Reliability Engineer, Product Reliability

• This is a Reliability Engineering role. While Reliability testing is one component of the work, this role is fundamentally about driving product reliability from design through mass production. The ideal candidate brings a strong engineering design background and applies that expertise to ensure robust, field-ready products.
• We are looking for an engineer who:
• •Thinks like a designer — understands how design decisions impact long-term reliability
• •Acts like a project leader — drives issues to resolution across teams and geographies
• •Bridges design and manufacturing — ensures reliability intent is preserved from concept through mass production
• If you have a design engineering background and are passionate about building reliable products at scale, this role is for you.

• Key job responsibilities
• The Reliability Engineer will lead reliability engineering and operations activities throughout the device execution phase. This role works closely with the core team and contract manufacturers (CM/ODM) to manage system NPI builds and reliability qualification in China, as well as conducting and driving failure analysis for issue resolution.
• Key Responsibilities:
• 1. Design Collaboration (Early Phase): Partner with the design team during early program phases to contribute to design reviews, DFMEA, and design improvements — leveraging reliability insights to influence product architecture and robustness.
• 2. NPI Build Management: Manage system engineering builds in Asia, serving as the reliability representative to ensure builds meet qualification standards.
• 3. Reliability Validation Oversight: Manage contract manufacturers to ensure correct and on-time reliability test execution, while maintaining test integrity and data quality.
• 4. Progress Reporting & Issue Tracking: Report reliability execution progress and issues; track issues from creation through to closure with clear ownership and timelines.
• 5. Failure Analysis & Corrective Action: Drive and cooperate with cross-functional teams (EE, ME, firmware, quality) on root cause analysis and corrective actions for issues discovered during testing.
• 6. NPI-to-MP Transfer: Manage the transition from NPI to mass production, ensuring consistent reliability qualification testing and stable reliability levels across different manufacturing sites.
• 7. Sustaining Support: Support factory escalations, post-ramp qualification activities, and component-level reliability assessments.

Basic qualifications

• - • Bachelor's degree or above in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, or related fields.
• - • 3+ years of experience in electrical or mechanical design engineering, reliability engineering, or reliability project management.
• - • Design background is a significant plus — candidates with hands-on product design experience who want to apply that knowledge to reliability will be highly valued.
• - • Solid understanding of product reliability testing methodologies and lifetime evaluation.
• - • Strong technical problem-solving skills with demonstrated experience in failure analysis techniques.
• - • Excellent English written and verbal communication skills.
• - • Strong teamwork and collaboration skills; team leadership experience preferred

Preferred qualifications

• - Experience in product development with a proven track record of delivering high-volume consumer electronic devices to market.
• - Hands-on experience with failure analysis techniques to isolate root causes for EE or ME issues (e.g., cross-section, CSAM, X-ray, electrical characterization).
• - Proficiency in reliability and statistical methods — able to perform data analysis, risk assessment, and lifetime forecasting (e.g., Weibull analysis, accelerated life testing models).
• - Experience working with high-volume manufacturing sites in Asia, ideally with multiple OEM/ODM partners.
• - Experience cross-functionally managing diverse groups of engineering, operations, and product management professionals — proficient at creating and tracking complex development schedules and managing issue resolution.
• - Background in consumer electronics (audio, wireless devices, IoT, or connected devices preferred).
• - Solid understanding of product development phases (EVT/DVT/PVT/MP).
• - Strong communication and leadership skills with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders.

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