About Careertakes

👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, Engineering.

Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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What You’ll Do

As a Life Cycle Engineer I for a confidential client, you will support Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) activities that ensure products are safe, reliable, maintainable, and delivered on time. You will work on engineering teams and coordinate with program leads and stakeholders to perform analyses, investigate failures, and produce supportability data.

• Perform Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability (RAM) analyses, including MTBF, MTTR, RAM modeling, and FMECA
• Assess production and field failures and perform Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA)
• Support FRACAS activities: analyze failure data, identify trends, and assist failure investigations
• Develop and maintain supportability analyses and provisioning data
• Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams (Chief Engineers, Program Directors, Program Managers)
• Apply logistics and sustainment principles to develop program-level concepts and plans
• Contribute to proposal development and build Bill of Estimates (BOE) / cost rationale

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Qualifications

Qualifications You Must Have

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or another STEM major completed by the start date
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance (see Clearance section below)
• Experience may be demonstrated through coursework, projects, internships, or on-the-job experience

Qualifications We Prefer

• Previous internship, co-op, or project-team experience in an engineering environment
• Experience with Technical Data Package elements (drawings, parts lists, electrical schematics) and working with parts lists
• Familiarity with FRACAS, RCCA, RAM modeling, or FMECA
• Comfortable using Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint to analyze data and present results
• Strong analytical, written, and verbal communication skills; ability to collaborate across teams

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Location & Clearance

• Work location: Onsite — Tewksbury, MA (confidential client facility)
• Clearance requirement: U.S. citizenship is required. The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance is required. Security Clearance Type: DoD Secret. Active and existing clearance required after day 1 (per source posting).

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Compensation & Benefits

• Salary range (good-faith estimate): $57,200 — $108,800 USD per year (range provided by the confidential client and representative of all experience levels)
• Benefits may include (depending on business unit and eligibility): medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible schedules, employee assistance programs, tuition/learning programs, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays
• Pay and benefits will be determined by factors including role, experience, location, education/training, and skills

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Employment Type

• FULL_TIME — This position is classified as an onsite role. Some interview steps may require in-person attendance at a client office location.

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

If you have questions about how your data is used, please contact us directly.