Staff Hardware Reliability Engineer

Join Aurora, a leading company in autonomous vehicle technology. As a Staff Hardware Reliability Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring the robustness and dependability of our hardware systems. You will lead hardware reliability testing and validation, collaborate with cross-functional teams, analyze failure data, and drive continuous improvement in hardware design and development processes. You should have a strong background in hardware reliability engineering, experience in the automotive industry, and excellent communication skills.

• Lead and oversee hardware reliability testing and validation for automotive power and compute hardware used in autonomous vehicles.
• Develop, implement, and monitor reliability testing protocols, including stress tests, environmental tests, and failure mode analysis.
• Analyze failure data to identify root causes of hardware reliability issues and implement corrective actions.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
• Demonstrated ability to lead root cause analysis and corrective action processes (e.g., 8D, 5-Why, Fishbone) for hardware reliability issues
• Proven experience (5+ years) in hardware reliability engineering, preferably in the automotive, aerospace, or heavy-duty vehicle industry
• Strong understanding of hardware design principles, reliability testing methodologies (e.g., HALT/HASS, vibration, thermal cycling, humidity), and failure analysis techniques
• Experience working with firmware development teams and a solid understanding of firmware and hardware interactions
• Proficiency in data analysis tools and software (e.g., Python, JMP…) and familiarity with reliability prediction and assurance tools and methods (e.g., Weibull++, dFMEA)
• Experience with hardware requirement concepts
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering (preferred), Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
• Knowledge of automotive safety standards and regulations (e.g., ISO 26262, ISO 16750)
• Experience with automotive electronics/ECU or compute hardware (thermal, power, connector reliability)
• Experience working with contract manufacturers or Tier-1 suppliers on quality/reliability issues (PPAP, supplier corrective actions)
• Prior experience mentoring engineers or driving reliability process adoption across teams
• Test automation and infrastructure knowledge