Reliability & Test Engineer

Job Title:

STAFF RELIABILITY & TEST ENGINEER

At TE, you will unleash your potential working with people from diverse backgrounds and industries to create a safer, sustainable and more connected world.

Job Description:

Why you should join
As part of the Digital Data Networks (DDN) business unit at TE Connectivity, you will play a key role in designing high-speed connectivity solutions across connectors, cable assemblies, and wireless infrastructure—supportingnext-generation data centers and communication  this role, you will collaborate with best-in-class development teams and work closely with customers to defineand execute robust reliability strategies. You will contribute to products developed through a structured stage-gateprocess, ensuring reliability is built in from early design through validation.

You will define and implement reliability test strategies across key project phases—from design verification toproduct validation—leveraging advanced methods such as Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT) and Highly Accelerated Stress Testing (HAST).Through data analysis and cross-functional collaboration, you will identify design and process weaknesses and drive effective corrective actions.

Working alongside material and component experts, you will support continuous improvement initiatives, includingstress screening and accelerated testing techniques, to enhance product robustness.

You will apply structured methodologies such as Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) and robust design principles,utilizing reliability data, stress acceleration models, accelerated life testing (ALT), and test-to-failure analysis.

Yourwork will enable data-driven decisions and ensure DDN products meet the highest reliability standards and customer expectations.

Your main tasks

• Design and drive reliability for Data and Device Network (DDN) products from concept through production
• Contribute to requirement engineering by analyzing load conditions and deriving internal stresses
• Develop and execute reliability plans aligned with environmental conditions, usage scenarios, and business impact
• Analyze test data and utilize appropriate data acquisition methods and systems
• Apply accelerated testing models and test-to-failure strategies to identify failure modes and determinereliability limits
• Perform initial FIT estimations using standards such as Siemens Norm SN-29500, and calculate final FITvalues based on test data
• Evaluate customer requirements, application needs, and mission profiles to define optimal validationstrategies
• Lead corrective and preventive action (CAPA) processes to address reliability issues
• Support or manage centralized databases for reliability test plans, models, and field data to enable reuse andfaster decision-making
• Present reliability performance, risks, and recommendations to leadership to influence design decisions
• Leverage accelerated testing methods to assess design margins and support concept selection
• Define sample size and test duration using reliability statistics
• Promote a reliability-driven culture across cross-functional teams with a proactive, data-driven approach
• Analyze validation test results to calculate reliability metrics such as MTTF and identify risks or failures
• Support definition and implementation of mitigation and corrective action plans for identified risks and failure modes
• Collaborate with customer reliability experts and communicate analysis results effectively
• Participate in design reviews and lead the reliability section of the review process

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a technical discipline (Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Mechatronics, orrelated field)
• 7–10 years of experience in reliability engineering for automotive…