Senior Reliability Engineer - Solar Tracker Systems

Array Technologies; Chandler (AZ); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Array Technologies seeks a Senior Reliability Engineer to lead reliability activities for solar tracker products, supporting both NPI and sustaining engineering. You will improve durability, performance, and lifecycle cost through structured reliability methods, testing, and cross-functional collaboration.

The role drives DFMEA, reliability modeling, HALT/HASS testing, field performance analysis, and validation planning, partnering with Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, and Program Management

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in a related engineering field.
• 5+ years in reliability, product development, validation, or quality in a mechanical/electromechanical environment.
• Experience with DFMEA, reliability modeling (MTBF, Weibull, RBD), RCA, validation testing, and accelerated life testing.
• Experience in structured NPI or stage-gate development processes.
• Strong technical communication and data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities

• Lead DFMEA development and continuous improvement for new and existing products.
• Support Design for Reliability during product development and NPI.
• Develop and maintain reliability models (MTBF, Weibull, RBD) and failure trend analysis.
• Define reliability requirements and targets at system, subsystem, and component levels.
• Establish and monitor reliability KPIs (field failures, warranty trends, product degradation).
• Coordinate design reviews and provide risk-based reliability recommendations.
• Develop and execute reliability test strategies (HALT/HASS, ALT, environmental, fatigue).
• Support DVPRs and qualification planning; determine sample sizes and confidence levels.
• Coordinate internal and third-party laboratory testing and analyze results for improvements.
• Analyze field failures and warranty trends; feed lessons learned into product development.

Skills

DFMEA

Reliability modeling

Root cause analysis

NPI / stage-gate

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Materials Science

Bachelor's degree in Reliability Engineering

Tools

Minitab

ReliaSoft

JMP

Job description

Array Technologies seeks a Senior Reliability Engineer to lead reliability activities for solar tracker products, supporting both NPI and sustaining engineering. You will improve durability, performance, and lifecycle cost through structured reliability methods, testing, and cross-functional collaboration.

The role drives DFMEA, reliability modeling, HALT/HASS testing, field performance analysis, and validation planning, partnering with Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, and Program Management