Sr Engineer - Reliability

Eaton Technologies; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton India Innovation Center in Pune seeks a Senior Engineer - Reliability to lead reliability design activities for electrical/electronic products. The role emphasizes DFDR, life testing, data analytics and cross-functional collaboration across product development teams.

You will drive PoF-based assessments, improve burn-in strategies, and deliver reliability deliverables for new product development and existing products, while mentoring peers and aligning with OEM standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical / Electronics / Mechanical Engineering.
• Master’s degree in Electrical / Electronics / Reliability engineering preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree with 6+ years or Master’s with 3+ years in electrical/electronics product reliability.
• Proficiency in DfR: reliability modeling, life data analysis, goal setting, allocation and demonstration.
• Knowledge of MIL-HDBK-217F, NPRD, Telcordia reliability standards.
• Experience with FRACAS and converting field/warranty data into life and failure rate insights.
• Experience with data centers electronics and electrical systems.
• DFSS GB certified / ASQ CRE preferred.
• Experience with Sherlock, Reliasoft, BlockSim and Minitab.

Responsibilities

• Independently deliver Design for Reliability (DFR) in electrical product development programs without impacting schedule.
• Influence design by introducing novel ideas to mitigate reliability risks and optimize performance.
• Lead PoF-based reliability assessments for electrical/electronic products.
• Plan and conduct reliability life testing using internal labs and external agencies.
• Develop data analytics-based solutions using testing data for reliability life modeling.
• Reduce warranty defects through optimized burn-in strategies with plants; apply FRACAS and Shainin Red X in NPD or existing products.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to align on capabilities and identify ALT/test optimization opportunities.
• Provide technical leadership, plan milestones, mentor teammates, and create reliability deliverables like RPPs, FMEAs, HALT, and RDT.

Skills

DfR process

Life data analysis

Reliability modeling

FRACAS

Reliability standards

Data analytics

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Learner

Transparency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical / Electronics / Mechanical Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical / Electronics / Reliability engineering

Tools

Sherlock

Reliasoft

Blocksim

Minitab

FRACAS tooling

Job description

What you ll do:

If you desire to be part of something special, to be part of a winning team, to be part of a fun team - winning is fun. At Eaton India Innovation Center, Electrical Risk Management Center of Excellence is currently seeking a Senior Engineer - Reliability to join our team! This position is based at our office in Magarpatta City, Pune. In Eaton, making our work exciting, engaging, meaningful; ensuring safety, health, wellness; and being a model of inclusion & diversity are already embedded in who we are - it s in our values, part of our vision, and our clearly defined aspirational goals.

The core responsibilities of this position are as follows:

• Independently deliver Design for Reliability (DFR) in electrical product development programs without impacting the schedule.
• Influence design by introducing novel ideas that not only mitigate reliability risks but also optimize product performance.
• Lead PoF-based reliability assessments for electrical/electronic products.
• Plan and conduct reliability life testing, leveraging Eaton s internal test labs and external agencies as appropriate.
• Develop data analytics-based solutions by utilizing testing data from electrical/electronic products in the area of reliability life modeling.
• Reduce warranty defects through optimized burn-in strategies in close collaboration with respective plants, and drive problem-solving methods within the organization-such as FRACAS and Shainin Red X-in new product development and/or existing product engineering.

A. Technology Responsibilities

• Coordinate with business stakeholders to align on current capabilities within the reliability domain and identify new ALT/test optimization opportunities.
• Drive initiatives to deploy risk mitigation strategies within the organization, including implementing problem-solving methods in new product development and/or existing product improvements across cross-functional teams.

B. Program Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on the assigned business portfolio by managing stakeholder engagement.
• Plan project milestones, execute planned deliverables, conduct deliverable reviews, communicate with stakeholders, and support on-the-job development through technical mentoring.
• Create and/or revise reliability deliverables such as Reliability Program Plans, Reliability Predictions, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Highly - Accelerated Life Tests (HALT), and Reliability Demonstration Tests (RDT) for new product development programs.

C. Extended Responsibilities

• Participate in RM-level initiatives and contribute through meaningful personal value addition.
• Provide guidance and technical mentoring to engineers.

D. Individual Contributor Responsibilities

• Participate in RM-level initiatives and contribute through meaningful personal value addition.
• Provide guidance and technical mentoring to engineers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on Design for Reliability (DfR) for NPD programs primarily related to data centers, ensuring identification, management, and mitigation of reliability risks.
• Understand project requirements and solve problems independently through discussions with local and global stakeholders.
• Demonstrate innovative thinking and instill strong rigor within the team to generate intellectual property (patents, trade secrets, technical papers).
• Exhibit a continuous improvement mindset to deliver value in terms of cost, quality, and schedule.

Qualifications:

Required: Bachelors degree in Electrical / Electronics / Mechanical Engineering.

Preferred: Masters in Electrical / Electronics / Reliability engineering.

Required: Bachelors degree with 6+ experience or Masters degree with 3+ years experience in Electrical/Electronics product reliability

Skills:

• Proficiency in DfR process like system reliability modeling, goal setting, allocation, prediction, demonstration (life data analysis, reliability growth analysis & ALT)
• Proficiency in reliability standards such as MIL-HDBK-217F, NPRD, Telcordia
• Knowledge in FRACAS and reducing field/warranty data into relevant life and failure rate information.
• Desired: Relevant work experience in the field of Electronics and Electrical systems for data centers.
• Preferred: DFSS GB certified from reputed organization and ASQ - CRE.
• Experience with any industry proven reliability analysis suite of tools. Sherlock, Reliasoft, Blocksim & Minitab preferred.
• Accountability - Takes complete responsibility of assigned tasks and delivers results despite of roadblocks
• Passion - Pursues everything with drive and motivates others around to contribute towards the cause
• Resourceful - Works across the boundaries to get the desired things done timely
• Problem Solving - Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions, Looks beyond the obvious solutions and comes up with creative/ innovative proposals
• Learner - Takes efforts to upskill self and shares the learnings with broader team proactively
• Transparency - Should create open and trusting environment in the team