Hermeus
Senior Build Reliability Engineer
$120K–$160K
Los Angeles, CA · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 22, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years in a manufacturing, quality, and/or design engineering role.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, materials engineering, manufacturing engineering, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, or engineering physics.
- Visa sponsorship
- US-Person Status required; alternatively, must be eligible for deemed export licensing.
About the job
Supports aircraft hardware reliability from design through manufacturing and flight by defining quality processes, investigating failures, and driving corrective actions.
What you'll do
- Partner with design and manufacturing teams to create hardware quality plans, inspection requirements, and prototype testing criteria.
- Investigate manufacturing, test, and flight failures; identify root causes and drive containment and corrective actions.
- Develop and improve inspection, testing, traceability, and nonconformance processes within the Quality Management System.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in a listed engineering discipline.
- 3+ years in manufacturing, quality, and/or design engineering; experience in a development environment and supporting production of complex mechanical/structural assemblies.
- Experience supporting FAA Special Airworthiness Certificate – Experimental Category (FAA SAC-EC) inspections; understanding of CAD and GD&T.
- Ability to attain security clearance; US-Person Status required; on-site in El Segundo, CA, and travel up to ~50%.
Nice to have
- Aerospace quality or reliability engineering experience; experience leading or closely supporting inspectors.
- Experience with manufacturing processes or standards including AS9100, AS6500, and/or Nadcap.
Pay
USD 120,000–160,000 (per-year-salary) base salary
Tools
CAD, GD&T, Lean, Six Sigma, APQP, PFMEA, AS9100, Nadcap
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