Reliability Engineer (R&D)

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Reliability Engineer to join our team in Reality Labs Research. As a key member of our research team, you will be responsible for defining and implementing the reliability strategy for novel technologies and hardware systems. You will collaborate with a large breadth of cross-functional disciplines to understand emerging designs, processes, and technologies, identifying and mitigating risks associated with these various technologies and architectures. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work on a broad range of multidisciplinary research projects, advancing the state of the art in reliability engineering.

Reliability Engineer (R&D) Responsibilities:

• Partner with engineers and research scientists to define the comprehensive reliability strategies and plans for research hardware programs.
• Design, plan, and execute reliability testing and analysis including environmental, performance, and root cause identification.
• Design, develop, and validate new reliability test setups including mechanical, electrical, and software systems.
• Manage internal and external resources to execute on test development and conducting tests.
• Lead and document FMEA (Failure Mode Effects Analysis) via in-depth research into applicable failure mechanisms.
• Develop and apply statistical models using techniques such as regression, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, and survival analysis to ensure data reliability and accuracy, understand relationships between variables, make predictions, and model the probability of failure and reliability over time.
• Collect, analyze and interpret reliability data in order to estimate field failure rates and report on mean time between failures.

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Materials Science or, other related technical field or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of experience developing and implementing reliability test strategies and architecting tests.
• 5+ years of experience with Python, Matlab, or equivalent.
• Knowledge of mechanical design, material science, and failure mechanisms of consumer electronics.
• Demonstrated ownership of reliability strategies for complex hardware systems.
• Experience developing and performing reliability tests such as (but not limited to) mechanical, shock, vibration, environmental, and characterization testing.
• Knowledge of industry test standards including ASTM, MIL, JEDEC, and IEC.
• Knowledge of failure analysis techniques including (but not limited to) optical microscopy, X-Ray, CT scan, SEM, EDX, and FTIR.

• 5+ years experience with 3D CAD design modeling (NX, Solidworks).
• Knowledge of mechanical fabrication processes and experience with assembly of complex electro-mechanical systems.
• Demonstrated experience specifying and integrating instrumentation and motion control systems (motors, drivers, encoders, pressure transducers, accelerometers, flow sensors).