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Job Overview
The Staff Design-for-Reliability Engineer will support development teams across assigned R&T projects to ensure reliability is designed into DDN products. The role involves close collaboration with internal engineering teams and, when required, customers to execute reliability plans aligned with the stage-gate development process.
From design verification through product validation, the Staff Engineer will plan, execute, and analyze reliability tests, including accelerated and stress-based methods such as HALT and HAST. Based on test data, the engineer will identify potential reliability risks, failure modes, and weak design or process elements, and work with cross-functional teams to support corrective actions.
The role emphasizes hands-on reliability engineering, data analysis, and application of structured reliability methodologies (e.g., DFSS, Robust Design) to support data-driven decisions and ensure DDN products meet reliability and customer requirements.
Job Requirements
Education & Experience
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Mechatronics, or related technical discipline
- 1016 years of experience in reliability engineering for automotive electronics, mechatronics, or similar complex products
Technical Skills
- Working knowledge of reliability estimation and risk identification methods
- Experience with FIT estimation methodologies and reliability calculations
- Knowledge of statistical reliability tools such as Weibull analysis, statistics, basic Bayesian methods
- Understanding of FMEDA, FTA, random failure principles
- Experience executing accelerated life tests (ALT), HALT, HAST, and test-to-failure evaluations
- Gage R&R, MSA, Process Capability Studies
Other Skills
- Exposure to customer-facing reliability discussions (with support from senior/manager-level engineers)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
- Curiosity to understand system behavior and failure mechanisms
- Good verbal and written communication skills; able to work effectively in cross-functional teams
- Willingness to travel as required (1520%)
We Value
- DFSS / Six Sigma Green Belt certification (or working toward certification)
- Familiarity with industry standards such as EIA-364, IPC standards, UL component-level standards
- Basic knowledge of data center architectures, connectors, wire harnesses, busbars, or high-speed interconnects
- Exposure to product development environment which includes design, testing and manufacturing.
- Basic scripting or data analysis skills (e.g., Python, Excel automation, Minitab)
Job Responsibilities
- Support the design-in of reliability for DDN products from concept through validation
- Contribute to requirement engineering by understanding load conditions, mission profiles, and environmental stresses
- Execute reliability test plans aligned with project phase and customer requirements
- Conduct accelerated testing, stress testing, and test-to-failure evaluations under guidance of senior or manager-level engineers
- Analyze reliability test data and identify failure modes, risks, and design limitations
- Perform initial FIT estimations using applicable standards and support final FIT calculations based on test results
- Assist in defining validation strategies based on application and customer mission profiles
- Support CAPA activities by analyzing failures and contributing to mitigation and corrective action plans
- Participate in design reviews and prepare reliability-related inputs and documentation
- Maintain and update reliability test data, models, and reports in shared databases
- Collaborate with material, component, and process experts to evaluate reliability improvements
- Communicate reliability findings clearly within project teams and support customer discussions when required
Competencies
Values: Integrity, Accountability, Inclusion, Innovation, Teamwork
