Reliability Engineer (Quality)

Novanta Inc.; Stockport; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Novanta seeks a reliability-focused engineer to work withEngineering, R&D, Manufacturing and Quality leaders to ensure products perform reliably in mission-critical applications. You will design reliability qualification strategies, develop ALT methodologies, and perform life-data modelling to support product robustness and customer satisfaction.

The role includes analysing field data, leading investigations, and contributing to FMEA and risk management.

Qualifications

• Experience in reliability qualification strategies.
• Experience with life-data analysis and modelling.
• Familiarity with failure investigations and corrective actions.

Responsibilities

• Designing and executing reliability qualification strategies
• Developing accelerated life testing methodologies
• Performing Weibull analysis and life-data modelling
• Analysing field, manufacturing and warranty performance data
• Leading complex product failure investigations
• Building reliability dashboards and predictive analytics tools
• Supporting NPI programmes and manufacturing transfers
• Providing reliability input into FMEA and risk management activities
• Driving corrective actions that improve long-term product performance and customer satisfaction.

Skills

Reliability

Weibull analysis

Life-data modelling

Tools

Minitab

JMP

Power BI

FMEA

Root Cause Analysis

NPI Programmes

Manufacturing Transfers

Job description

You will work directly with Engineering, R&D, Manufacturing and Quality leaders to ensure our products perform reliably in mission-critical customer applications.,

• Designing and executing reliability qualification strategies
• Developing accelerated life testing methodologies
• Performing Weibull analysis and life-data modelling
• Analysing field, manufacturing and warranty performance data
• Leading complex product failure investigations
• Building reliability dashboards and predictive analytics tools
• Supporting NPI programmes and manufacturing transfers
• Providing reliability input into FMEA and risk management activities
• Driving corrective actions that improve long-term product performance and customer satisfaction.

Experience with any of the following would be particularly valuable:

• Weibull Analysis
• Accelerated Life Testing (ALT)
• HALT/HASS
• Minitab
• JMP
• Power BI
• Statistical Modelling
• FMEA
• Root Cause Analysis
• NPI Programmes
• Manufacturing Transfers.

We are committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage, for example with applications, interviews, or assessments, please inform the Talent Acquisition Partner. We will work with you to understand your needs and make appropriate arrangements so you can perform at your best.

Build a career powered by innovations that matter! At Novanta, our innovations power technology products that are transforming healthcare and advanced manufacturing-improving productivity, enhancing people's lives and redefining what's possible. We create for our global customers engineered components and sub-systems that deliver extreme precision and performance for a range of mission-critical applications-from minimally invasive surgery to robotics to 3D metal printing. Novanta is one global team with over 26 offices located in The Americas, Europe and Asia‑Pacific. Looking for a great place to work? You have found it with a culture that embraces teamwork, collaboration and empowerment. Come explore Novanta.