Senior Reliability Engineer
Location
San Francisco, CA
Level
Senior-Level
Department
Energy
Type
Salary
$135,000 - $165,000
Job Description
Posted on:
2025-12-19
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with mechanical and electrical engineers on reliability targets for power electronics and battery systems.
- Provide Design for Reliability (DfR) inputs during new product development.
- Conduct Design Failure Modes and Effects Analyses (DFMEA) to capture performance risks.
- Develop Accelerated Life Testing (ALT) Reliability Test Plans for components and subsystems.
- Track field reliability performance and identify opportunities for product improvement.
- Drive failure analysis of reliability tests and field returns to determine root causes.
- Collaborate with the finance team to provide insights into the warranty program.
Job Requirements
- Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Physics, or equivalent.
- Proven track record in solving complex power electronics reliability failures.
- Knowledge of common power converter topologies and physics of failure.
- Experience with failure analysis techniques and accelerated life testing models.
- Understanding of reliability statistics.
- Ability to recommend failure analysis techniques based on specific failures.
- Skills in identifying opportunities for continuous product improvement.
