Sr Reliability Engineer

Duties and Responsibilities

• Be a subject matter expert in the New Product Development team with respect to test methods, product requirements, user needs, and reliability
• Develop Critical to Quality (CTQ) requirements from collaboration with Product Management and participation in User Needs Research
• Collaborate with Engineering and Marketing to define product specifications with respect to all aspects of reliability, quality, and user needs
• Design experimental techniques to improve development and testing efforts
• Interact with global suppliers that participate in product development
• Track multiple projects simultaneously to ensure adherence to schedule and the Milwaukee Tool process

Testing and Analysis

• Develop new test procedures and create test plans to evaluate product performance against user and product requirements
• Effectively document test plans, procedures, and best practices for execution in test laboratories
• Perform data analysis, post-processing, and visualization of test data
• Summarize test results with statistical techniques and present concise, logical, written conclusions
• Ensure timely failure reporting and drive root cause analysis and effective corrective/preventative actions (FRACA)

Advanced Quality Engineering Support

• Support process validation activities such as measurement systems analysis, process capability, PFMEA, Process Control Plans and SPC
• Lead root cause corrective action and 8D activities to ensure effective closure of quality issues during the NPD process

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or related engineering field with 5+ years of experience in similar product development, reliability, test, or quality roles
• Strong analytical problem-solving skills and sound statistical application in areas such as Design of Experiments, sampling techniques, regression, reliability, FMEAs, hypothesis testing, etc.
• Hands-on experience with data acquisition systems, data analytics, and related software (e.g. Python, nCode Glyphworks, Dewesoft, LabVIEW)
• Experience with life data analysis, reliability distributions, and statistical analysis, and related software (e.g. Minitab, Reliasoft Weibull++)
• Experience in troubleshooting, fault detection, failure analysis, and automating tests/measurements and analysis
• Experienced in the use of MSAs, PFMEAs, process control plans and SPC
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence at all levels with creative problem-solving capabilities
• Ability to travel 20% (includes both domestic and international)