Reliability Engineer II - Drilling

Milwaukee Tool; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Milwaukee Tool is seeking a Reliability Engineer II to join the Downtown Milwaukee team. You will contribute intermediate to advanced engineering skills across product development, testing, and post‑launch activities, working with an interdisciplinary group to deliver high‑performance heavy‑duty products.

You will analyze data, develop test plans, and identify critical requirements while collaborating with Marketing and Engineering. Travel ~10% may be required.

Qualifications

• BS in Engineering or equivalent; 2–5+ years in reliability/quality.
• Experience with new product commercialization processes.
• Training in quality engineering fundamentals and project leadership.
• DOE, life data analysis and statistics; familiarity with Minitab/Reliasoft.
• Strong communication and problem‑solving; travel ~10%.
• ASQ CRE or DFSS/Six Sigma preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams for new product designs with reliability focus.
• Identify critical-to-quality user needs in design features.
• Track multiple projects to maintain schedules.
• Collaborate with Marketing and Engineering on reliability tasks.
• Develop test plans to ensure product requirements are met.
• Analyze data with Weibull distributions and present results.
• Provide root cause analysis and corrective actions.

Skills

Engineering

Reliability

Quality

Data analysis

Project leadership

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

BS in Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Minitab

Reliasoft

Job description

Come be

Job Description

Come be DISRUPTIVE with us! At Milwaukee Tool, our most valued resource is our dedicated team of employees - employees who work with a passion to be the best and an unparalleled pride in their work and in the Milwaukee brand. We know that the only way to sustain growth and success is to value the growth and success of each person within the organization that's why we invest in an individual's growth and development from day one.

All our teams touch every step of the process, that is why our Engineering teams are some of the key contributors to our continuous innovations. The fast-paced, agile environment continuously delivers disruptive technologies by providing every team with the resources needed to excel and working directly with End Users to understand how to deliver heavy duty products with high performance. We create Best in Class products by leveraging advanced analysis tools, extensive testing regimes, state-of-the-art manufacturing processes and cross-functional agility.

As a Reliability Engineer II for Milwaukee Tool, you will be located at our Downtown Office Location in Milwaukee, WI reporting to the Reliability / Quality Manager. The Reliability Engineer II is a critical member of the Product Support and Value Engineering Team contributing intermediate to advanced engineering skills. Throughout a product's development cycle, this position requires strong cross-functional communication skills and analytical expertise to help maintain exciting solutions that meet user needs. You will work in a fast-paced environment to refine new products as a member of a cross-functional post-launch 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 Science Degree in Engineering or educational equivalent field
• 2-5+ years of experience in related reliability and quality field
• Experience with new product commercialization processes emphasizing design, manufacturing, quality, test or reliability activities
• Experience including training in quality engineering fundamentals and proven experience leading a primary function within a project team
• Previous relevant experience with Design of Experiments, life data analysis, and other related statistical tools and software (i.e. Minitab, Reliasoft)
• 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

Milwaukee Tool is an equal opportunity employer.