19 RAMS Engineer (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Safety)

Help Build Europe's Hypersonic Capability

At Hypersonica, we’re redefining what’s possible in European defence technology. We exist to deliver speed, resilience, and technological independence at a pace that sets a new standard. We are a small, elite team working on problems that matter, and solving them fast.

By joining Hypersonica, you’re not stepping into a predefined role. You’re joining a talent dense environment where every individual shapes the direction of the company. Our philosophy is to hire a small number of exceptional people with broad, deep technical capability, strong judgement, and the ability to operate autonomously.

We hire for talent, not rigid boxes. This role represents a business need, but the way it evolves will be shaped by the individual. If you’ve achieved what others said was impossible, or you bring a unique combination of skills that doesn’t fit a traditional mould, we want to hear from you. The work you do here directly contributes to Europe’s technological independence.

What you’ll do

Own and develop system-level FMEA / FMECA frameworks across vehicle design, AIT, and operations

Define and drive a coherent system failure tolerance strategy, balancing redundancy, complexity, and performance

Lead risk identification, quantification, and mitigation planning across the full product lifecycle

Build structured failure analysis methodologies (fault trees, root cause analysis, etc.) and apply them to real test/flight data

Translate reliability insights into clear design and architecture recommendations across avionics and system subsystems

Evaluate trade-offs between reliability, cost, and performance, enabling informed engineering decision-making

Ensure all credible failure modes are identified, assessed, and mitigated to acceptable risk levels

Support and lead failure investigations from test campaigns, feeding learnings directly back into design

Collaborate cross-functionally with GNC, hardware, software, and integration teams to ensure holistic system reliability

Drive design-for-reliability principles early in the development cycle to avoid over- or under-engineering

Establish best-in-class RAMS practices suitable for high-performance, mission-critical aerospace systems

Continuously iterate based on real-world data to improve system robustness and long-term viability

Who you are

An experienced Reliability / Safety / RAMS Engineer with a track record of working on real, deployed systems

Strong experience in FMEA / FMECA development and system-level risk modelling

Hands-on experience in failure investigation in real-world environments (test, flight, launch, or in-service systems)

Proven ability to balance reliability vs complexity trade-offs in engineering design

Experience applying structured problem-solving methods (e.g. fault trees, fishbone diagrams, root cause analysis)

Background in aerospace, defence, or other highly complex system environments

Experience in roles such as quality, reliability, test, certification, V&V, or design engineering

Strong systems thinking - you can evaluate risk holistically rather than optimising locally

Ability to influence design decisions across disciplines with clarity and engineering rigour

Comfortable operating with incomplete data, ambiguity, and tight constraints

You’ve worked on systems where failure has real-world consequences, not just theoretical models

You take ownership of complex problems and drive them through to resolution