Robotics Reliability Engineer — Motors & Electronics

maticrobots; Edison (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity program

401(k) plan

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Job summary

Matic seeks a Robotics Reliability Engineer to own reliability across motors, mechanisms, and electronics, from design to real-home deployment. You will predict failures, run DFMEA, and define tests to prove designs robust before launch.

Post-launch, analyze field data and drive fleet-wide reliability improvements with the team. Technical degree in mechanical engineering or materials science with 2–5 years of reliability experience is required; DOE/DFMEA expertise is essential.

Qualifications

• Technical degree in mechanical engineering, materials science, or equivalent.
• 2–5 years of experience in a reliability engineering position.
• Advanced degree in reliability, materials science, or related field is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Partner with design engineers to understand physics of failure and design accelerated test methods.
• Run DFMEA and set reliability targets early, specifying tests, sample sizes, durations, and acceleration factors.
• Collaborate to design/test setups for loading scenarios like fatigue, vibration, shock, and humidity.
• Monitor field failures via tickets, returns, telemetry, and tear-downs to identify root causes.
• Own and track field and potential failure modes across the fleet and drive resolutions.
• Build and own analytics on motor and sensor telemetry to identify failure trends at scale.
• Perform root cause failure analysis from bench tests to field returns.
• Prepare concise test plans, drive execution, and present results to stakeholders.
• Influence design decisions by flagging under-prioritized failure modes for resource allocation.
• Strengthen DFR practices across mechanical, electrical, and software engineering.

Skills

Reliability statistics

Life data analysis

DOE

FMEA/DFMEA

Test setup design

Field data analysis

Startup adaptability

Ownership & accountability

Education

Technical degree in mechanical engineering or materials science

Job description

Matic seeks a Robotics Reliability Engineer to own reliability across motors, mechanisms, and electronics, from design to real-home deployment. You will predict failures, run DFMEA, and define tests to prove designs robust before launch.

Post-launch, analyze field data and drive fleet-wide reliability improvements with the team. Technical degree in mechanical engineering or materials science with 2–5 years of reliability experience is required; DOE/DFMEA expertise is essential.