Dependability engineer

Code 2149.7

Dependability engineers ensure the reliability, availability and maintainability (RAM) of a production process or a system. They focus on improving the capability to function without interruption and operate when needed, and on increasing the easiness of repairing, replacing or upgrading the product.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • cost management
  • predictive maintenance
  • six sigma methods
  • quality standards
  • engineering principles
  • test procedures
  • engineering processes

Skills and competences

  • analyse test data
  • cooperate with colleagues
  • develop test procedures
  • manage engineering project
  • identificar acciones de mejora
  • identify process improvements
  • perform failure analysis of production process
  • adjust engineering designs
  • write work-related reports
  • perform risk analysis
  • troubleshoot
  • perform test run

Transversal competences

  • analyse production processes for improvement
  • apply numeracy skills
  • develop strategy to solve problems

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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences