Senior Reliability Engineer
Location
Mountain View, CA
Level
Senior-Level
Department
Consumer Electronics
Type
Salary
$147,000 - $216,000
Job Description
Posted on:
2025-08-29
Responsibilities
- Lead and perform Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) to identify and mitigate potential risks in product designs and manufacturing processes.
- Develop and implement Design for Reliability (DfR) strategies throughout the product development life-cycle, providing feedback to design teams.
- Utilize Physics of Failure (PoF) principles to build reliability models and predict product lifetime under various use conditions.
- Develop and execute comprehensive reliability test plans.
- Analyze large datasets from testing and field returns using tools like Python and advanced data mining techniques to identify failure trends and root causes.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with design, manufacturing, and quality teams to implement corrective actions and drive improvement.
- Present clear and concise reliability reports and risk assessments to leadership.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in hardware engineering or equivalent practical experience.
- 6 years of experience in applying Design for Reliability techniques.
- 6 years of experience with Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA).
- Experience in the consumer electronics industry.
- Experience with reliability testing and failure analysis techniques.
- Proficiency in statistical software (e.g., JMP, Minitab) and data visualization tools.
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills with a proactive, data-driven approach.
