Reliability Engineer

Reliability Engineer I

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Sub‑Zero Group, Inc., Madison, WI

Seniority level:
Entry level

Employment type:

Full‑time

Job function:
Engineering and Information Technology

Industry: Manufacturing

Sub‑Zero, Wolf, and Cove are leading manufacturers of luxury kitchen appliances, known for design, performance, and quality. We are a family‑owned company in the Madison area that values integrity, teamwork, and accountability.

• Define and drive design assurance and reliability requirements to meet customer expectations through the product life cycle.
• Provide reliability engineering as part of a business operations/production and cross‑functional product support team.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to establish reliability plans and verification testing requirements.
• Create reliability improvement plans by reviewing past product warranty claims and call‑center data to mitigate field losses.
• Integrate reliability analysis techniques into product or program design objectives.
• Conduct effective Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Fault Tree Analysis.
• Generate test plans and work with test lab technicians to evaluate products and components.

• Failure rates, modes, and mechanisms for robust product design.
• Identify and resolve reliability problems in existing products; develop, test, implement, and track solutions.
• Analyze warranty and call‑center data to establish trends and determine root causes, then recommend corrective actions.

• Work with service personnel to identify field problems and implement solutions.
• Collaborate with purchasing and component suppliers to drive reliability improvement in purchased components.
• Partner with Quality Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering to identify in‑house problems and support reliability initiatives and continuous improvement.

• Experience in Engineering (Design, Reliability, or Quality).
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Chemical, Mechanical, or Electrical engineering.
• Minimum 2 years of on‑the‑job experience or full‑time role.

• Experience in the appliance industry or mass‑produced consumer products.
• ASQ CRE (Certified Reliability Engineer) certification or willingness to obtain certification.
• Experience with field failure/warranty data analysis and tracking.
• Proficiency with statistics and reliability analysis techniques such as Weibull analysis, Reliability Block Diagrams, FMEAs, Derating, and Reliability Allocation.
• Failure analysis, diagnosis, or troubleshooting skills.

• National Instruments LabVIEW.
• Design of Experiments.
• HALT/HASS and accelerated life testing.
• Electrical circuit reliability.
• Gas system reliability.

• Competitive compensation based on skills.
• Industry‑leading health, dental, and vision plans.
• Generous 401(k) savings and profit sharing.
• On‑site UW Health clinic, fitness center, and walking paths.
• Education assistance and internal training programs.
• Electric vehicle charging stations.
• Maternity and paternity leave.

This position requires a pre‑employment drug/alcohol test and background check, which will be administered after a conditional job offer is extended. A negative test result is required for employment. Refusal or a positive result may disqualify a candidate from further consideration. All drug testing will be conducted in accordance with federal and state laws.