Lead Reliability Engineer – Autonomous Dozer Systems

Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI); Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k with employer match

Generous HSA contribution

PTO, paid holidays, and flextime

ASI covers 90% of employee medical

Job summary

Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI) seeks a Reliability Engineer IV to develop and lead reliability activities that improve durability, availability, and maintainability of ASI's autonomous dozer platforms.

You will evaluate mechanical, electrical, software, and vehicle systems to identify risks and drive corrective actions with data-driven validation. This is a Level IV role within ASI's five-level engineering structure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Systems Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field
• Typically eight or more years of experience in reliability engineering, validation, product assurance, durability testing, failure analysis, or related engineering work
• Demonstrated experience independently leading complex reliability analyses and failure investigations
• Strong experience with FMEA, root cause analysis, Fault Tree Analysis, corrective-action processes, and reliability risk assessment
• Experience developing reliability validation plans for complex electromechanical or hardware-software integrated systems
• Experience with environmental, durability, accelerated-life, or qualification testing
• Ability to evaluate mechanical, electrical, software, and system-level failure interactions
• Experience analyzing test, field, maintenance, warranty, or operational data to identify trends and reliability risks
• Working knowledge of reliability statistics, life-data analysis, Weibull analysis, probability distributions, and confidence limits
• Experience establishing measurable reliability requirements, test criteria, and technical acceptance thresholds
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, electrical schematics, test results, system logs, and technical documentation
• Experience using data-analysis tools such as Python, MATLAB, Minitab, JMP, Excel, or comparable platforms
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional technical investigations and drive issues to resolution
• Strong technical writing, documentation, presentation, and communication skills
• Ability to provide technical guidance without direct supervisory responsibility
• Ability to work effectively with engineering, test, operations, supplier, and customer-facing teams

Responsibilities

• Lead reliability planning and analysis for autonomous dozer systems, subsystems, and components
• Develop reliability requirements, performance targets, validation criteria, and acceptance thresholds for assigned programs
• Lead Failure Modes and Effects Analysis, including DFMEA, PFMEA, and system-level FMEA activities
• Perform or support Fault Tree Analysis, reliability block diagrams, risk assessments, and other structured reliability analyses
• Identify reliability risks across mechanical, electrical, software, sensor, computing, communication, and vehicle-control systems
• Develop reliability test strategies for autonomous dozers operating in construction, mining, earthmoving, and other demanding environments
• Define and coordinate environmental, durability, accelerated-life, and system-level validation testing
• Support testing involving vibration and shock, temperature cycling, humidity, water ingress, pressure washing, salt exposure, dust, contamination, and mechanical loading
• Lead complex failure investigations using root cause analysis, fault isolation, data review, physical inspection, and structured problem-solving methods
• Coordinate corrective and preventive actions with design, software, electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, supplier, and test teams
• Verify that corrective actions address root causes and reduce the likelihood of recurrence
• Analyze laboratory, vehicle, field, warranty, maintenance, and operational data to identify failure trends and emerging reliability risks
• Develop reliability metrics, dashboards, reports, and technical summaries that communicate product health and program risk
• Evaluate component and subsystem reliability using statistical methods, life-data analysis, degradation analysis, and trend monitoring
• Support development of reliability predictions, failure-rate estimates, and availability or maintainability assessments
• Evaluate autonomous dozer designs for durability, serviceability, maintainability, fault tolerance, and environmental robustness
• Partner with systems engineers to ensure reliability requirements are traceable to system architecture, test plans, and validation evidence
• Collaborate with test engineers and field teams to develop realistic duty cycles and operating profiles for dozer validation
• Participate in design reviews and provide reliability-focused recommendations before design release or field deployment
• Support supplier evaluations, component qualification, and resolution of supplier-related reliability concerns
• Lead investigations involving intermittent, system-level, or difficult-to-reproduce failures
• Support reliability growth planning and track progress against defined reliability objectives
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers involved in reliability analysis, testing, and failure investigations
• Improve reliability engineering processes, templates, tools, data practices, and documentation standards
• Communicate technical risks, findings, corrective actions, and recommendations to engineering teams, program leadership, and stakeholders
• Support customer deployments, field testing, and on-site investigations as required

Skills

Reliability engineering

FMEA / FMECA

Root cause analysis

Data analysis

Statistical methods

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical writing

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Electrical/Systems Engineering

8+ years in reliability engineering

Tools

Python

MATLAB

Minitab

JMP

Excel

Jira

FRACAS

JAMA

Job description

Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI) seeks a Reliability Engineer IV to develop and lead reliability activities that improve durability, availability, and maintainability of ASI's autonomous dozer platforms.

You will evaluate mechanical, electrical, software, and vehicle systems to identify risks and drive corrective actions with data-driven validation. This is a Level IV role within ASI's five-level engineering structure.