Staff Reliability Engineer

KMC Operations; Merrimack (NH); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9/80 schedule

401(k) program

Medical/dental/vision coverage

Life Insurance

Paid PTO

Job summary

HiArc, an Elbit America company, seeks a Staff Reliability Engineer to develop and own reliability strategies for medical instrumentation. You will lead failure analyses, guide test campaigns, and work with R&D to embed reliability into product architecture, while mentoring junior engineers.

The role emphasizes advanced data modeling, cross-functional collaboration, and driving metrics for sustained system performance and uptime.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.
• 12+ years engineering experience, with at least 5 years in reliability engineering.
• Strong skills in reliability analysis tools and HALT/HASS familiarity.
• Ability to mentor junior engineers and influence cross-functional teams.
• Effective in communicating complex reliability concepts to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define and own reliability strategy, roadmaps, and standards for medical instrumentation.
• Lead advanced failure analysis (FMECAs, 8D) and reliability growth initiatives.
• Oversee environmental testing campaigns and degradation monitoring strategies.
• Partner with R&D to embed reliability principles into product architecture.
• Lead data-driven reliability modeling and cross-functional decision support.

Skills

Reliability analysis

Weibull analysis

Root cause analysis

Data analysis

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Weibull

Minitab

JMP

ReliaSoft

Job description

JOB SUMMARY

Staff Reliability Engineer: Senior-level engineering role focused on ensuring the reliability, availability, and performance of medical diagnostic systems and infrastructure. Responsible for designing and implementing reliability strategies, conducting failure analysis, and collaborating with development and operations teams to improve system resilience. Leads initiatives to automate monitoring, incident response, and root cause analysis, aiming to minimize downtime and enhance overall system stability. Often mentors junior engineers and contributes to reliability best practices across the organization.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Reliability Strategy & Planning

• Define and own the organization's reliability strategy for medical instrumentation, establishing expert-level frameworks, standards, and long ‑ term reliability roadmaps.
• Develop advanced reliability requirements and qualification criteria informed by deep knowledge of customer use ‑ cases, regulatory expectations, and industry best practices.
• Lead complex reliability allocation and prediction modeling (MTBF, FIT, life ‑ modeling), leveraging innovative analytical methods to improve predictive accuracy.
• Establish reliability growth strategies and metrics; provide strategic recommendations that guide product architecture and long ‑ term sustainment plans.
• Direct high ‑ complexity reliability studies such as FMECAs, maintainability modeling, and testability assessments, ensuring cross ‑ team adoption of best practices.

Lifetime & Environmental Testing

• Architect and oversee accelerated life testing methodologies (ALT, HALT, HASS) at module and system levels; introduce new techniques to optimize stress conditions and uncover emerging failure modes.
• Lead environmental test campaigns (thermal, humidity, vibration, shock) and interpret complex multi ‑ factor degradation behaviors.
• Develop and maintain enterprise-level environmental stress screening strategies for electronic and electromechanical assemblies.
• Establish advanced degradation monitoring frameworks that support predictive maintenance and reliability forecasting.

Failure Analysis & Root Cause Investigation

• Lead resolution of the most complex and high ‑ impact failures across development and production, driving structured methodologies (FMEA, 8D, Weibull) to closure.
• Serve as the organization's expert on failure physics, guiding cross-functional teams and suppliers through deep root ‑ cause investigations.
• Influence supplier reliability performance by defining and enforcing advanced component ‑ level reliability requirements and corrective-action frameworks.

Design for Reliability (DfR)

• Partner with R&D as the technical authority to embed reliability principles into product architecture, including thermal systems, mechanical robustness, and component selection.
• Recommend strategic design modifications and materials innovations that significantly extend product lifetime and reduce long ‑ term failure risk.
• Influence design decisions across multiple disciplines using expert ‑ level knowledge of reliability engineering and system interactions.

Data Analysis & Reliability Modeling

• Lead the creation and interpretation of complex statistical models using field, warranty, ALT, and HALT data, identifying trends with broad impact on product strategy.
• Provide expert ‑ level Weibull, life ‑ data, and multi ‑ variable analyses to guide design teams, quality engineering, and executive decision ‑ makers.
• Maintain and evolve enterprise reliability databases; champion data-driven reliability insights that shape functional strategy.

Customer & Field Service Support

• Serve as the organization's expert resource for diagnosing and resolving the most challenging field failures, guiding global service teams.
• Analyze warranty trends to identify systemic reliability risks; recommend actions that impact product roadmaps and cost-of-quality initiatives.
• Deliver expert‑level technical reports and insights that influence business strategy, regulatory compliance, and customer satisfaction initiatives.

QUALIFICATIONS

• A bachelor's degree or master's degree, preferred, in electrical engineering, Physics, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
• 12 or more years of engineering experience, including at least 5 years in reliability engineering
• Highly skilled with reliability analysis tools (Weibull, Minitab, JMP, ReliaSoft, etc.)
• Familiarity with HALT/HASS methodologies
• Strong root cause analysis skills
• Systems Engineering Simulation and Modeling concepts
• Systems Engineering methods and procedures
• Demonstrated skill preparing documents of high quality for customer submittal
• Ability to work to program schedule requirements
• Effective in mentoring junior engineers
• Strong communication skills to influence change cross‑functionally

Here Are Some of the Great Benefits We Offer

• Most locations offer a 9/80 schedule, providing every other Friday off
• Competitive compensation & 401(k) program to plan for your future
• Robust medical, dental, vision, & disability coverage with qualified wellness discounts
• Basic Life Insurance and Additional Life & AD&D Insurances are available
• Flexible Vacation & PTO
• Paid Parental Leave
• Generous Employee Referral Program
• Voluntary Benefits Available: Longer Term Care, Legal, Identity Theft, Pet Insurance, and more
• Voluntary Tricare Supplement available for military retirees

This job description does not list all the duties of the job. You may be asked by your supervisors or managers to perform other duties. The employer has the right to revise this job description at any time. The job description is not an employment contract. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. HiArc, an Elbit America company, is an equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.