Sr Quality/Reliability Engineer

Milwaukee Tool; Town of Brookfield (WI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

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Job summary

Milwaukee Tool in Wisconsin is seeking a Precision Fastening Reliability Engineer to contribute to the life cycle of power tool products. You will define test methods and product requirements to ensure durable, disruptive, and market-leading products across development and mass production.

The role requires 5+ years in reliability, test engineering, and quality, with hands-on data acquisition and software experience (Python, LabVIEW, Minitab). Travel up to 10% may be needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering (Reliability, Mechanical, Electrical or related)
• 5+ years in reliability, test engineering, and quality
• Strong analytical problem-solving and statistics (DOE, sampling, regression, reliability, FMEA)
• Hands-on with data acquisition systems and software (Python, LabVIEW)
• Experience with life data analysis and reliability distributions (e.g. Weibull)
• Knowledge of Gage R&R and Process/Machine Capability
• Troubleshooting, fault detection, failure analysis, and test automation
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration
• Willingness to travel ~10% (domestic and international)

Responsibilities

• Be subject matter expert in precision fastening reliability; define test methods and product requirements
• Develop CTQ requirements from product management and user research
• Collaborate with engineering/marketing to ensure reliability and quality specifications
• Design experimental techniques to improve development and testing
• Implement testing best practices within the team
• Interact with global suppliers involved in product development
• Track multiple projects and ensure schedule adherence
• Research published standards to inform new product categories
• Develop test procedures and plans to evaluate performance
• Document test plans, procedures, and best practices for laboratories
• Perform data analysis, post-processing, and visualization of test data
• Summarize results with statistics and present conclusions to stakeholders
• Communicate results and implications to technical and non-technical leaders
• Ensure timely failure reporting and drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions
• Collaborate with global testing, manufacturing, and engineering teams to resolve issues

Skills

Reliability engineering

Test development

Data analysis

Statistical methods

Python

LabVIEW

Education

B.S. in Engineering

Discipline: Reliability/Mechanical/Electrical

Tools

nCode Glyphworks

Dewesoft

Minitab

Reliasoft Weibull++

Job description

Job Description:

Come be DISRUPTIVE with us! At Milwaukee Tool, our most valued resource is our dedicated team of employees - employees who work with a passion to be the best and an unparalleled pride in their work and in the Milwaukee brand. We know that the only way to sustain growth and success is to value the growth and success of each person within the organization, that’s why we invest in an individual’s growth and development from day one.

All our teams touch every step of the process, that is why our engineering teams are some of the key contributors to our continuous innovations. The fast-paced, agile environment continuously delivers disruptive technologies by providing every team with the resources needed to excel and working directly with end users to understand how to deliver heavy duty products with high performance. We create best in class products by leveraging advanced analysis tools, extensive testing regimes, state-of-the-art manufacturing processes and cross-functional agility.

The Precision Fastening Reliability Engineer’s primary duties are to utilize engineering skills to contribute to the life cycle of power tool products. The Precision Fastening Reliability Engineer will define the test methods and product requirements needed to ensure durable, disruptive, and market-leading products and systems in advanced systems development and mass production portions of product life cycles.

A successful candidate will bring curiosity, accountability, and strong experience in requirements definition, test development, validation, and data acquisition to the Precision Fastening team. The candidate enjoys a fast-paced work environment with excellent visibility and opportunities to grow.

**Duties and Responsibilities:**

_Product Development_

• Be a subject matter expert in the Precision Fastening team with respect to test methods, product requirements, user needs, and reliability for precision fastening products
• Develop critical to quality (CTQ) requirements from collaboration with product management and participation in user needs research
• Collaborate with engineering and marketing to ensure product specifications with respect to all aspects of reliability, quality, and user needs are met
• Design experimental techniques to improve development and testing efforts
• Implement testing best practices within the Precision Fastening team
• Interact with global suppliers that participate in product development
• Track multiple projects simultaneously to ensure adherence to schedule and the Milwaukee Tool process
• Research published standards and released products to drive understanding in a new, growing category.

_Testing and Analysis_

• Develop test procedures and create test plans to evaluate product performance against user and product requirements
• Effectively document test plans, procedures, and best practices for execution in test laboratories
• Perform data analysis, post-processing, and visualization of test data
• Summarize test results with statistical techniques and present concise, logical, written conclusions
• Communicate results, summaries, and implications of test results to a wide variety of stakeholders including technical and non-technical leaders and decision makers
• Ensure timely failure reporting and drive root cause analysis and effective corrective/preventative actions
• Collaborate with global testing, manufacturing, and engineering teams to identify, evaluate, and resolve testing issues

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering
• (Reliability, Mechanical, Electrical, or other related disciplines)
• 5+ years of experience in related reliability, test engineering, and quality field
• Strong analytical problem-solving skills and sound statistical application in areas such as design of experiments, sampling techniques, regression, reliability, FMEAs, hypothesis testing, etc.
• Hands-on experience with data acquisition systems, data analytics, and related software (e.g. Python, nCode Glyphworks, Dewesoft, LabVIEW)
• Experience with life data analysis, reliability distributions, and statistical analysis, and related software (e.g. Minitab, Reliasoft Weibull++)
• Knowledge of measurement system analysis and capability studies (Gage R+R, Process Capability, Machine Capability), particularly as they relate to precision fastening applications
• Experience in troubleshooting, fault detection, failure analysis, and automating tests/measurements and analysis
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence at all levels with creative problem-solving capabilities
• Ability to travel 10% (includes both domestic and international

Milwaukee Tool is an equal opportunity employer.