Hardware Reliability Engineer

Job description

Lead system design evaluations and implement reliability plans to assess and mitigate failure risks early in New Product Introduction (NPI). Drive reliability test plans and collect, analyze, and synthesize test data to enable verification of design reliability goals. Lead system reliability monitoring efforts (availability, repair trends) and proactively alert product teams on unwanted system behavior, working on mitigation strategy definition and implementation. Extract field reliability data to drive root-cause failure analysis while managing global Contract Manufacturer (CM) reliability and Ongoing Reliability Test (ORT) execution. Manage efforts with outside partners, testing labs, failure analysis labs, and cross-functional internal groups, while developing in-house test and qualification capabilities where needed. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Hardware Engineering, or equivalent practical experience. 6 years of experience in hardware reliability engineering, physics of failure, and predictive analytics. 5 years of experience in reliability engineering of cloud infrastructure hardware and technology, failure analysis, and fault isolation techniques. 3 years of experience in rigid PCB manufacturing processes. Experience in statistics and data analysis using one or more software/tools (e.g., MATLAB, Python, JMP, or Minitab). Preferred Qualifications: Master's degree or PhD in Hardware Engineering. Experience with system level reliability tools such as Reliability Block Diagrams (RBDs), Mean Cumulative Function (MCF), Homogeneous and Non-Homogeneous Poisson Processes (HPP, NHPP), and simulation tools. Experience leading cross-functional, problem-solving teams using practical approaches. Ability to effectively lead teams to meet corporate and customer reliability expectations. Ability to effectively communicate to the project team with excellent people management skills. Excellent leadership, de-escalation, and executive communication skills.