Senior Reliability Engineer
Location
Palo Alto, CA
Level
Senior-Level
Department
Transportation
Type
Salary
$196,000 - $208,000
Job Description
Posted on:
2026-03-27
Responsibilities
- Define and drive EE and PCBA reliability strategy for drone avionics and related systems.
- Lead system-level validation planning and execution, including various environmental tests.
- Establish and manage system validation protocols such as HALT and HASS.
- Lead system-level analysis and FMEA/PFMEA to evaluate risks.
- Develop and approve reliability test strategies across all product development stages.
- Partner with various teams to embed reliability expectations into NPI deliverables.
- Track early fleet reliability metrics and analyze anomalies.
Job Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in hardware reliability or system validation.
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
- Expertise in data analytics for reliability, including Weibull analysis.
- Strong background in NPI and accelerated stress testing methodologies.
- Experience with reliability standards such as DO-160 and MIL-STD-810.
- Hands-on experience with environmental testing and FMEA.
- Strong program management skills and excellent communication abilities.
