Hardware Reliability Engineer

About the role

You will own the science of making hardware last at a company where field failures are measured in parts per million and each one costs real money and customer trust. Hardware reliability engineers predict, test, and verify product lifetime through derating analysis, accelerated life testing, and failure analysis that turns broken units into concrete design improvements. You will be the voice asking uncomfortable questions about margins and lifetimes when everyone else wants to ship, and the data you produce will back every warranty decision the company makes. It is a role for engineers who are comfortable being unpopular in the short term to protect the product in the long term.

What you will achieve

• Deliver reliability predictions and MTBF calculations for new products using established methods, validated and refined against field data over time
• Execute accelerated life test programs covering temperature, humidity, and voltage stress that expose genuine weaknesses before production
• Lead failure analysis on field returns: decapsulation, cross-sectioning, SEM analysis coordination, and definitive root-cause reports
• Drive derating and worst-case analysis reviews that catch overstressed components before they become expensive field failures
• Build reliability growth tracking with clear metrics showing measurable improvement across successive product generations

What you will bring

Must-haves

• 2 to 5 years in reliability engineering, failure analysis, or hardware design with a strong reliability focus
• Understanding of reliability statistics: Weibull distributions, confidence intervals, acceleration factors, and statistically valid sample sizing
• Experience with accelerated testing methods: HALT, HASS, temperature cycling, THB, and vibration testing executed to standards
• Knowledge of common electronic failure mechanisms: electromigration, solder fatigue, capacitor aging, and EOS/ESD damage
• Familiarity with derating standards and worst-case circuit analysis techniques applied during design reviews
• Clear reporting skills producing failure analysis reports with evidence, conclusions, and corrective actions that actually stick
• BS in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, or related field

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with physics-of-failure modeling tools such as CalcePWA or Sherlock for lifetime prediction
• Familiarity with automotive (AEC-Q100/Q200) or aerospace reliability qualification standards and their rationale
• Knowledge of battery reliability and aging characterization for products with integrated energy storage
• Experience with field data analysis and warranty forecasting models used for business planning