- Key responsibilities
- Lead and develop reliability engineering teams delivering aftermarket services for the in-service engine fleet.

- Own delivery against customer commitments, service levels, quality and schedule.

- Drive fleet health and reliability through failure data analysis, FRACAS, root-cause analysis and corrective action.

- Analyse fleet and shop visit data (MTBF, MTBUR, removal rates, Weibull and life-limit trends) to predict risks and prioritise fixes.

- Lead failure investigations and FMEA/FMECA with design, supplier and MRO teams, and drive durable fixes into service bulletins, repairs and maintenance planning.

- Apply reliability-centred maintenance (RCM) and condition-based maintenance principles to reduce unscheduled removals and shop visit rates.

- Ensure technical data and engine configuration records are accurate, controlled and audit-ready.

- Manage budget, resources, utilisation and onshore/offshore capacity.

- Drive continuous improvement, automation and cost savings.

- Ensure compliance with export control, quality systems and aviation regulations.

- Business development

- Identify customer needs and new service opportunities across the engine fleet life cycle, especially reliability improvement and fleet health services.

- Convert ideas into structured business cases and value propositions.

- Draft proposals covering scope, approach, effort, schedule, pricing and risks.

- Lead customer discussions to convert proposals into Statements of Work with clear deliverables, acceptance criteria and milestones.

- Hand over smoothly from proposal to delivery,



keeping scope and commitments aligned.

- Track the prospect pipeline and win rates, and grow existing accounts.

- Qualifications Essential

- B.E./B.Tech in Mechanical, Aerospace, Aeronautical Engineering or equivalent from a recognised institute; MBA or equivalent management qualification strongly preferred.

- 20+ years in aerospace, including 10+ years in gas turbine engine aftermarket.

- 10+ years of hands-on aerospace reliability engineering in aerospace, avionics or defence, applying FMEA/FMECA, FRACAS, Weibull and failure data analysis.

- 10+ years leading teams, including 5+ years managing managers.

- Proven record of sustaining engine fleet support programs with measurable service level performance.

- Demonstrated business development success, including drafting proposals, converting ideas into SOWs and winning contracts, with documented revenue results.

- Proven ownership of engine configuration, life-limited part (LLP) tracking, SB/AD compliance and shop visit trend analysis.

- Track record of cutting unscheduled events, shop visit rates or cost with documented, quantified results.

- Direct experience managing OEM, airline, lessor or MRO customer escalations, with SLA and contract accountability.

- Hands-on P&L;, budget and pricing ownership, including estimating, change orders and acceptance-based invoicing.

- Working knowledge of export control and trade compliance, with a clean audit record.

- Experience running onshore/offshore delivery with measurable utilisation, quality and attrition targets.

📌 Senior Division Manager-Reliability (Hyderabad)
🏢 Cyient
📍 Hyderabad