Job Description
About Powerus
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Powerus is building a next-generation American autonomous systems platform designed to move, protect, and sustain critical assets in high-consequence environments. The company combines advanced autonomy, manufacturing capability, operational expertise, and strategic acquisitions to support defense, national security, critical infrastructure, and commercial operations globally.
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Mission
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Our mission is to deliver resilient autonomous technologies that strengthen national security, improve operational safety, and expand the capabilities of organizations operating in complex environments.
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Why Join Powerus
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Powerus aircraft operate in rain, dust, heat, cold, and vibration, and are transported and handled repeatedly between missions. Defense customers expect demonstrated reliability data before fielding.
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This role owns physical reliability testing and the failure data it produces: environmental qualification, accelerated life testing, and the FRACAS. Analytical design review of electronics is performed by Electrical Design Assurance, and firmware verification by Hardware-in-the-Loop Test.
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Position Overview
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Powerus is seeking a Reliability Engineer to plan and run environmental and reliability test programs for aircraft and subsystems, and to manage failure reporting, analysis, and corrective action across test, production, and field returns.
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Key Responsibilities
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- Plan and execute environmental qualification tests, including vibration, shock, thermal cycling, humidity, and ingress protection, to MIL-STD-810 methods where required
- Define and run accelerated life testing and HALT/HASS programs
- Operate the failure reporting, analysis, and corrective action system (FRACAS) for test, production, and field failures
- Perform physical failure analysis and lead root cause investigations with design and manufacturing engineering
- Maintain reliability metrics, including MTBF and failure rate by subsystem
- Manage environmental test equipment and outside test laboratories
- Write test plans, procedures, and qualification reports
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Qualifications
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- Must be located in the United States, within commuting distance of Rock Hill, SC
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, aerospace, or reliability engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- Experience planning and running environmental or reliability tests
- Experience with failure analysis and corrective action
- Experience operating environmental test equipment such as vibration tables and thermal chambers
- Working knowledge of reliability statistics such as Weibull analysis
- Ability to read schematics and mechanical drawings
- U.S. Person status required (U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected individual under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)); this role involves access to ITAR- and EAR-controlled technical data
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Preferred Qualifications
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- Experience with MIL-STD-810
- Experience with HALT/HASS
- Experience operating a FRACAS
- Experience on UAS, aerospace, or defense hardware
- Active or prior U.S. security clearance
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What We Look For
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Candidates should be able to walk through a failure found in environmental or life testing, from first observation through root cause, design or process change, and confirming retest.
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Equal Opportunity Statement
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Powerus is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and mission-driven workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.