Hardware Reliability Engineer - DFMEA & Qualification Lead

zealogicsllc; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

zealogicsllc is seeking a Hardware FMEA & Reliability Engineer to drive product reliability and risk assessment across the development lifecycle. You will perform DFMEA, PFMEA, reliability analyses, and qualification testing for electronic, electrical, and electromechanical hardware.

You will collaborate with design, manufacturing, quality, and supplier teams to ensure robust, high-quality products and establish reliability metrics such as MTBF and FIT rates.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical, Reliability Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of hardware development, reliability engineering, or product qualification.
• Knowledge of DFMEA, PFMEA, FTA, and risk management methodologies.
• Experience with electronic assemblies, PCBs, power electronics, and hardware qualification testing.
• Familiarity with IEC, JEDEC, Telcordia, MIL-HDBK-217, IPC standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead and facilitate DFMEA and PFMEA activities for hardware products.
• Identify failure modes, root causes, and failure mechanisms across electrical, electronic, mechanical, and system designs.
• Evaluate severity, occurrence, and detection ratings and develop risk mitigation plans.
• Maintain and update FMEA documentation throughout the product lifecycle.
• Track corrective and preventive actions from FMEA reviews.
• Support design reviews and ensure risks are addressed before release.
• Develop reliability requirements, growth plans, and qualification strategies.
• Perform reliability predictions and analyses per MIL-HDBK-217, Telcordia, IEC, or equivalents.
• Conduct FA, RCA, and implement corrective actions.

Skills

DFMEA

PFMEA

FTA

risk management

Weibull analysis

reliability modeling

root-cause analysis

technical documentation

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical/Mechanical/Reliability Engineering

Tools

ReliaSoft

Windchill Quality Solutions

Minitab

JMP

Job description

zealogicsllc is seeking a Hardware FMEA & Reliability Engineer to drive product reliability and risk assessment across the development lifecycle. You will perform DFMEA, PFMEA, reliability analyses, and qualification testing for electronic, electrical, and electromechanical hardware.

You will collaborate with design, manufacturing, quality, and supplier teams to ensure robust, high-quality products and establish reliability metrics such as MTBF and FIT rates.