LEAD MEACHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEER- DESIGN FOR RELIABILTY

TE Connectivity Corporation; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

TE Connectivity Corporation is seeking a Lead Mechanical Design Engineer - Design for Reliability to lead reliability activities for TE Sensor Products. The role spans concept to production, defining reliability strategies, validation plans, and risk mitigation across automotive, industrial, medical, and aerospace domains.

The candidate will perform reliability predictions, DoE support, and collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure product robustness and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• DFSS or Six Sigma Black Belt certification.
• Functional Safety (FuSa) knowledge and expertise.
• Standards knowledge: ISO 16750, IEC 60068, IATF 16949, AS9100, ISO 9001.
• Strong knowledge of sensors electronics, measurement, and signal processing.
• Willingness to travel to TE locations, customers, and suppliers.
• Experience in sensor product development for automotive applications.
• Ability to develop engineering tools (e.g., Python).
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Drive reliability engineering activities across the product development lifecycle.
• Define reliability strategies, validation plans, and risk mitigation.
• Perform FIT rate estimation, Weibull analysis, FMEDA/FTA statistics.
• Develop and apply Design for Reliability (DfR) methodologies for TE Sensor products.
• Collaborate with design, validation, quality, manufacturing, and supplier teams to improve reliability.

Skills

DFSS Black Belt

Functional Safety

ISO 16750

Sensor electronics

Travel readiness

Automotive sensors

Python scripting

English communication

Education

Master's Degree in Reliability/Electrical/Electronics/Mechatronics

Job description

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Job Overview

Design and drive reliability engineering activities for TE Sensor Products throughout the product development lifecycle, ensuring products meet customer reliability, durability, safety, and mission profile requirements.

Define reliability strategies, validation approaches, failure analysis methods, and reliability risk mitigation plans for automotive sensor products from concept through production.

KEY RESPONSBILITIES:

Minimum 7+ years of experience in reliability engineering for automotive electronic, sensor, or mechatronic products.

Strong experience in reliability prediction, reliability testing, reliability calculations, and risk identification.

Expertise in FIT rate estimation methodologies and statistical reliability analysis including Weibull analysis, χ²-statistics, Bayes theorem, random failure principles, FMEDA, and FTA.

Develop and execute Design for Reliability (DfR) methodologies for TE Sensor products used in Automotive, Industrial, Medical, AD&M (Aerospace, Defense & Marine), and other business domains.

Define reliability requirements based on customer specifications, mission profiles, application conditions, and product architecture.

Perform reliability prediction, FIT rate estimation, MTTF calculation, and reliability risk assessment using industry standards and test data.

Define reliability validation strategies including HALT, HAST, ALT, Test-to-Failure, accelerated stress testing, and environmental validation.

Conduct reliability analyses including Weibull analysis, Chi-square statistics, Bayes theorem application, FMEDA, FTA, and failure mechanism assessments.

Analyze validation and field-return data to identify reliability risks, failure modes, and opportunities for product improvement.

Support Design of Experiments (DOE) to evaluate alternative materials, manufacturing processes, and design concepts.

Collaborate with design, validation, quality, manufacturing, and supplier teams to improve product reliability and robustness.

Participate in product design reviews and provide reliability assessments, recommendations, and risk mitigation plans.

Develop reliability design guidelines, lessons learned, and best practices for sensor product development.

Build and maintain reliability databases including failure mechanisms, test results, acceleration models, and field reliability data.

Support supplier selection and qualification activities from a reliability perspective.

Contribute to requirement engineering, system understanding, load analysis, and stress derivation activities.

Assess and communicate reliability risk throughout all project phases and drive closure of critical risks before SOP.

Partner with Quality and Failure Analysis teams to ensure continuous improvement through effective lessons learned implementation.

Support Functional Safety and/or AD&M-related reliability activities as required.

Comply with processes and best practices for Reliability Engineering and Product Development.

DESIRED SKILLS:

DFSS, or Six Sigma Black Belt Certified

Functional Safety (FuSa) Knowledge and Expertise

Standards Knowledge: ISO 16750, IEC 60068, IATF 16949, AS9100 (EN 9100), ISO 9001, AEC-Q100, ISO 13485, IEC 60601, DO-160, and MIL-STD-810.

Solid knowledge in sensors electronics, measurement & signal processing.

Willingness to travel to other TE locations, customers, and suppliers.

Experience in sensor product development for automotive application

Ability to develop your own engineering tools (like python)

Good written and spoken English and communication skills.

What your background should look like

Master's Degree or equivalent in Reliability Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering, or related technical discipline.

Minimum 7+ years of experience in reliability engineering for automotive electronic, sensor, or mechatronic products.

Strong experience in reliability prediction, reliability testing, reliability calculations, and risk identification.

Competencies

Values: Integrity, Accountability, Inclusion, Innovation, Teamwork

Job Locations: Kundalahalli Village, K.R. Puram Hobli

Bangalore, Karnātaka 560037

India

Posting City: Bangalore Job Country: India Travel Required: Less than 10% Workplace Type: Hybrid External Careers Page: Engineering & Technology