Field Reliability Engineer: Battery Systems & Fleet Diagnostics

Speedrun Talent Network; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Base is seeking a Field Reliability Engineer to own the reliability picture for our deployed fleet. You will monitor fleet health, decide when to swap or pull hardware, triage returns, and maintain meticulous records of failures and frequencies. Pareto insights will guide design and supplier decisions.

This role covers both in-house and supplier-made hardware. Strong problem-solving, fundamentals, and hands-on testing matter more than years of experience as you collaborate with hardware teams to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or related field.
• Strong electrical fundamentals and PCB/PCBA knowledge.
• Hands-on testing and debugging of battery systems, power electronics, or complex electromechanical hardware.
• Comfort with Grafana, SQL/BigQuery, and Python.
• Reliability basics: failure-rate tracking, MTBF/AFR, and Weibull plots (expertise not required).
• Hands-on, with sharp problem-solving instincts and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Root-cause field failures and manufacturing non-conformances, with local travel for deep dives.
• Build and read fleet health dashboards in Grafana, SQL/BigQuery, and Python, and spot trends early.
• Track what breaks and how often, and turn it into Pareto charts the team can act on.
• Decide when to dispatch a field swap or pull hardware for investigation, and see it through.
• Triage returned units: characterize the failure and decide when to elevate for full teardown.
• Recreate field failures in the lab.
• Drive corrective actions into design, and into suppliers for supplier-made parts.
• Keep clean records of every failure analysis.

Skills

Electrical fundamentals

PCB/PCBA knowledge

Battery systems testing

Grafana

SQL/BigQuery

Python

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering/Mechatronics

Tools

Grafana

SQL/BigQuery

Python

Job description

Base is seeking a Field Reliability Engineer to own the reliability picture for our deployed fleet. You will monitor fleet health, decide when to swap or pull hardware, triage returns, and maintain meticulous records of failures and frequencies. Pareto insights will guide design and supplier decisions.

This role covers both in-house and supplier-made hardware. Strong problem-solving, fundamentals, and hands-on testing matter more than years of experience as you collaborate with hardware teams to