Senior Product Reliability Engineer – R&D / NPI

Staffingine LLC; Lake Forest (CA); On-site; USD 108,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

Staffingine LLC is seeking a Senior Product Reliability Engineer to support Research & Development (R&D) and New Product Introduction (NPI) activities for advanced instruments and products.

The role focuses on ensuring product quality, reliability, and regulatory compliance with strong skills in LabVIEW, Python, and R, plus GMP/QSR familiarity. Onsite collaboration with cross-functional teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years of experience in R&D with focus on product reliability and quality engineering.
• Experience with LabVIEW, Python, and R.
• Familiar with GMP/QSR regulations.
• Knowledge of embedded systems and CAN bus/ethernet.
• Experience with test automation and reliability testing.
• Strong analytical and statistical skills.
• Experience in transferring products from R&D to manufacturing.
• Proven ability to work in multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Implements/enhances reliability systems for R&D objectives relating to instruments.
• Reviews product designs and testing regimens for reliability, quality, and compliance during NPI.
• Executes key pre-verification characterization testing for product robustness.
• Develops and runs automated test scripts and environmental/life testing to ensure project success.
• Provides timely feedback to design teams for ongoing improvements.
• Supports design transfer actions to manufacturing and supplier integration.
• Produces DHF verifications and validations with sound scientific grounding.

Skills

R&D experience

Reliability engineering

Automated testing

LabVIEW

Python

R

Statistical methods

Learning agility

Mechanical/Electrical/Optical design

Education

BSc. in Engineering (Industrial, Mechanical or Electrical)

MS in Engineering (preferred)

ASQ Certifications in Quality Engineering and Reliability Engineering (preferred)

Tools

LabVIEW

Python

R

Job description

Staffingine LLC is excited to announce an excellent Fulltime opportunity with one of our top clients !

Position: Senior Product Reliability Engineer - R&D / NPI

Location: Lake Forest, CA

Work Mode: Onsite

Experience: 5+ Years

Salary: $120K per annum

Job Summary

• We are seeking an experienced Senior Product Reliability Engineer to support Research & Development (R&D) and New Product Introduction (NPI) activities for advanced instruments and products.
• The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in product reliability, quality engineering, design verification, validation, and automated testing. This role will focus on ensuring product quality, reliability, performance, and regulatory compliance throughout the product development lifecycle.
• The candidate will work closely with cross-functional R&D, engineering, manufacturing, and supplier teams to identify design risks, execute reliability testing, drive product improvements, and ensure successful product transfers from R&D to manufacturing.

Key Responsibilities

• Implements/enhances state-of-the-art quality and reliability systems/programs to support R&D objectives relating to instruments.
• Reviews/critiques product designs, proposed processes, and testing regimens ensuring a rigorous focus on reliability, quality, and compliance throughout NPI.
• Collaborates with NPI teams in identifying and executing key pre-verification characterization testing and other activities necessary for continuous product improvement and robustness enhancement.
• Plans/develops/executes automated test scripts, Labview programs, robotic programs, HALT, ALT, environmental, transportation, life testing, PCBA stress screening, engineering tests and/or V&V to ensure timely and efficacious completion of R&D development projects within budgetary and resource constraints.
• Ensures timely completion of testing with continuous feedback to development team for ongoing design enhancements.
• Uses analytical skills in statistical analysis, tolerancing/simulation, measurement science, stress testing, reliability assessment, simulation, and design critique as appropriate to support NPI DfR objectives.
• Works with technical transfer functions to ensure timely corrective actions of design, assembly, supplier, or other production issues encountered during NPI.
• Works with project teams to produce DHF reports, verifications and validations are compliant, documented, and grounded in solid science.

Core Skills

• ≥4 yrs with BS Degree or two years with a MS Degree.
• Must include at least 4 yrs in R&D with primary focus on new product reliability and quality engineering activities.
• Proven experience in the application of reliability engineering, including:
• Some familiarity required in applying basic statistical methods.
• Must be familiar with GMP/QSR regulations.
• Some knowledge with embedded systems, communication protocols for CAN bus and ethernet.
• Practical experience in test automation and programming SW such as Labview, Python and R.
• Some experience required in fixturing, lab testing methods and/or equipment validation.
• Proven strong learning agility required.
• 1-2 years of experience in executing process/product validation, transfer of products from R&D into manufacturing, and working on multidisciplinary teams that include all functions in the manufacturing environment.
• Proven knowledge in mechanical, electrical, or optical design principles.

Education

• BSc. in Engineering (Industrial, Mechanical or Electrical)
• MS and ASQ Certifications in Quality Engineering and Reliability Engineering strongly preferred.
• Fluent in English, proficient in preparing detailed technical reports and interim presentations of results