Product Testing and Reliability Engineer
Description For Product Testing and Reliability Engineer
Gridware is scaling their fleet of infrastructure monitoring devices to detect real-world fault events that are increasingly causing wildfires and blackouts as the climate changes. They've already built and deployed thousands of first-generation products, with strong customer demand. As they scale to tens and hundreds of thousands of devices, they need to be dramatically more reliable.
As an early team member, you'll help meet the challenge of getting to three and four nines of reliability needed to protect the power grid and prevent the next big blaze. You'll validate the performance of 12 different sensors in their devices across a wide variety of environmental conditions.
You'll work side-by-side with a friendly but driven team of mechanical, electrical, software, and firmware engineers and data scientists that have built technologies from satellites to novel batteries and ultra-precise cooking devices to secure OS's and industrial-scale logistics software.
As a Product Testing and Reliability Engineer at Gridware, you will be responsible for quantifying the longevity of their product and helping simulate real-world events to advance their detection capabilities. Your responsibilities will include overseeing reliability testing, developing stress tests, leading FMEA analyses, developing acceleration models, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement reliability improvements.
The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience in a technical industry, especially in R&D or product validation/reliability testing. You should have direct experience with measurement systems, developing research plans, and a good network of test labs and equipment sources. A degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, or an equivalent discipline is required.
Bonus skills that would make your application stand out include Python development experience, knowledge of industry test standards, an electromechanical background, and a strong understanding of physics/mechanics.
Join Gridware in their mission to protect the power grid and prevent wildfires through innovative technology and rigorous testing!
Responsibilities For Product Testing and Reliability Engineer
- Oversee reliability testing and analysis through the entire product lifecycle
- Develop and execute realistic environmental stress tests
- Lead and document FMEA (Failure Mode Effects Analysis) and root cause analysis
- Develop acceleration models and accelerated tests for electrical and mechanical systems
- Develop new reliability test specifications and procedures
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement mitigations for reliability risks
- Study and document how nature affects our products
- Build and/or procure prototype measurement equipment
- Design and execute experiments to demonstrate proof-of-concept detection methods
- Collaborate across the organization to create development plans
- Work independently without heavy supervision
Requirements For Product Testing and Reliability Engineer
- 5+ years experience in technical industry, especially R&D or product validation/reliability testing
- Direct experience developing and implementing measurement systems
- Demonstrated experience developing research plans
- Good network of test labs and sources of test equipment
- Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, or equivalent discipline
