Senior Power Electronics Reliability Engineer | Equity & Growth

Lunar Energy Inc.; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 177,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Equity in company

Job summary

Lunar Energy Inc. is seeking a Senior Reliability Engineer for Power Electronics in Mountain View, CA.

You will ensure product reliability across lifecycle, provide input during design, develop test plans, and assess field performance with a collaborative team. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in power electronics reliability, DFMEA, and failure analysis, plus knowledge of PCBAs and reliability statistics.

Qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Physics or Equivalent.
• Proven track record of solving complex power electronics reliability failures.
• Working knowledge of power converter topologies (inverter, buck/boost, etc).
• Deep understanding of physics of failure and failure mechanisms for PCBAs and power electronics components.
• Experience with failure analysis techniques such as optical microscopy, SEM, CSAM, X-ray, cross-sectioning and EDX.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with mechanical and electrical engineers during hardware design to establish and refine reliability targets for power electronics and battery systems.
• Provide Design for Reliability (DfR) inputs during new product development.
• Drive Design Failure Modes and Effects Analyses (DFMEA) for various systems to capture risks and mitigation activities.
• Develop ALT Reliability Test Plans for components and subsystems using risks, reliability targets, and physics of failures to demonstrate reliability.
• Track field reliability metrics (replacements, complaints, fault codes) and identify opportunities for continuous improvement; support warranty insights.
• Drive failure analysis of reliability test and/or field returns to determine root cause and drive containment and corrective actions.

Skills

Power electronics

DFMEA

Failure analysis

Reliability statistics

ALT test plans

Education

Engineering degree (Mech/Elect/Chem/Physics)

Tools

Optical microscopy

SEM

CSAM

X-ray

EDX

Job description

Lunar Energy Inc. is seeking a Senior Reliability Engineer for Power Electronics in Mountain View, CA.

You will ensure product reliability across lifecycle, provide input during design, develop test plans, and assess field performance with a collaborative team. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in power electronics reliability, DFMEA, and failure analysis, plus knowledge of PCBAs and reliability statistics.