Senior Reliability Engineer
Listed on 2026-07-19
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Engineering
Quality Engineering, Systems Engineer, Maintenance Technician / Mechanic
What we do
Aspen is a technology leader in sustainability and electrification solutions. The Company's aerogel technology enables its customers and partners to achieve their own objectives around the global megatrends of resource efficiency, e‑mobility, and clean energy. Aspen's Pyro Thin products enable solutions to thermal runaway challenges within the electric vehicle ("EV") market. The Company's Cryogel and Pyrogel products are valued by the world's largest energy infrastructure companies.
Aspen's strategy is to partner with world‑class industry leaders to leverage its Aerogel Technology Platform into additional high‑value markets. Aspen is headquartered in Northborough, Mass.
At Aspen, our values reflect who we are and how we work both with each other and our customers, suppliers, and communities. They shape our interactions, guide our decisions, and inspire us to bring our best. Whether collaborating internally or externally, our values drive us to make a meaningful impact within Aspen and in all our relationships.
Aspen's CORE Values- We Do the Right Thing
- We are Problem Solvers
- We are Allies
- We Drive Forward
The Senior Reliability Engineer is a key technical leader responsible for advancing the reliability and long‑term performance of the East Providence aerogel manufacturing plant's assets. Working in close partnership with the Maintenance Manager, the Senior Reliability Engineer champions the plant's reliability culture and serves as a role model for disciplined preventative and predictive maintenance execution. The initial focus of the role will be on deploying structured procedures and analytical tools to strengthen the data integrity of the CMMS, mature the spare parts program, and improve the Plant Availability KPI.
Success in this position is measured by the plant availability KPI and successful delivery of the annual maintenance capital program.
How will you do it- Design and lead a staged, multi‑year roll‑out plan for a plant‑wide reliability program, sequencing quick wins, foundational systems, and longer‑term predictive/proactive capability.
- Establish the plant's formal asset criticality ranking and risk‑based reliability strategy (e.g., RCM, FMEA/FMECA) covering production and utility systems
- Define reliability KPIs (MTBF, MTTR, OEE/attainment, PM compliance, backlog, bad‑actor lists) and stand up the reporting cadence to plant leadership.
- Lead root cause failure analysis (RCFA) on chronic and high‑consequence failures
- Develop and implement engineered solutions (design upgrades, redundancy, materials/spec changes, control upgrades) that address the mechanical single‑point‑of‑failure risk in aging‑asset vulnerabilities.
- Evaluate and implement predictive maintenance and condition‑monitoring technologies (e.g., vibration analysis, infrared thermography, oil analysis, IoT‑enabled monitoring such as oven monitoring systems) appropriate to plant assets.
- Drive defect elimination and precision maintenance practices (lubrication, alignment, balancing) to reduce failure rates plant‑wide.
- Build maintenance and reliability documentation, procedures, and recordkeeping to a standard that will withstand customer and Tier 1/OEM review, recognizing Aspen's status as a Tier 2 automotive supplier and the likelihood of IATF 16949‑aligned audits over time.
- Ensure reliability and PM programs support compliance with applicable codes and permits relevant to plant equipment, including NFPA 86 (oven and furnace systems) and RIDEM air permitting requirements tied to the ECU and oven bypass systems.
- Establish change management and management‑of‑change (MOC) discipline for reliability‑driven equipment modifications.
- Execute small capital or opex reliability projects, including management of contractors, OEM's and third party consultants.
- Adopt and follow Aspen's core values – We do the right thing, We are problem solvers, We are allies and We drive forward.
- Performs other related duties as assigned by management.
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering, or equivalent relevant experience.
- 8+ years of reliability, maintenance,…
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