Staff Hardware Reliability Engineer

Join Shield AI as a Staff Hardware Reliability Engineer, where you will be responsible for ensuring the robustness and long-term performance of our VBAT flight hardware. You will work closely with design, manufacturing, and supply chain teams to implement design-for-reliability best practices and perform reliability verification from concept through production. Your role will involve leading environmental and stress testing efforts, conducting failure analysis, and analyzing root cause investigations for manufacturing non-conformances and field returns. You will also participate in design reviews, shape material selection and manufacturing requirements, and analyze test and field data using reliability modeling tools.

• Collaborer avec les équipes de conception, de fabrication et de chaîne d'approvisionnement pour mettre en œuvre les meilleures pratiques de conception pour la fiabilité et effectuer la vérification de la fiabilité.
• Diriger les efforts de test environnemental et de stress, y compris le cyclage thermique, les vibrations, le HALT et le HASS, et analyser les résultats des tests.
• Participer aux revues de conception et aux activités d'analyse des modes de défaillance et de leurs effets (FMEA) pour évaluer les problèmes potentiels de fiabilité.
• Candidate must be self-starting and come with a growth mindset, with excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Proficiency in Python, including NumPy, Pandas, SciPy, Plotly, and Matplotlib
• Bachelor's degree in Materials Engineering preferred. Degrees in Mechanical OR Reliability Engineering also are acceptable
• Experience with the project management of technical projects
• Familiarity with electronics (PCBs, PCBAs, electronic components) and moving mechanical assemblies
• Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production
• Team-player with clear and concise written and oral communication skills
• Familiarity with relevant industry standards, including IPC, JEDEC, AIAA, AEC, MIL, and SMC standards
• Technical background in materials science, electronics manufacturing processes (PCB fabrication and assembly), hardware reliability concepts, and environmental test practices
• 3+ years of experience in hardware reliability engineering, preferably with a focus on aerospace or automotive applications
• Master's degree in Materials Engineering preferred. Degrees in Mechanical OR Reliability Engineering also are acceptable
• Proficiency in failure analysis techniques and materials characterization methods
• Experience with environmental testing, including temperature cycling, vibration, highly accelerated limit testing (HALT), and highly-accelerated stress screening (HASS)
• Significant knowledge of reliability engineering principles, methods, and tools
• Familiarity with PCB fabrication, SMT, and polymerics application manufacturing processes
• Ability to obtain a S//SAR level security clearance desired