Hardware Reliability Engineer – Wearables & VR

Meta; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking a Product Reliability Engineer to drive the quality, durability, and long-term reliability of consumer hardware across the device portfolio, including VR headsets, AR glasses, and wearables. You will own reliability activities from development through mass production, partnering with mechanical, electrical, and systems teams to identify failure modes and ensure high field performance.

The role requires analyzing field data, leading root-cause investigations, and defining KPIs

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of hardware reliability engineering experience in consumer electronics or wearable devices.
• Experience designing and executing accelerated life tests, environmental stress tests, and mechanical durability validation.
• Experience performing FMEA, FTA, and root cause analysis on hardware systems.
• Experience analyzing reliability data and field return metrics to identify failure trends and drive engineering actions.
• Experience collaborating with mechanical, electrical, and manufacturing teams to influence product design for reliability.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute reliability test plans for consumer hardware products across product portfolio.
• Conduct FMEA and FTA to identify and mitigate reliability risks.
• Analyze field return data and reliability metrics to identify top failure drivers and drive corrective actions.
• Lead root cause investigations for reliability escapes and determine design/manufacturing contributions.
• Define and track reliability KPIs (MTBF, failure rate, field return rate) and report status.
• Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, and systems engineering teams to influence durability improvements.
• Partner with contract manufacturers and suppliers to establish reliability requirements and validate corrective actions.
• Develop and maintain reliability models and life prediction analyses for design decisions.
• Contribute to reliability requirements documentation, test specs, and design verification plans.
• Engage cross-functional stakeholders to communicate status, risks, and mitigations.
• International travel up to 20%.

Skills

Hardware reliability

Reliability testing

FMEA/FTA/root cause analysis

Reliability data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or equivalent

Job description

Meta is seeking a Product Reliability Engineer to drive the quality, durability, and long-term reliability of consumer hardware across the device portfolio, including VR headsets, AR glasses, and wearables. You will own reliability activities from development through mass production, partnering with mechanical, electrical, and systems teams to identify failure modes and ensure high field performance.

The role requires analyzing field data, leading root-cause investigations, and defining KPIs