Engineer - Reliability Quality

Why Work at Rehlko

Our work is guided by our purpose: creating an energy‑resilient world for a better future. This purpose embodies the legacy we bring, with more than 100 years as the global leader in energy resilience, delivering solutions critical to sustain and improve life. Our teams have the opportunity to provide a critical resource – energy – that ensures safety, security, and independence for people around the world.

Our team members are focused on pushing boundaries, continuing to innovate in an ever‑changing landscape, and keeping up with the pace required to create solutions for today’s world demands.

Our product range includes engines, generators, power conversion, UPS systems, EV components and electrification solutions, microgrid controls and management, and clean energy solutions that serve a broad spectrum of OEM, residential, industrial, and commercial customers. At Rehlko, you have the freedom to identify, create, and deliver solutions – large and small – that help people and communities thrive in the moments that matter.

At Rehlko, our team members are the essential energy that powers our organization’s success. We are committed to fostering a safe and sustainable work environment where safety is everyone’s responsibility. We empower every team member to actively participate in our Zero Is Possible safety culture by encouraging open communication, proactively reporting hazards, following protocols, and suggesting improvements. Join us in creating an energy resilient world for a better future!

• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Work‑life flexibility
• Recognition and rewards
• Development and career opportunities
• A safe and inclusive workplace

Rehlko Power Systems (formerly Kohler Energy) is one of the largest power generator manufacturers in the world and has delivered energy solutions worldwide since 1920. Rehlko Power Systems offers power generation equipment for residential, industrial, mobile and marine applications as well as automatic transfer switches, switch gear, monitoring controls and accessories.

As an Engineer – Reliability Quality
, you will be responsible for driving aggressive preventive/corrective actions to improve reliability and reduce the Cost of Poor Quality. Ensuring our products meet the reliability and warranty targets is a key deliverable of this position. By analyzing reliability data, warranty data, and customer feedback, you will develop a list of priority projects. You will work with field service, design engineering, manufacturing quality, and supplier quality to validate your list and further prioritize the projects to resolve them.

You will facilitate the problem‑solving process by utilizing 8

Ds or DMAIC projects to drive full closure and prevention. You will be responsible for reliability test planning, data collection, and data analysis to drive verification and validation. When a new product is released, you will be responsible for closely tracking and monitoring the field performance as part of an early warning tracking and reporting team. An expectation of this position is continuous improvement of the Problem Resolution process in conjunction with New Product Development (NPD).

You will be a key member of the NPD process and responsible for the reliability test planning and closing of open incidents before product release.

• Structured Problem Solving
  • Reduce internal and external failure costs due to design and process‑related failures.
  • 8D facilitation and documentation.
• Probability and Statistical Analysis
  • Pareto and analyze warranty data to identify and communicate current issues.
  • Six Sigma methodology to understand capability, failure rates, basic statistics.
• Product Design and Development
  • Participate in and drive design reviews, including DFM/A, Serviceability, and Safety.
• Measurement Systems & Analysis
  • Use data collection and instrumentation to understand failures and system interactions.
  • Develop test methods to simulate field environments.
• Project Management
  • Coordinate cross‑functional teams internally and externally, to solve problems, or facilitate strategic projects.