Senior Reliability Engineer

East Providence, RI 02914, USA

Aspen is a technology leader in sustainability and electrification solutions. The Company's aerogel technology enables its customers and partners to achieve their objectives around resource efficiency, e-mobility, and clean energy. Aspen's Pyro Thin® products address thermal runaway challenges within the electric vehicle (EV) market. The Company's Cryogel® and Pyrogel® products are valued by energy infrastructure companies. Aspen partners with world-class industry leaders to leverage its Aerogel Technology Platform® into additional high-value markets.

Aspen is headquartered in Northborough, MA.

What we value-

At Aspen, our values reflect who we are and how we work with each other, our customers, suppliers, and communities. They guide our decisions and inspire us to bring our best in all interactions.

Aspen’s CORE Values

• We Do the Right Thing
• We are Problem Solvers
• We are Allies
• We Drive Forward

What you will do

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 closely with the Maintenance Manager, the Senior Reliability Engineer champions the plant's reliability culture and models disciplined preventative and predictive maintenance execution. The initial focus is 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 is measured by the plant availability KPI and the 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 set 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 mechanical single-point-of-failure risks in aging assets.
• Evaluate and implement predictive maintenance and condition-monitoring technologies (e.g., vibration analysis, infrared thermography, oil analysis, IoT-enabled monitoring) 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 withstands customer and Tier 1/OEM audits, 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 and RIDEM air permitting requirements tied to 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, OEMs, 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.

Why you are right for the job

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 8+ years of reliability, maintenance, or process/equipment engineering experience in a continuous-process chemical, petrochemical, or specialty materials manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience establishing or maturing a reliability program (RCM, FMEA, RCFA, criticality ranking) in an industrial setting, ideally at a site with aging infrastructure.
• Working knowledge of rotating and stationary…