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JOB SUMMARY:

The Principal Product Reliability Engineer will provide expertise in design for reliability, reliability test construction and execution, reliability test equipment, failure analysis and statistics for mechanical and electrical product reliability. The role takes part in new product introductions ensuring R&D uses best reliability design practices, and implement lessons learned from reliability growth to new designs. The engineer analyzes and organizes trend data and acts as product technical expert to a global team of technicians and quality engineers.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES :

Research on domestic and foreign environmental reliability standards, combined with product design and application requirements, guide environmental reliability design and testing

Design product environmental reliability test scheme to verify product environmental adaptability and reliability level including accelerated life test

Reliability prediction, life evaluation, FMEA analysis and other reliability work according to market demand

Support for issues related to market and environmental adaptability

Drives a team of technicians and engineers globally to effectively troubleshoot and analyze returned units to determine root cause

Generates reports to internal teams and, at times, directly back to customers

Gathers the failure trend data and suggests design or manufacturing corrective actions

Works closely with technicians and junior engineers, providing technical expertise and guidance

REQUIREMENTS:

Bachelor’s Degree in electrical or mechanical engineering or equivalent experience

10+ years of electrical or mechanical engineering product development, design, repair, or support experience

Working knowledge in power/electrical engineering; three-phase AC and DC power, IGBTs, inverters, rectifiers, microprocessor and sensor interfacing, firmware interfacing, DC batteries, connectors/wire- harnesses

Experience building reliability models and test plans using Reliasoft

Working knowledge in large and small scale cooling systems

Strong ability to read and understand electrical schematics and PCBA layouts

Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to solve and prevent a wide range of problems quickly and methodically

Ability to operate in a testing lab environment safely and successfully

Must be comfortable interfacing with customer and at times traveling to sites to troubleshoot difficult or high-profile technical issues

Excellent planning, organizing, documentation, and communication skills

Ability to multitask and operate in cross functional global development teams