Test & Reliability Engineer

About the role

The Test and Reliability Engineer plays a crucial role in ensuring product performance meets or exceeds design specifications and customer expectations. They collaborate with various teams including engineering, quality, production, manufacturing engineering, and customers to develop and implement robust, data-driven testing strategies, HALT, and FMEA. The role involves analyzing failure data, conducting root cause analysis, and developing corrective actions to enhance product reliability and durability.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement reliability testing plans for key products, including HALT, environmental tests, and FMEA
• Create reliability testing framework replicating field service life cycle using accelerate life testing methods
• Analyze failure data from tests and field performance to identify trends and root causes
• Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) to develop corrective and preventative actions
• Identify opportunities for improving product reliability, quality, and durability through data analysis
• Develop and maintain production validation test plans, instructions, and test scripts to ensure product durability and performance
• Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, and quality to integrate reliability principles into product development
• Work cross-functionally with engineering, manufacturing, and quality to define, measure, and record necessary metrics (key performance variables) for product testing; maintaining testing and other necessary records
• Service and repair of product testing apparatus
• Validate changes to manufacturing process do not impact overall life of product
• Complete root cause analysis for early life failures associated with customer complaints

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Engineering Technology or related discipline
• Minimum 5 years of work experience in a manufacturing environment with a focus on Quality, manufacturing engineering, product development, and/or product testing
• Experience in designing and executing reliability tests; experience with rotating equipment preferred (pumps, blowers, bearings, motors, impellers, etc.)
• Proficiency in statistical methods for reliability modeling, Fault Tree Analysis, and Six Sigma methodologies
• Possess strong project management, organizational, and prioritization skills
• Commitment to continuous improvement and learning cycles on process, capability, and reliability
• Strong communication skills and collaboration skills engaging with key stakeholders across functions and departments
• Experience working with site certifications such as ISO9001 and ISO14001 a plus

Education and Experience

• ASQ-Certified Quality Engineers (CQE-ASQ) certification is a plus
• Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE) certification is a plus

Physical Demands

• Moves around and remains stationary; uses hands to handle objects, tools, or controls; reaches with hands and arms; talks and hears
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus

Work Environment

• Office working environment with occasional visits to the factory floor