Staff Reliability Engineer

• BS or MS in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Statistics or a related engineering field.

• 8+ years of experience in reliability engineering, with demonstrated ownership of reliability programs that evaluate products with multiple product discipline inputs (electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, sourcing and/or environmental).

• Deep experience with XFMEA, reliability test planning and execution, and translating lab data into product requirements.

• Strong background in statistical analysis of DOE tests and reliability test data using common reliability predictive models.

• Proficiency with Python or similar scripting languages for test automation, data logging, and analysis.

• Hands-on experience designing and building test rigs, using metrological instrumentation, and running reliability tests in both large and small environmental control chambers.

• Ability to speak fluently across engineering domains: electromagnetism, electronics, mechanical/material physics, and how they intersect with hardware reliability and safety.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting technical findings to both engineers and leadership.

• Able and willing to perform all the physical activities required as part of the job, including but not limited to: opening and closing large environmental test chambers, independently installing and removing large electronic equipment weighing as much as 50lbs, installing and removing large electronic equipment weight as much as 100lbs with an installation partner.

• Experience mentoring or organizing the work of several engineers and technicians on a project or program basis.

• Experience working safely with high voltage equipment (up to 600–1000V) and AC/DC power systems.

• Knowledge of national and international safety and regulatory standards (UL, NEC, IEC, ISO).

• Experience creating or scaling an in-house reliability lab to expand capabilities and capacity.

• Experience in connected home, energy, or IoT hardware products.

• Experience in corrosion mechanics and how they relate to material plating.

• Experience in IC degradation mechanics and how they relate to thermal and environmental factors.

• Experience in defining product mission profiles, writing test procedures and scripts to automate mission profile testing, and interpreting test results of mission profiles in reliability metrics that can be communicated with leadership.

Headquartered in San Francisco’s vibrant SoMa neighborhood, we are an eclectic group of creative thinkers who value open communication, teamwork, and a ‘make it happen’ approach to addressing complex challenges.

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We’re hiring talented individuals who are driven by success and are passionate about shaping the future of renewable energy. If that sounds like you, we’d love for you to consider joining the rapidly growing team at SPAN.