Reliability Engineer, Hardware

Meta; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 150.000 - 210.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Meta is seeking a Reliability Engineer to drive quality, durability, and long-term reliability for its hardware portfolio, including VR headsets, AR glasses, and wearables.

You will own reliability activities across product development through mass production, identify failure modes, and ensure field performance meets the highest standards by partnering with mechanical, electrical, and systems teams.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a technical field is required.
• 6+ years in hardware reliability engineering for consumer electronics or wearables.
• Experience with accelerated life tests and environmental stress testing.

Aufgaben

• Own reliability activities from development to mass production.
• Identify failure modes and define reliability requirements.
• Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, and manufacturing teams to improve design for reliability.

Kenntnisse

Reliability engineering

Failure modes

FMEA

FTA

Root cause analysis

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

VR/AR wearables

Weibull analysis

AI data workflows

Supplier management

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or related field

Jobbeschreibung

Meta is seeking a Reliability Engineer to drive the quality, durability, and long-term reliability of consumer hardware products across Meta's device portfolio, including virtual reality headsets, augmented reality glasses, and wearable devices. In this role, you will own independently reliability engineering activities spanning product development through mass production, partnering with mechanical, electrical, and systems engineering teams to identify failure modes, define reliability requirements, and ensure Meta's hardware products meet the highest standards of durability and field performance.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• 6+ years of experience in hardware reliability engineering for consumer electronics, wearable devices, or similar electro-mechanical products
• Experience in designing and executing accelerated life tests, environmental stress tests, and mechanical durability validation for consumer hardware products
• Experience performing failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), fault tree analysis (FTA), and root cause analysis on hardware systems
• Experience analyzing reliability data and field return metrics to identify failure trends and drive engineering corrective actions
• Experience collaborating with mechanical, electrical, and manufacturing engineering teams to influence product design for reliability and durability
• Ability to proactively drive decisions involving dependencies across multiple teams or functions
• Experience with reliability engineering for VR, AR, or wearable device product lines, including knowledge of display, optics, battery, and sensor subsystem failure modes
• Familiarity with reliability growth modeling, Weibull analysis, and statistical reliability prediction methods applied to consumer hardware products
• Demonstrated use of AI tools to redesign reliability data analysis workflows, accelerate failure pattern identification, or improve reporting efficiency
• Experience working with contract manufacturers and component suppliers to define reliability requirements and validate corrective actions at scale