Reliability Engineer III

Fujifilm; Bothell (WA); On-site; USD 104,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision

Life & Disability

401k with company match

PTO and holidays

Job summary

FUJIFILM Sonosite in Bothell, WA is seeking a Reliability Engineer to support R&D Systems Engineering of point-of-care ultrasound devices. You will champion Design for Reliability early in development and lead reliability analyses, HALT testing, and risk assessments across hardware and software.

As an individual contributor, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams—Product Management, Manufacturing, Quality, and Service—to ensure product integrity throughout lifecycle and drive

Qualifications

• BS in engineering, statistics, or data analysis; MS preferred.
• 5+ years in a medical or regulated industry with DfR experience.
• Expertise in reliability software tools (Reliasoft, Weibull++, Minitab).
• Experience with safety risk management (FMEA, hazard analyses).
• Ability to lead reliability programs across hardware and software.

Responsibilities

• Lead reliability analyses, HALT tests, and reliability demonstration tests.
• Develop test plans and preliminary reliability assessments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet reliability goals.
• Create and release reliability documentation and reports.

Skills

Strong communication

Statistics and data analysis

Customer focus

Leadership

Mentor/teach

Design for Reliability

Team collaboration

Ability to lift 25 pounds

Education

BS in relevant engineering, statistics, or data analysis

MS degree preferred

Tools

Reliasoft

Weibull++

Minitab

ISO 14971

IEC 60601-1

IEC 60601-2-37

Job description

Position Overview

Fujifilm Sonosite is seeking a Reliability Engineer to support R&D Systems Engineering developing Point-of-Care ultrasound medical devices in Bothell, Washington. As an individual contributor, you will support the entire lifecycle of ultrasound systems, including transducers and accessories. This position will be a champion and focal point on new product development teams using a Design for Reliability (DfR) approach starting early in the design process to ensure designs are robust to customer use, environmental stress, and service-life duration. The position will also support released products with failure rate analyses, reliability improvement projects, and safety risk assessments of field failure issues. You will work collaboratively within a technical cross-functional team to plan Design for Reliability efforts, including reliability analyses, HALT tests, reliability demonstration test programs, and engineering analyses. This position involves strong partnership with Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Program Management, Quality, Supplier Quality, and Manufacturing to lead, champion, and act as focal point for the reliability aspects of assigned projects.

Company Overview

At FUJIFILM Sonosite, we reinvent how healthcare is delivered with point-of-care ultrasound technology. As the leader in bedside ultrasound systems, our innovations save lives—from premature babies in NICUs to trauma patients in emergency rooms.

We’re looking for purpose-driven team members ready to build technology that impacts real-world scenarios, including natural disasters and even war zones. By joining FUJIFILM Sonosite, you’ll be part of a team that thrives on collaboration, out-of-the-box thinking, and a passion for life-saving innovations. Let’s make a difference together.

Our headquarters in Bothell, Washington, blends riverside charm with urban amenities, quality schools, and an ever-evolving downtown—all part of the vibrant Seattle metro area.

Fujifilm is globally headquartered in Tokyo with over 70,000 employees across four key business segments of healthcare, electronics, business innovation, and imaging. We are guided and united by our Group Purpose of “giving our world more smiles.” Visit: https://www.fujifilm.com/us/en/about/region/careers

Job Description

Essential Job Functions:

• Work hand in hand with the Program Management, Product Management, and discipline leads to ensure the overall product/solution system integrity from concept to end of life of the product, including meeting all expectations from major stakeholders like Systems Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, regulatory bodies, and Servicing, in addition to customers and patients.
• Support competitive benchmarking analyses to drive ongoing product improvements and enhancements.
• Collaborate with Product Management to develop reliability goals for future products.
• Allocate reliability goals to lower levels (subsystem, components).
• Develop appropriate test plans and determine preliminary reliability assessments and estimates.
• Lead and conduct reliability testing programs to mitigate high-risk areas of the design and demonstrate product reliability prior to product launch, including accelerated life testing.
• Participate in risk management activities, FMEA, and safety risk assessments to mitigate risks and design for reliability.
• Work within a cross-functional team to weigh cost factors, resolve technical conflicts, and align on paths forward.
• Create, review, and release reliability documentation, including analysis reports, test reports, and summary reports.
• Teach Design for Reliability strategies and methods to engineering teams who will help implement them.
• Gather and encourage lessons learned from NPI projects and marketed product performance.
• Engage with User Interface, Hardware Engineering, Product Management, Clinical Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, and V&V teams to ensure stakeholders’ needs are addressed in the reliability program.
• Keep abreast of new developments in relevant technological domains.
• Advise on change requests for system and related products.

Knowledge/Experience:

• BS in relevant engineering, statistics, or data analysis field (MS degree preferred).
• Minimum 5+ years’ experience in a medical or other regulated industry (medical desired), with experience leading or supporting Design for Reliability efforts for product development.
• Expertise in reliability software tools, such as Reliasoft, Weibull++, Minitab.
• Experience with the following standards is preferred, but not required: ISO 14971, IEC 60601-1, IEC 60601-2-37.
• In-depth understanding of both hardware and software for integrated products, including a strong understanding of reliability assessments and Design for Reliability programs for PCBA designs.
• Strong understanding of safety risk management, including FMEA, fault tree, hazard analyses, and design mitigations.
• Experience creating reliability plans, teaching reliability principles to team members, and implementing a Design for Reliability program within a cross-functional team.
• Experience in designing and assessing compliance to national/international standards.
• Experience with designing fault-tolerant systems.
• Demonstrated leadership skills leading cross-functional Reliability programs

Skills/Abilities:

• Proven ability to communicate in both verbal and written form to technical and non-technical customers, stakeholders, and various levels of management.
• Strong statistics and data analysis skills.
• Customer focus
• Solution-oriented, even when all information is not known
• Curious, smart, and creative
• Positive attitude and strong team ethic
• Strong sense of ownership
• Excellent communicator and mentor
• Ability to lift 25 pounds, with or without accommodations.

Salary and Benefits:

• $104,000.00 – $115,000.00/yr. (Compensation will vary based on skills, experience and location; it is not typical to be hired at or above the top of the salary range).
• Insurance:
• Medical, Dental & Vision
• Life & Company paid Disability
• Retirement Plan (401k):
• 4% automatic Company contribution
• Fujifilm matches 50 cents for every dollar you contribute, up to 6% of your salary
• Paid Time Off:
• You can accrue up to three (3) weeks of PTO in your first year of employment
• PTO increases based on years of service
• Employee Choice Holidays:
• Four (4) additional paid days off, based on date of hire in the calendar year
• Paid Holidays:
• Eight (8) paid holidays per year

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