Founding Reliability Lead, Wearable AI/BCI

OSI Engineering; Palo Alto (CA); Hybrid; USD 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

OSI Engineering in Palo Alto seeks a founding Reliability Engineering hire for a next-generation AI wearable platform. You will own reliability, qualification, and field quality strategy across hardware subsystems, leading end-to-end programs.

This role partners with Electrical, Firmware, Audio, Camera, Product Design and Manufacturing, plus external labs and certification bodies to drive DF(R) and regulatory certifications while supporting launch and ongoing reliability.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of reliability engineering experience in consumer hardware.
• Experience shipping at least one consumer product from concept to field deployment.
• Knowledge of IEC 60068, IEC 61000, JEDEC, IPC and regulatory certifications (FCC Part 15, CE/RED, IC RSS).

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end reliability strategy across hardware subsystems.
• Lead Design for Reliability (DfR) and DFMEA activities early in development.
• Define and execute qualification testing (mechanical, wireless, biocompatibility).
• Lead regulatory certification efforts (FCC, CE/RED, IC, RoHS, REACH).
• Partner with Engineering, Product Design, Manufacturing, and external labs.
• Own post-launch field quality, AFR/MTBF targets, root-cause investigations.
• Build and lead Reliability Engineering organization as the product scales.

Skills

Reliability engineering

Consumer electronics

Regulatory compliance

FMEA

Weibull analysis

Cross-functional leadership

External labs management

Job description

OSI Engineering in Palo Alto seeks a founding Reliability Engineering hire for a next-generation AI wearable platform. You will own reliability, qualification, and field quality strategy across hardware subsystems, leading end-to-end programs.

This role partners with Electrical, Firmware, Audio, Camera, Product Design and Manufacturing, plus external labs and certification bodies to drive DF(R) and regulatory certifications while supporting launch and ongoing reliability.