The Global Reliability & Testing Leader will lead global reliability engineering, product validation, and testing activities across new and existing product platforms.
This role will manage a team of Reliability & Testing engineers and drive standardized Design for Reliability (DfR), validation, and robustness methodologies across the product development lifecycle.
The leader will work closely with Product Development, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Field Engineering, and customers to define application requirements, mission profiles, reliability strategies, and validation plans.
Key Responsibilities: Lead and develop a global team of Reliability & Testing engineers.
Establish and standardize global reliability and validation methodologies.
Integrate reliability into new product development from concept through production launch.
Develop and oversee EVT, DVT, and PVT test and validation plans.
Define appropriate reliability test strategies based on customer requirements and mission profiles.
Apply accelerated testing methods including HALT, HAST, and test-to-failure techniques.
Analyze test data to identify failure modes, design weaknesses, reliability risks, and improvement opportunities.
Lead corrective actions and reliability improvement plans in partnership with Engineering and Quality.
Provide guidance on reliability statistics, sample sizes, test duration, FIT, MTTF, Weibull analysis, FTA, and related methodologies.
Participate in design reviews and ensure reliability risks are addressed early in the development process.
Present reliability status, risks, and recommendations to senior leadership and customers.
Develop reusable reliability standards, test methods, models, and best practices across global engineering teams.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering, or related technical field.
10+ years of experience in reliability engineering, testing, validation, hardware engineering, or related product development.
Demonstrated experience leading engineering teams in a global, matrixed organization.
Strong hands-on experience with reliability testing, validation labs, test equipment, HALT/HAST, and custom test systems.
Experience developing and executing product Test & Validation Plans.
Strong knowledge of reliability statistics and methodologies including FIT, Weibull Analysis, FTA, FMEDA, and accelerated life testing.
Experience working with electronic, electrical, or mechatronic products.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and root-cause-analysis skills.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to work effectively with customers, engineering teams, and executive leadership.
Willingness to travel approximately 20%.
Preferred
Reliability Engineering certification or training through ASQ, TÜV, ReliaSoft, or similar.
DFSS Green Belt or Black Belt.
Experience with high-speed electronics, data center, telecommunications, automotive electronics, aerospace, or other technically complex products.
Experience developing global reliability standards and validation processes.
