Senior Reliability Engineer
Location
San Francisco, CA
Level
Senior-Level
Department
Energy
Type
Salary
$135,000 - $165,000
Job Description
Posted on:
2026-03-02
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 identify performance risks.
- Develop Accelerated Life Testing (ALT) Reliability Test Plans for components and subsystems.
- Track and analyze field reliability performance metrics and identify improvement opportunities.
- Drive failure analysis of reliability tests and field returns to determine root causes.
- Collaborate with the finance team regarding warranty program insights.
Job Requirements
- Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Physics, or equivalent.
- Proven experience solving complex power electronics reliability failures.
- Knowledge of common power converter topologies (e.g., inverter, buck boost converter).
- Understanding of physics of failure and common failure mechanisms for PCBAs and power electronics.
- Familiarity with failure analysis techniques (optical microscopy, SEM, X-ray, etc.).
- Experience with accelerated life testing models for PCBAs and battery storage.
- Understanding of reliability statistics.
