Hardware Reliability Engineer

Google Reliability Engineer - Mountain View, CA, USA

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years’ experience with reliability or quality engineering.
• Experience applying design for reliability techniques such as Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) and Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA).
• Experience with reliability modeling techniques such as Reliability Block Diagram, Weibull, and Accelerated Life Testing (ALT).

• Experience in reliability testing, fixture design, electrical/mechanical testing equipment, and new test development.
• Experience in root cause analysis methodologies (8D, fishbone) and failure analysis processes, including familiarity with microscopy, X‑ray, FIB, and SEM.
• Familiarity with mechanical design, tolerance and simulation tools such as finite element analysis, and knowledge of materials and manufacturing processes.
• Proficiency in statistical data analysis including DOE, significance testing, sample sizes, confidence levels using tools such as JMP and Python.
• Understanding of physics of failure and direct experience developing reliability acceleration models.

As a Reliability Engineer, you will play a key role in creating new consumer electronic products that meet a high bar for reliability and performance. You will work closely with product management and design engineering teams to define standards, specify tests, and supervise test execution and failure analysis. A broad engineering background and command of statistical methods will inform the design of new products, while strong interpersonal and communication skills will ensure adoption of technical recommendations.

As part of the Devices and Services Product Group (DSPG) engineering team at Google, you will push the boundaries of innovation in consumer electronics that change how users connect, explore, and interact with information and each other. You will develop new products used by millions, requiring versatility and passion to address new challenges as technology advances.

If you are excited about building new things and aren’t daunted by the challenge of building something from scratch, this team could be your next career step.

US: $132,000 - $190,000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

• Convert product management reliability goals into testable targets.
• Develop reliability performance metrics and lead management reviews to evaluate progress against those metrics.
• Own reliability test planning, methodology, and execution across all aspects of the product while working in reliability test labs and collaborating with test engineers.
• Drive the failure analysis process for all failures discovered during reliability testing and lead the process with internal and external cross‑functional teams.
• Travel domestically and internationally as needed.

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