Reliability Engineer

Location: Newington

Are you looking for an opportunity with plenty of growth potential? Do you enjoy working in an exciting, fast-paced, collaborative environment? Are you interested in working with the world’s most innovative companies to create a more connected world?

Connecting Continents. Impacting Communities.

The backbone of the Internet is a series of high-tech subsea fiber optic cables deployed throughout the globe
- Sub Com has deployed over 50% of them. Our employees ensure data communications networks are engineered, manufactured, deployed to the highest standards, enabling faster and more reliable connectivity to communities worldwide. Every member of the Sub Com team plays a role in an end-to-end process that is critical to enterprises, governments, big cities, and rural towns.

We encourage, expect, and value creativity, thoughtful risk taking, openness to change, and diverse perspectives. Whether you’re a seasoned applicant seeking a new and exciting challenge, or you’re new to the workforce and looking for a flexible, rewarding, and fast-paced position with an innovative and stable organization (since 1953), Sub Com has opportunities to advance your career.

Position Overview Mechanical Engineer with reliability knowledge is responsible for providing reliability oversight of design activities including conducting technical risk assessments early in the design process, reviewing Qualification Test Plans and Qualification Test Reports in the development and validation phases, and reviewing the ability of manufacturing to meet the product design intent and providing the final Qualification Approval of release of new designs to manufacturing.

The role will also provide supplier oversight, disposition of Supplier and Manufacturing non-conformances, and providing Subject Matter Expertise for new product development and Failure Mode Analysis activities.

Responsibilities Provide reliability support in Core Teams to assure adequate reliability for the product as designed.

Develop strategies for selecting suppliers, and qualifying components, subsystems, and processes.

Manage the interaction with key and strategic suppliers from reliability perspective.

Manage reliability, supply, schedule jeopardies, as required.

Perform modeling and analysis of failure modes in areas of technical expertise.

Support the generation of responses to Requests for Quotation on new systems by supplying reliability information as appropriate.

Develop initiatives to improve functionality, lead time or cost basis while maintaining reliability.

Consistently ensures that business is always conducted with integrity and that behavior aligns with Sub Com policies, procedures, and core values.

Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in related field required

Education and/or experience in Mechanical Engineering required
10 years’ experience in related field preferred

Knowledge of the Principles of Reliability Science is preferred

Knowledge of the Physics of Failure of key components in area of technology expertise

Ability to conduct a FIT Rate Analysis of Sub Com products is preferred

Ability to conduct a Technical Risk Analysis for a Design effort

Knowledge of Quality Management Systems, including quality tools and techniques is preferred

Knowledge appropriate to the functions of the assigned processes

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Articulates thoughts and ideas clearly, concisely, and persuasively

Ability to work well in teams with persons of different organizations, job types and cultural backgrounds

Ability to prepare customer-facing documentation and support at face-to-face meetings

NOTE:

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

Candidates for positions with Sub Com must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Employment eligibility verification will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Our selection procedure is based on local, state and federal law.

Please be sure to attach a resume to your application. We are not able to consider applications without a resume.

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