Engineer III

Engineer III, Electronics Reliability

San Jose, CA 95138

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Responsibilities:

Responsibilities include developing and implementing plans and processes to characterize product reliability and performance with a focus on warranty assurance. You will work with product development, supply chain, and manufacturing to ensure that product reliability satisfies company specifications and complies with regulatory requirements for safety and performance.

Define reliability demonstration and assessment strategies for power electronics

Champion Design-for-Reliability and Design for Safety

Conduct Design Failure Mode and Effect Analyses (DFMEA) and lead testing and evaluation of high-risk items

Create reliability test plans focused on technical risks that complement project schedules and certification requirements

Develop and document approaches to evaluate product reliability characteristics based on best practices, appropriate standards, and physics-of-failure

Develop and perform accelerated life tests, Design of Experiments, data analysis, reliability statistical analysis (especially Weibull), and statistical sampling plans

Manage execution of test plans with internal and external test laboratories

Ensure tests are successfully executed/implemented and data, results, and recommendations are reported to the organization

Participate in data reviews and analysis to help determine risks and actual or potential causes of failures and propose possible solutions based on experience and best reliability practices

Develop subject matter expertise regarding high-risk and high-frequency failure modes, especially for methods of detection and analysis

What do we require from you?

BS or higher degree in Electrical or Electronics Engineering and 6+ years relevant work experience in reliability or power electronics

Work experience requirement can be satisfied with MS degree and 4+ years relevant work experience or a Doctorate degree with no work experience

Experience using statistical tools to make data-driven decisions

Professional experience in Reliability Engineering is preferred:

Effective reliability/life test planning and reporting

Reliability & failure distribution modeling

Experience performing reliability qualification of electrical and electronic products

Working understanding of thermodynamic principles & thermal mechanics preferred

Excellent documentation and cross-functional collaboration skills are required

Creativity and problem-solving skills, demonstrated ability to learn on the job and acquire new skills, and a can-do attitude

A commitment to safe work practices