Global Reliability & Test Leader

Philips Recruiting Services / Philips Automotive Recruiting; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Philips Recruiting Services / Philips Automotive Recruiting seeks a Global Reliability & Testing Leader to drive reliability engineering, product validation, and testing across platforms. You will manage a global team and standardize Design for Reliability (DfR), validation, and robustness throughout the lifecycle.

You will collaborate with Product Development, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Field Engineering, and customers to define requirements, mission profiles, reliability strategies,

Qualifications

• 10+ years of reliability engineering, testing, validation, or related product development.
• Experience leading engineering teams in a global, matrixed organization.
• Strong hands-on experience with reliability testing, validation labs, HALT/HAST, and custom test systems.
• Knowledge of reliability statistics and methodologies including FIT, Weibull, FTA, FMEDA, and accelerated life testing.
• Experience with electronic, electrical, or mechatronic products.
• Excellent communication with customers, engineering teams, and leadership.
• Willingness to travel approximately 20%.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a global team of Reliability & Testing engineers.
• Establish and standardize global reliability and validation methodologies.
• Integrate reliability into new product development from concept through production launch.
• Develop and oversee EVT, DVT, and PVT test and validation plans.
• Define appropriate reliability test strategies based on customer requirements and mission profiles.
• Apply accelerated testing methods including HALT, HAST, and test-to-failure techniques.
• Analyze test data to identify failure modes and reliability risks.
• Lead corrective actions and reliability improvement plans with Engineering and Quality.
• Provide guidance on reliability statistics and related methodologies.
• Participate in design reviews to address reliability risks early in development.
• Present reliability status and recommendations to leadership and customers.
• Develop reusable reliability standards and best practices across global teams.

Skills

10+ years experience in reliability

Leadership experience

Reliability testing & validation

Analytical problem solving

Strong communication with executives

Willingness to travel

DFSS Green Belt / certification

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical/Electronics/Mechatronics/Mechanical Engineering or related field

Tools

HALT/HAST testing

Test equipment & validation labs

Custom test systems

Job description

The Global Reliability & Testing Leader will lead global reliability engineering, product validation, and testing activities across new and existing product platforms.

This role will manage a team of Reliability & Testing engineers and drive standardized Design for Reliability (DfR), validation, and robustness methodologies across the product development lifecycle.

The leader will work closely with Product Development, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Field Engineering, and customers to define application requirements, mission profiles, reliability strategies, and validation plans.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a global team of Reliability & Testing engineers.
• Establish and standardize global reliability and validation methodologies.
• Integrate reliability into new product development from concept through production launch.
• Develop and oversee EVT, DVT, and PVT test and validation plans.
• Define appropriate reliability test strategies based on customer requirements and mission profiles.
• Apply accelerated testing methods including HALT, HAST, and test-to-failure techniques.
• Analyze test data to identify failure modes, design weaknesses, reliability risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Lead corrective actions and reliability improvement plans in partnership with Engineering and Quality.
• Provide guidance on reliability statistics, sample sizes, test duration, FIT, MTTF, Weibull analysis, FTA, and related methodologies.
• Participate in design reviews and ensure reliability risks are addressed early in the development process.
• Present reliability status, risks, and recommendations to senior leadership and customers.
• Develop reusable reliability standards, test methods, models, and best practices across global engineering teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering, or related technical field.
• 10+ years of experience in reliability engineering, testing, validation, hardware engineering, or related product development.
• Demonstrated experience leading engineering teams in a global, matrixed organization.
• Strong hands-on experience with reliability testing, validation labs, test equipment, HALT/HAST, and custom test systems.
• Experience developing and executing product Test & Validation Plans.
• Strong knowledge of reliability statistics and methodologies including FIT, Weibull Analysis, FTA, FMEDA, and accelerated life testing.
• Experience working with electronic, electrical, or mechatronic products.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and root-cause-analysis skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work effectively with customers, engineering teams, and executive leadership.
• Willingness to travel approximately 20%.

Preferred

• Reliability Engineering certification or training through ASQ, TÜV, ReliaSoft, or similar.
• DFSS Green Belt or Black Belt.
• Experience with high-speed electronics, data center, telecommunications, automotive electronics, aerospace, or other technically complex products.
• Experience developing global reliability standards and validation processes.