Senior Reliability Engineer

AeroVect is transforming ground handling with autonomy, redefining how airlines and ground service providers around the globe run day-to-day operations. We are a Series A company backed by top-tier venture capital investors in aviation and autonomous driving. Our customers include some of the world’s largest airlines and ground handling providers. For more information, visit www.aerovect.com.

We are looking for a Senior Reliability Engineer to establish and lead AeroVect's reliability engineering practice.

As our first reliability engineer, you will build the analytical foundation that ensures our autonomous tractor fleet meets the uptime and durability requirements of 24/7 airport operations. You will run reliability analyses across mechanical, electrical and systems domains — from early design stages through field deployment — and own the processes that translate those findings into measurable product improvements. You will also manage relationships with external test labs and certification partners, running environmental, mechanical and accelerated life testing programs to validate hardware before it reaches the ramp.

This is a high-ownership role for an engineer who can work as an individual contributor and thought leader, partnering deeply with hardware, systems and field engineering teams while building a reliability practice that scales with the company.

Establish AeroVect's reliability engineering practice, including defining processes, metrics and tooling for tracking and improving fleet reliability from design through field deployment.

Lead failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), fault tree analysis (FTA) and reliability block diagram (RBD) activities across mechanical, electrical and embedded systems.

Define and track reliability metrics including MTBF, MTTR and field failure rates; build dashboards and reporting structures to give engineering and leadership visibility into fleet health.

Analyze field failure data from our deployed fleet to identify root causes, prioritize corrective actions, and close the loop between field observations and design improvements.

Define and manage external reliability and environmental testing programs, including accelerated life testing, vibration and shock testing, thermal cycling and ingress protection validation, working with third-party test labs to execute.