Staff Reliability Engineer

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Job Description

SPAN is seeking a Staff Reliability Engineer to lead the reliability team, enhance lab organization, standardize test suites, improve report visibility, and mentor engineers. You will set technical direction for reliability testing across all SPAN products, manage the team's daily work, and act as a feedback loop between test results and product design decisions. This role requires both hands-on technical skills and strategic planning.

Hard Requirements

• BS or MS in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Statistics or related field
• 8+ years of experience in reliability engineering
• Demonstrated ownership of reliability programs
• Deep experience with XFMEA, reliability test planning and execution
• Strong background in statistical analysis of DOE tests and reliability test data
• Proficiency with Python or similar scripting languages
• Hands-on experience designing and building test rigs, using metrological instrumentation, and running reliability tests
• Ability to speak fluently across engineering domains (electromagnetism, electronics, mechanical/material physics)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to perform physical activities required for the job

Soft Requirements

• Experience mentoring or organizing the work of several engineers and technicians
• Experience working safely with high voltage equipment (up to 600–1000V) and AC/DC power systems
• Knowledge of national and international safety and regulatory standards (UL, NEC, IEC, ISO)
• Experience creating or scaling an in-house reliability lab
• Experience in connected home, energy, or IoT hardware products
• Experience in corrosion mechanics
• Experience in IC degradation mechanics
• Experience defining product mission profiles and automating mission profile testing