense program in Orlando, FL. This is an exciting opportunity for engineers with strong expertise in FMECA, accelerated life testing, and reliability analysis to play a critical role in ensuring product durability, lifecycle performance, and mission success.
This position is ideal for professionals with a strong background in failure analysis, risk mitigation, and reliability engineering standards within aerospace, defense, or other high-reliability environments.
What You’ll Do
- Conduct detailed Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analyses (FMECA) at the component and subassembly level
- Develop and maintain FMECA documentation in accordance with:
- MIL-STD-1629A
- IEC 60812
- Internal reliability standards
- Identify failure modes, root causes, and performance impacts while developing mitigation strategies
- Design and execute accelerated life testing, including:
- Thermal cycling
- Accelerated aging
- Arrhenius / Coffin-Manson methodologies
- Develop reliability test plans using ASTM, IEC, and MIL standards
- Collaborate with:
- Design Engineering
- Material Science
- Test Labs
- Program Management
- Analyze large data sets to identify trends and support design improvements
- Support technical presentations, reporting, and documentation control throughout the product lifecycle
- Active Secret Clearance (required to start)
- Bachelor’s degree in:
- Electrical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Aerospace Engineering
- Related technical field
- 3–5+ years of hands-on reliability engineering experience
- Strong expertise in:
- FMECA
- Accelerated aging / thermal cycling
- Failure physics
- Root cause analysis
- Reliability standards (MIL-STD-1629A, IEC 60812, etc.)
- Experience developing and interpreting test plans using ASTM / IEC / MIL methods
- Strong technical writing, communication, and presentation skills
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent programs and deadlines
- Experience with:
- ReliaSoft
- Weibull++
- ANSYS Reliability
- Minitab
- Python / R
- Familiarity with Model-Based Engineering tools (Cameo or similar)
- Hardware testing and troubleshooting experience
- Experience supporting subcontractors or cross-functional reliability teams
Meet Your Recruiter
Amanda Krafcik
Amanda is a Client Success Manager and has 10+ years of experience in the staffing industry. She focuses on finding the best talent for our clients and is a passionate team player. Fun fact: Amanda loves movies and is always watching them or talking about them on podcasts.
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