Sr Reliability Engineer

Black Diamond Networks; Beverly (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Black Diamond Networks is seeking an experienced Reliability Engineer to drive end-to-end reliability for electromechanical products. You will collaborate with design, manufacturing, and service teams to ensure robust reliability plans and analyses.

You will lead DFMEA efforts, run statistical analyses, and develop reliability models to forecast performance, MTBF, and availability. Expect travel to support projects and partner activities as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field, with five+ years in reliability engineering.
• Master’s degree or reliability certification preferred.
• Experience with reliability and statistics tools required.

Responsibilities

• Understand stakeholder requirements, product specs, applications, and their relation to parts, products, and processes; lead qualification activities for product release.
• Lead failure analysis and corrective actions through successful implementation of solutions.
• Develop reliability models and perform component-level thermomechanical simulations.
• Represent reliability data in metrics and reports across teams.

Skills

Reliability engineering

Statistical analysis

Project leadership

Communication skills

Travel willingness

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Master’s degree or reliability certification preferred

Tools

Reliability analysis tools

Job description

• Understand stakeholder requirements, product specifications, applications, and their relationship to parts, products, and processes; lead qualification activities in support of product release.
• Participate in design reviews and work with engineering teams to drive design-for-reliability processes, tools, and reliability planning.
• Develop system reliability models and perform component-level thermomechanical simulations.
• Work with support and service teams to gather data for reliability metrics.
• Lead failure analysis and corrective actions through successful implementation of solutions.
• Use reliability data to define product improvements across hardware, software, and processes.
• Travel as required to support project, partner, or field activities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional and geographically distributed teams.
• Review engineering change requests for their impact on reliability.

The Engineer will create work products that address end-to-end reliability requirements throughout the product life cycle, including:

• Reliability plans, reliability requirements, DFMEAs, and reliability test protocols for accelerated reliability testing, reliability growth testing, and related activities.
• Execution of reliability plans and preparation of reliability reports.
• Reliability metrics based on data gathered from support, service, quality, manufacturing, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Reliability models and component-level thermomechanical simulation results.
• Statistical analyses and reliability reports.
• Reliability growth models used to measure and improve product reliability.
• Reliability metric reporting and forecasting, including MTBF, availability, and related measures.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, with a minimum of five years of experience in reliability engineering.
• A master’s degree in engineering, relevant reliability engineering experience, or a recognized reliability certification is preferred.
• Experience with reliability and statistical analysis tools is required.
• Experience applying reliability methods to complex electromechanical products or systems is preferred.

Additional Requirements

• Technically astute, detail-oriented, hands-on, and self-confident, with broad knowledge of product development, manufacturing quality, and reliability methods.
• Strong interpersonal skills and professional presence, with the ability to influence and lead others in solving complex quality and reliability problems.
• Excellent listening, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Strong desire to learn, contribute, and grow professionally.
• Willingness to travel periodically to support project and partner activities.