Staff Reliability Engineer, Energy Products
Location
Palo Alto, CA
Level
Staff / Principal
Department
Transportation
Type
Salary
$110,000 - $230,000
Job Description
Posted on:
2026-05-28
Responsibilities
- Set and communicate reliability requirements and targets for products and components.
- Create Fault Trees and reliability block diagrams for system reliability assessment.
- Analyze field usage and environmental conditions to improve testing methods.
- Apply statistical analysis to inform reliability physics modeling and corrective actions.
- Specify reliability validation plans and provide guidance on testing requirements.
- Drive reliability assessments in product design reviews and communicate risks.
- Facilitate failure analysis and research failure mechanisms for robust validation plans.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Materials, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
- Experience in a reliability engineering role or equivalent.
- Understanding of accelerated testing methods and physics of failure.
- Knowledge of failure analysis techniques and reliability statistics.
- Familiarity with reliability software tools (e.g., ReliaSoft).
- Working knowledge of programming languages, preferably Python.
- Experience with complex electronic and mechanical systems.
