Senior Hardware Test Reliability & Compliance Engineer

EBSCO Industries Inc; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

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Job summary

PRADCO Inc. is seeking a Senior Hardware Test Reliability & Compliance Engineer to own the reliability program and manage full certification lifecycle for outdoor hardware. You will build test plans, set acceptance criteria, and drive root cause analysis across mechanical, electrical, and firmware teams.

You will also coordinate with ODM/JDM partners, test labs, carriers, and regulators to ensure fast, compliant certifications and reliable field performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical or Systems Engineering or related field.
• CRE or other regulatory credentials are a plus.
• 7+ years of reliability and/or compliance experience in hardware.

Responsibilities

• Build and run reliability test programs with clear acceptance criteria.
• Own certification lifecycle including lab coordination and carrier relations.
• Collaborate with ODM/JDM partners, labs and regulators for timely submissions.
• Maintain reliability risk registers and update dashboards for leadership.
• Provide data-driven insights on test status and certification progress.

Skills

Reliability engineering

Certification management

Laboratory management

Root-cause analysis

Project dashboards

Education

Bachelors in EE/ME/SE

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Smartsheet

Notion

Airtable

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Senior Hardware Test Reliability & Compliance Engineer

Location: Birmingham, AL, US, 35242

Onsite or Remote: Onsite

Company Name: PRADCO Inc.

Headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, Moultrie ( www.moultrie.com ) is the leader in game feeders and cellular camera innovation, building products used by hunters, property owners, and others for real‑time remote monitoring.

We take pride in developing deep user understanding, obsessing about the details, and going the extra mile to show our users we love them. Moultrie is customer‑driven – hardware, software, marketing, and customer success teams collaborate to deliver a quality user experience.

We are guided by the following principles: Customer Obsession.; Excellence is the Standard.; Bias for Action.; Act Boldly.; Deliver Results.; Hire and Develop the Best.; Be Curious and Learn.; Win as a Team

Job Summary

Our cameras live outdoors year‑round — strapped to trees, bolted to feeders, exposed to heat, cold, rain, and years of use — and our users trust them to work every time. The Senior Reliability & Compliance Engineer owns the promise behind that trust: making sure every product survives the field and carries every certification it needs before it ships.

This is a dual‑mandate role. On one side, you're building and running the reliability test program — defining test plans, setting acceptance criteria, and driving root cause analysis when something fails. On the other, you own the full certification lifecycle — from mapping what's required for a product, to managing test labs and carrier relationships, to certificate in hand. You'll work directly with ODM/JDM partners, external test labs, carriers, and regulatory bodies, and you'll be the person the Program Manager and engineering leadership count on for a clear, honest picture of where every test and certification stands.

Job Responsibilities

Reliability Engineering & Testing

• Build reliability test plans covering environmental, mechanical, electrical, and operational stress — temperature cycling, humidity, vibration, drop, ingress protection, HALT/HASS, and long‑duration endurancetesting.
• Set reliability requirements and pass/fail acceptance criteria at the start of each program, and carry them through Prototype, EVT, DVT, PVT, and mass production.
• Own the ODM/JDM relationship for test execution — turn test plans into work packages, give the test team technical direction, and hold them to protocol without deviation.
• Lead root cause investigation on test failures and field escapes, and work with mechanical, electrical, and firmware engineering to close the gap before launch, verifying every fix through re‑test.
• Maintain a reliability risk register tracking open failure modes, corrective action status, and residual risk through every phase of development.
• Build and maintain reliability models and failure rate estimates, and track field reliability data after launch to catch systemic trends before they show up in the next generation.

Regulatory & Certification Strategy

• Maintain a complete certification requirement matrix for every product — carrier certifications (AT&T,FirstNet, T-Mobile, Verizon, PTCRB, GCF), government and regulatory approvals (FCC Part 15/22/24/27, IC Canada, CE/RED, RoHS, REACH, PFAS, WEEE, UL/IEC safety standards), and channel partner requirements (retailer qualification programs, private label and co‑branding obligations).
• Build a certification execution plan for each product: what's required, who reviews it, what the submission package needs, lead time, cost, and target completion date.
• Own the relationships that feed this work — carrier partner contacts, regulatory bodies, test labs, and channel partner program managers — and stay ahead of changing requirements.
• Run pre‑certification testing (pre‑scan EMC, SAR, carrier protocol conformance) to catch problems before they hit a formal lab submission.
• Prepare and coordinate certification submission packages, technical files, test reports, labeling artwork, and regulatory declarations.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• CRE (Certified Reliability Engineer) or other regulatory compliance credentials are a plus.
• 7+ years of reliability and/or compliance engineering experience in consumer electronics, IoT, or outdoor/field‑deployed hardware.
• Hands‑on experience developing reliability test plans and running HALT, HASS, accelerated life testing, drop/shock, IP testing, and thermal/humidity cycling.
• Direct experience obtaining FCC certifications (Part 15, 22/24/27) and familiarity with the TCB submission process.
• Hands‑on experience with PTCRB and/or GCF certification for cellular devices, including module vs. device‑level certification dependencies.
• Familiarity with carrier device approval programs for at least one major US carrier (AT&T, T‑Mobile, or Verizon).
• Working knowledge of CE/RED, RoHS, REACH, WEEE, IC Canada, and other international regulatory requirements for connected devices sold in North America and Europe.
• Experience managing external test labs and certification bodies — scope negotiation, scheduling, and results review.
• Experience managing channel partner compliance requirements, including retailer qualification programs and private label obligations.
• Strong understanding of relevant standards: IEC 60068, IEC 62368, IEC 60529 (IP ratings), MIL‑STD‑810, JEDEC.
• Comfortable reading schematics, mechanical drawings, and test reports, and translating standards into product specs and test criteria.
• Experience building and maintaining project tracking dashboards (Excel, Power BI, Smartsheet, Notion, Airtable, or similar) with a focus on milestone visibility and lead‑time risk.
• Strong organizational and communication skills — you can run multiple certification tracks at once and give a Program Manager clean, reliable data without being asked twice.

Bonus Points

• Experience with LTE‑M or NB‑IoT device certifications and carrier IoT‑specific approval tracks.
• Familiarity with Bluetooth, Wi‑Fi (FCC Part 15B/E), and multi‑radio certification.
• Battery safety experience (IEC 62133, UN 38.3) for battery‑powered devices.
• Background in camera, trail camera, or outdoor/ruggedized consumer electronics.
• Exposure to CTIA or similar industry qualification programs.
• Experience with reliability data analysis and failure rate modeling (Weibull or similar).
• Familiarity with Amazon, Walmart, or other major retailer compliance programs (Amazon DeviceCertification, Walmart PEARL).
• Experience with PLM or document management systems for certification records across product revisions.
• Familiarity with APAC‑based ODM/JDM partner management.

What Success Looks Like

In your first 90 days, you'll have:

• Built a complete certification requirement matrix for the current product roadmap — every carrier, regulatory, and channel partner obligation with a required‑by date.
• Set a reliability test plan for the current development build and gotten the ODM on a test execution schedule.
• Stood up a working compliance and reliability dashboard that the Program Manager and engineering leadership actually use.
• Flagged any certification lead‑time risk on the current program, with the schedule impact spelled out.

Why Moultrie

We build products people rely on before sunrise, in the woods, on the fence line — and trust to work when it counts. If you want to own a function that directly protects that trust, and you like being the person with the clearest picture in the room, we'd love to hear from you.

We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. We strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, sex, pregnancy status, age, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.

We comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended by the ADA Amendments Act, and all applicable state or local law.

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