Engineering Specialist - Reliability

About the role

This is a hybrid position (3+ days on-site/week) that can take place out of Ellisville, MO or Moon Township, PA. We are able to offer relocation assistance for qualified candidates within the United States.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead comprehensive system reliability and safety program plans.
• Track and report progress on program deliverables, and develop recommendations for program gate review decisions.
• Lead Design for Reliability (DfR) initiatives for electrical distribution and control systems.
• Quantify system reliability and safety requirements based on customer wants/needs, and competitive benchmarking information.
• Allocate reliability and safety requirements to subsystems and components.
• Build system-level reliability models based on system architecture and assessments of component reliability.
• Define and manage a system reliability growth plan, leveraging design analysis methods and test methods.
• Champion the DFSS Program including Robust Products and Processes within the organization and ensure alignment with Eaton corporate and sector initiatives and processes.
• Oversee PROLaunch/DFSS projects as well as Black / Green Belt resource deployment across divisions and sites within the organization.
• Lead cross-functional problem-solving teams using A3 and 8D methodologies, ensuring rigorous problem definition, containment, root cause validation, and corrective action development.
• Drive implementation of permanent corrective and preventive actions, including validation of effectiveness and standardization to prevent recurrence across products, processes, and suppliers.
• Analyze warranty and field failure data to identify trends and systemic issues.
• Establish and manage reliability metrics (MTBF, MTTR, failure rates, OEE impact).
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Engineering, Quality, Operations, and Supply Chain to drive reliability improvements.
• Present reliability program status to internal and external customers.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Statistics, or related field from an accredited institution.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in a technical role.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in advanced (R&D) engineering or new product development programs.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Engineering, Statistics, or related field from an accredited institution.
• Knowledge of IEEE 2851-2023, Certification in Functional Systems Safety.
• Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE) or Lean/Six Sigma certification.
• Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) Greenbelt certification (Black Belt preferred).
• Knowledge of UL/IEC standards (UL 508A, UL 891, UL 1558).
• Knowledge of power electronics, power distribution systems, and power protection systems.
• Applied Statistical tools knowledge (DoE, Weibull, Minitab).
• Demonstrated problem solving skills (8D, RedX, DMAIC Six Sigma).
• Experience testing low voltage and/or medium voltage products.

Pay

The expected annual salary range for this role is $113,000 – $165,000 a year. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.