Sr. Electrical New Product Introduction (NPI) Engineer

As a Sr. Electrical New Product Introduction (NPI) Engineer at Reliable Robotics, you’ll play a critical role in developing and continuously improving all aspects of our supply chain, manufacturing, and installation processes to meet design, regulatory, and business requirements (including safety, quality, cost, and on-time delivery). You will be responsible for designing the build and integration process for electrical and avionics products, conducting design for excellence (DFX) reviews, and developing the processes and infrastructure to help the business scale. The projects you work on will set the foundation for how the business operates for years to come.

Responsibilities

• Produce, integrate, test, diagnose, inspect, and maintain electrical or avionics assemblies, specializing in printed circuit boards (PCB), printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs), hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) test equipment, electro-mechanical assemblies, and other commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) products.
• Source, qualify, and troubleshoot all electrical or avionics products, conduct design for excellence (DFX) reviews, and develop the processes and infrastructure to help the business scale.
• Collaborate with design engineering, quality, and certification teams to embed producibility/manufacturability, compliance, and risk mitigation in all phases of product development (e.g., prototype, research and development, certification, and production).
• Lead the creation, refinement, and enforcement of world-class NPI frameworks and technical review methodologies.
• Represent the production organization in all design reviews, release designs, and partner with engineering to evaluate designs for cost, producibility, inspectability, consistency, adequacy, accuracy, and conformance to requirements.
• Assure product and process quality by conducting design for test (DFT) reviews, testing finished-product and process capabilities, establishing standards, and developing manufacturing processes.
• Establish and maintain rigorous technical readiness criteria, risk assessments (e.g., DFMEA, PFMEA), and validation strategies for new products.
• Develop quality control plans and inspection infrastructure.
• Develop and manage supplier relationships to ensure they meet or exceed requirements for manufacturing, testing, inspection, quality, performance, and reliability.
• Lead root-cause analysis and implement timely corrective actions to maintain schedule, quality, and reliability.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in electrical, mechanical, aerospace, or systems engineering.
• 5+ years of experience in new product introduction (NPI) of printed circuit boards (PCBs) and printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs), including design, supply chain management, manufacturing, inspection, and/or testing experience.
• 5+ years of experience conducting design for excellence (DFx) reviews to evaluate electrical or avionics (e.g., PCB, PCBA, electro-mechanical assemblies) designs for cost, producibility, inspectability, consistency, adequacy, accuracy, and conformance to requirements.
• 5+ years of experience with manufacturing, processing, and materials knowledge within a safety-critical environment.
• 2+ years of experience with computer-aided design (CAD) and product lifecycle management (PLM) software, such as Altium, NX, and Teamcenter.

Preferred Criteria

• Experience with industry or regulatory requirements such as AS9100, 14 CFR 21.137, and/or 14 CFR Part 145.
• Prior experience in troubleshooting, repairing, setting up, and operating complex hardware in a safety-critical environment.

This position will be located at our facility in Mountain View, California. Must be willing to travel 20% of the time.