Product Reliability Manager - Switchgear (Onsite, Bessemer)

MacLean Power Systems; Alabaster (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus potential

401k with employer match

Medical, Dental, Vision

Job summary

Royal Switchgear Manufacturing (a Maclean Power Systems Company) is seeking a Product Reliability Manager to enhance reliability, durability, and performance of Royal Switchgear products. You will lead reliability strategy, design and execute test campaigns, and collaborate with engineering and manufacturing to implement design-for-reliability practices.

The role requires 3+ years in reliability/test design, expertise in FMEA/Weibull, and hands-on testing with data acquisition systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Reliability Engineering, or related discipline.
• 3+ years’ experience in product reliability, test engineering, or design validation—preferably with switchgear, breakers, relays, or power distribution equipment.
• Proven experience designing test apparatus, fixtures, and setting up/operating reliability test rigs.
• Strong knowledge of reliability methods (FMEA, RCM, Weibull), environmental and electrical testing standards.
• Hands-on proficiency with data acquisition systems, instrumentation, environmental chambers, and test automation.

Responsibilities

• Lead product reliability strategy: set reliability targets and perform MTBF/MTTR analyses for switchgear products.
• Design test programs for components and assemblies (HALT/HASS, accelerated life tests).
• Specify, design, and build custom test apparatus and fixtures to replicate field stresses.
• Set up, commission, and operate test rigs and data acquisition equipment.
• Develop test procedures with pass/fail criteria; ensure calibration and traceability.
• Execute tests, analyze data, and translate findings into design changes.
• Lead root-cause analysis on product failures and field returns; verify fixes via testing.
• Collaborate with design, product validation, and manufacturing to embed DfR/DfM.

Skills

Reliability engineering

FMEA

Weibull

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Excel

Minitab

Test instrumentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Reliability Engineering

Tools

LabVIEW

Python

Data acquisition systems

Job description

Royal Switchgear Manufacturing (a Maclean Power Systems Company) is seeking a Product Reliability Manager to enhance reliability, durability, and performance of Royal Switchgear products. You will lead reliability strategy, design and execute test campaigns, and collaborate with engineering and manufacturing to implement design-for-reliability practices.

The role requires 3+ years in reliability/test design, expertise in FMEA/Weibull, and hands-on testing with data acquisition systems.