Senior Reliability Engineer

Title
:
Senior Reliability Engineer

Location
:
Chandler, AZ -- Hybrid (4 Days On-Site, 1 Day Remote)

Type
:
Contract or Contract-to-Hire (6 Months)

Compensation
: $58--$63/hour | Conversion Salary: $125,000--$130,000 Base + 10% Annual Bonus + $15,000 Annual LTI/RSU Grant

Position Overview

Phoenix Staff is seeking a Senior Reliability Engineer to lead product reliability initiatives for mechanical and electromechanical systems used in solar tracking applications. This role will support both New Product Introduction (NPI) and sustaining engineering, with a focus on improving product durability, performance, safety, and long-term lifecycle costs.

The ideal candidate will bring strong experience in Design for Reliability (DFR), Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA), reliability modeling, accelerated testing, and field performance analysis. This position will collaborate closely with Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, and Program Management to identify potential failure risks, improve product designs, and strengthen reliability throughout the product lifecycle.

Reporting to the Director of Reliability, this individual will help establish reliability engineering best practices, reduce warranty exposure, and ensure products perform consistently in challenging outdoor environments.

• Lead the development, implementation, and ongoing refinement of Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA) for new and existing products.
• Incorporate Design for Reliability (DFR) principles into product development, design reviews, and New Product Introduction (NPI) processes.
• Develop and maintain reliability models using Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF), Reliability Block Diagrams (RBD), Weibull analysis, and failure trend assessments.
• Establish measurable reliability requirements and performance targets at the system, subsystem, and component levels.
• Track and evaluate reliability metrics, including field failure rates, warranty claims, product degradation, and customer returns.
• Design and oversee reliability validation programs, including Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT), Highly Accelerated Stress Screening (HASS), Accelerated Life Testing (ALT), fatigue, corrosion, thermal cycling, environmental exposure, and mechanical load testing.
• Support Design Verification Plans and Reports (DVPRs), product qualification activities, and statistically appropriate test plans, including sample size and confidence-level determination.
• Coordinate testing activities with internal teams and external laboratories, interpret results, and recommend improvements to product durability and performance.
• Investigate field failures and warranty trends to identify recurring issues, determine root causes, and implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
• Apply structured problem-solving methodologies, including 8D, Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), and Weibull analysis, to support failure investigations.
• Develop warranty forecasting inputs and collaborate with Finance, Quality, and Engineering to improve reserve modeling and failure predictions.
• Translate field performance findings and lessons learned into actionable recommendations for future product designs and sustaining engineering improvements.
• Establish and improve reliability reporting processes, dashboards, data collection methods, and key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Collaborate with Design Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and Program Management to address technical risks, recurring performance concerns, and product changes.
• Provide reliability assessments for emerging technologies, design modifications, and new product development initiatives.
• Support product qualification, certification testing, and technical documentation in accordance with…