Core Engineering - Test Engineer IV
Listed on 2026-08-20
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Engineering
Quality Engineering, Test Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Systems Engineer
Core Engineering - Test Engineer IV
Location:
Redmond, Washington (Onsite)
COMPENSATION: $65 - $75 HOURLY
Role Overview
We are seeking a senior Reliability Engineer to own and execute the reliability strategy for research hardware programs. You will collaborate with a large breadth of cross-functional disciplines to understand emerging designs, processes, and technologies, identifying and mitigating risks associated with these various technologies and architectures. The ideal candidate has a strong background in reliability engineering, aptitude for managing through ambiguity, high attention to detail, a thirst for knowledge, and an inherent interest in all aspects of engineering.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with engineers and research scientists to define the comprehensive reliability strategies and test plans for research hardware programs, including sequential test campaigns across build phases.
- Plan, schedule, and execute reliability testing at both component and full-system level.
- Define sample sizes, test conditions, pass/fail criteria, and acceptance limits, and ensure test methods align with program requirements and applicable industry standards.
- Design, develop, and validate new reliability test setups including mechanical, electrical, and software systems.
- Triage, document, and drive reliability failures to closure with design partners, clearly articulating root cause, risk, and recommended corrective action.
- Interface with external manufacturing and supply partners on reliability issues, corrective actions, and joint test activity.
- Analyze reliability and test data using statistical methods to produce clear conclusions from limited prototype sample sizes.
Required Qualifications
Education:
Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Materials Science, or other related technical field or equivalent experience.
Experience:
7+ years of hands-on reliability, test, or product validation engineering experience in consumer electronics. Practical experience with failure analysis and root-cause methodologies, and with driving defects to closure across engineering disciplines.
Technical
Skills:
5+ years of experience with JMP, Python, Matlab, or equivalent. Knowledge of industry test standards including ASTM, MIL, JEDEC, and IEC. Knowledge of failure analysis techniques including optical microscopy, X-Ray, CT scan, SEM, EDX, and FTIR.
Preferred Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience with 3D CAD design modeling (NX, Solidworks).
- Knowledge of mechanical fabrication processes and experience with assembly of complex electro-mechanical systems.
- Demonstrated experience specifying and integrating instrumentation and motion control systems (motors, drivers, encoders, pressure transducers, accelerometers, flow sensors).
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