Job Description

• In this role, you will execute and lead reliability engineering efforts in hardware platform, ensuring robust, high-quality products that meet demanding consumer expectations. You will be both a hands-on technical expert and an operative lead, capable of planning, executing, and innovating reliability test methods while mentoring and guiding other engineers and operators.

• Define, plan, and lead hardware reliability strategies for wearable electronics products.
• Serve as the technical authority for reliability test methods, standards, and practices.
• Execute and oversee mechanical stress and environmental tests at both component and system level.
• Drive failure analysis and root cause investigations, collaborating with design, quality and manufacturing teams to ensure corrective actions.
• Develop new reliability test methods to validate innovative hardware products and features and next-generation products.
• Create and maintain test plans, procedures, and processes, including coordination with contracted testing labs and contract manufacturers.
• Provide data-driven reports, insights, and recommendations to project leadership and cross-functional teams.
• Partner with hardware, firmware, test engineering, and contract manufacturing (CM) to ensure reliability is embedded throughout the product life cycle.
• Guide and mentor engineers and operators from CMs to build a high-performing reliability capability in the labs.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in hardware reliability engineering for consumer electronics.
• Proven success in designing and executing reliability testing programs end-to-end.
• Expertise in:
• o Mechanical stress tests
• o Environmental reliability tests
• o System-level and component-level testing
• Strong failure analysis and debugging skills, with an analytical mindset.
• Ability to design and implement new test protocols for innovative products.
• Familiarity with industry liability standards and regulation requirements.
• Experience with managing contracted testing and external lab relationships.
• Independent, proactive, and collaborative working style with a let's get things done attitude.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.