Senior Reliability Engineer

Position Overview 

The Senior Reliability Engineer is responsible for guiding efforts to ensure reliability of electromechanical & fluidic systems in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. We strive for continuous improvement and look for solutions to complex problems. Areas of responsibility include defining and developing reliability goals for new products, identifying failure trends, testing and resolving product reliability and risk issues that could affect the device performance and customer experience. The ideal candidate should have a very hands-on attitude and has the flexibility to adapt in an ever-changing environment. The senior reliability engineer will need to work collaboratively with Engineering, Quality, Field Service and Commercial teams to monitor and make continuous improvements to product reliability.

Essential Job Functions

• Define, collect, and report the key performance indicators necessary to drive improvements in reliability and stability of the system 
• Develop reliability acceptance tests and inspection criteria for components, subsystems and new products
• Closely work with R&D, Manufacturing and Field Service engineering teams to identify reliability issues with the components and subsystems
• Partner with field service engineering to track and report installation issues and premature failures
• Perform failure analysis and root cause investigations in collaboration with engineering and quality teams to derive corrective/preventive actions
• Design, build and operate reliability test fixtures for electromechanical fluidic system and components with independent control and SW such as National Instruments HW and SW modules (LabVIEW)
• Use predictive analysis to identify failures that could occur in various environments
• Design experiments that help the engineering team address challenging performance and reliability problems
• Participate in the development of design and verification testing and commissioning plans
• Develop preventive maintenance plans including non-destructive testing methodologies such as burn-in and HASS, designed to identify and isolate quality and reliability problems
• Work with design and manufacturing to analyze product utilization, equipment effectiveness, remaining useful life, and other parameters that define operating condition, reliability, and costs of the product
• Support manufacturing and supplier quality group with SPC, QC procedures, burn-in and HASS to improve the quality of OEM parts

Required Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree (Masters is a plus) in mechanical, electrical, or related engineering disciplines
• Strong knowledge of reliability fundamentals, methodology, and life modeling
• Basic statistical analysis skills, with emphasis on reliability, availability, maintainability, and quality

Desired Qualifications

• Familiarity with basic reliability concepts and analysis such as Weibull, Poisson, and Binomial processes is a plus
• 5+ years of experience in test fixture development of electronics, mechanical assemblies, sensors, precession pumps, sensors, and medical equipment
• Hands-on experience with building test fixtures/stations and programming automation software (LabVIEW) or other similar platforms for data collection and control
• Proficient in Python, C++, MATLAB, LabVIEW/NI or similar programming languages and environments
• Experience with modeling software such as NX, SolidWorks, or other, to create new fixture designs
• Experience with accessing and analyzing data from databases using SQL, Python, Tableau, and JMP
• Familiar with main failure mechanisms of rotary, control, and other electromechanical components used in fluidic systems, such as solenoid valves, precision dispense pumps, regulators, pressure transducers, etc.
• Familiar with main failure mechanisms of electrical components, PCBs, power supplies, relays, etc.
• Familiarity with prognostic/diagnostic tools and techniques for failure detection and analysis (e.g. fractography, SEM, mass spectrometry, thermography, etc.)
• Leadership and interpersonal skills to develop and manage good working relationships with internal departments (production, sales, logistics, accounting), contractors, suppliers inspectors and customers
• Strong written and verbal communication skills