Reliability Engineer II Brookfield, WI

TTI Group; Town of Brookfield (WI); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Milwaukee Tool seeks a Reliability Engineer II located at the Brookfield, WI corporate headquarters. You will drive reliability and quality initiatives across new product development, collaborating with Marketing and Engineering to translate CtQ requirements into robust designs.

Strong statistical analysis and testing expertise are essential. Ideal candidates bring 2–5 years in reliability/quality engineering, DOE experience, and familiarity with Weibull analysis.

Qualifications

• BS in Engineering or equivalent field.
• 2–5 years in reliability/quality or statistical engineering.
• Experience with product development processes emphasizing testing, QA, and design validation.
• Experience with Design of Experiments; Six Sigma preferred.
• Knowledge of Weibull analysis and reliability statistics.
• Willingness to travel up to 10% domestically/internationally.
• ASQ CRE or DFSS/Six Sigma certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams for new product designs with focus on reliability.
• Identify critical-to-quality (CtQ) user needs in mechanical and electrical design.
• Track multiple projects to ensure schedule adherence.
• Collaborate with Marketing and Engineering on reliability and testing.
• Develop test plans and procedures to meet customer requirements.
• Analyze data and report using statistical techniques and reliability distributions.

Skills

Communication

Problem solving

Travel

Statistical thinking

Education

B.S. Engineering

Tools

Minitab

Reliasoft

Python

Job description

At Milwaukee Tool we firmly believe that our People and our Culture are the secrets to our success -- so we give you unlimited access to everything you need to create disruptive new technologies and solutions on our engineering teams. Our Engineering Team is responsible for giving life to the batteries, motors, and electronics that power solutions changing the lives of our users. Every developmental phase of these critical components happens in-house under the watch of this team. We continue to invest in engineering resources to design and develop leadership in engineering capabilities; something unique within the industry, and we're pushing the limits.

Behind our doors you'll be empowered every day to own it, drive it, and do what it takes to design and develop the biggest breakthroughs in the industry. Meanwhile, you'll have the support and resources of the fastest-growing brand in the construction industry to make it happen.

As a Reliability Engineer II for Milwaukee Tool, you will be located at our Corporate & Global Design Headquarter in Brookfield, WI reporting to the Manager of Reliability / Quality Engineering. The Reliability Engineer I is a critical member of the New Product Development Team contributing entry level to intermediate engineering skills. Throughout a product's development cycle, this position requires strong cross-functional communication skills and analytical expertise to help launch new and exciting solutions that meet user needs. You will work in a fast-paced environment to innovate new products as a member of a cross-functional team.

Duties and Responsibilities

Product Development:

• Lead teams for new product designs and engineering changes with respect to product reliability, user requirements and warranty information
• Isolate and identify “critical to quality” (CtQ) user need requirements on mechanical and electrical design features; and all product component interactions
• Track multiple projects simultaneously to ensure adherence to schedule and the Milwaukee Tool process.
• Participate and collaborate on project teams involving Marketing and Engineering leading in all aspects of reliability and testing

Testing / Analysis:

• Develop test plans and procedures based on new or established products, to ensure product meets customer requirements
• Collaborate with test laboratories to implement test plans/procedures ensuring full test completion and best practices are utilized
• Analyze, draw conclusions, report and present product information utilizing statistical techniques such as Weibull analysis, reliability distributions and matrices
• Draw concise, logical, written conclusions from experiments based on data analysis
• Ensure timely failure reporting root cause analysis and effective corrective/preventative actions (FRACA)

Job Requirements

• Bachelor of ScienceDegree in Engineering or educational equivalent field
• 2-5 years of experience in related reliability and quality field and/or statistical engineering
• Experience with or knowledge of new product development processes emphasizing testing design, manufacturing audits, quality assurance, test engineering or reliability and warranty prediction capabilities
• Experience including test development and specification creation, quality engineering fundamentals and proven experience leading a primary function within a project team
• Relevant experience with Design of Experiments (Six Sigma, preferred), life data analysis, and other related statistical tools and software (i.e. Minitab, Reliasoft is a plus)
• Written and verbal communication skills and creative problem-solving capabilities
• Ability to travel 10% of the time is required (travel includes Domestic and International)
• Preferred: ASQ Reliability Engineering Certification (ASQ-CRE) or the ability and desire to achieve certification
• Preferred: Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) or Six Sigma experience, Python experience

Milwaukee Tool is an equal opportunity employer.