Also called: Reliability & Maintainability Engineer, RAM Engineer
Predicts when and why equipment will fail and designs it to last longer.
You study data from 500 wind turbine gearboxes to figure out which part fails first and when. You set up a test that runs a bearing nonstop for months and write a plan to replace parts before they break.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in engineering; ASQ Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE).
Ways in: 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering.
Growing about average. Steady across manufacturing, energy and defense.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI predicts failures from sensor data, automating much analysis; field investigation and design fixes stay human.
Classes: AP Statistics, Physics, Computer science, Shop class.
Official data: O*NET occupation 17-2199.
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