Why Castelion, Why Now

Castelion is moving incredibly fast to develop and deliver advanced defense systems at a time when execution matters more than ever. We believe focus, ownership, and excellence are decisive advantages - and we're building a world-class team to turn bold ideas into real capability.

This is a rare opportunity to join at an early stage, where you'll have significant ownership, collaborate with exceptional teammates, and make a direct, measurable impact on our mission and the future of the company - regardless of your function.

Build Reliability Engineering Manager

The Build Reliability Engineering Manager will lead a team responsible for improving the reliability and quality of products across development and production. This role will oversee Build Reliability Engineering priorities, support the growth and effectiveness of the team, and ensure reliability and quality considerations are integrated into design, manufacturing, inspection, and production processes.

This individual will work closely with Design, Manufacturing Engineering, Operations, Test, Supply Chain, and Quality leadership to drive disciplined and risk-based problem solving, strong process control, effective nonconformance management, and continuous improvement. The role requires both technical judgment and people leadership, with an emphasis on building a high-performing team and establishing practical, scalable reliability and quality practices.

Responsibilities

Team Leadership and Cross-Functional Management

Lead, develop, and support a team of Build Reliability Engineers across multiple product and production areas.
Set priorities for the BRE team, align work to company and program needs, and ensure clear ownership of reliability and quality objectives.
Provide coaching, performance feedback, career development, and day-to-day guidance to BRE team members.
Partner with Quality and Manufacturing leadership on staffing, workload planning, and organizational development of the BRE function.
Represent the BRE team in cross-functional planning, program reviews, and production readiness discussions.

Design and Manufacturing

Work closely with design, manufacturing, and operations teams to ensure reliability and quality considerations are integrated into all phases of the product lifecycle.
Participate in Design and Build Reviews to ensure design for manufacturability and inspectability.
Review and approve Process Plans, specifications, and build documentation for completeness, accuracy, regulatory compliance, and quality objectives.
Support the development and implementation of internal processes and manufacturing software to optimize production efficiency, product quality, and change control.
Facilitate the engineering change control process (ECR/ECO) with a focus on traceability and impact alignment to maintain clean configuration genealogy.

Inspection and Test Process

Ensure appropriate test validation methods and inspection techniques have been considered to validate design and manufacturing processes.
Develop and maintain quality control processes, standards, and planning, ensuring compliance with internal and external standards and regulations.
Support selection and implementation of measurement equipment and methods required to achieve inspections with maximum efficiency.
Propose and implement solutions to reduce dependence on inspection where robust process controls or poka-yoke can be applied.

Evaluates and analyzes production quality landscape

Utilize reliability and quality data to generate reports, identify trends, and recommend improvements to enhance product and process reliability and performance.
Use data to make the quality landscape transparent and drive project prioritization.
Ensure issues related to product reliability receive appropriate attention and escalation.
Drive achievement of quality and reliability targets through regular reviews with engineering, operations, and management.

Corrective Action Preventive Action

Utilize reliability and quality data to identify recurring issues and opportunities for corrective and preventive action.