Reliability Engineer, Energy Storage
Location
San Francisco, CA
Level
Senior-Level
Department
Materials & Manufacturing
Type
Salary
$110,000 - $150,000
Job Description
Posted on:
2025-12-17
Responsibilities
- Define and own the reliability strategy for hardware products with complex PCBAs and electromechanical assemblies.
- Plan and execute reliability tests such as HALT, thermal cycling, vibration, drop, humidity, ingress protection (IP) testing, and power cycling.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define design-for-reliability (DfR) requirements and drive root cause analysis for test failures.
- Track reliability KPIs and deliver reliability insights to guide design improvements and product decisions.
- Develop accelerated life test models and support FMEA and DFMEA processes.
- Analyze reliability data using Weibull, log-normal, and other statistical models to predict field performance.
- Support failure analysis (FA) efforts using tools like X-ray, cross-sectioning, and SEM/EDX to identify failure mechanisms in PCBAs.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related field.
- More than 5 years of experience in hardware reliability engineering, preferably in energy, EV, consumer electronics, or aerospace industries.
- Deep knowledge of electronic and mechanical failure mechanisms.
- Proficiency in statistical analysis tools (e.g., Minitab, JMP, or Python).
- Experience with reliability lab equipment and test setup design.
- Knowledge of reliability warranty analysis and reliability prediction methods.
- Working knowledge of failure analysis techniques such as optical microscopy, SEM, CSAM, X-ray, cross-sectioning, and EDX.
