Position: Systems/ Reliability Engineer
Location: San Diego, CA (Hybrid)
Duration: 12 Months contract with possible extension
Pay Rate: $70/hr - $78/hr (depending on experience)
Job Requirement:
- Onsite at least 3 days a week
- A Systems /Reliability Engineer in this role is responsible for using their broad technical expertise, leadership skills, and product development knowledge to provide Systems leadership through various phases of product life cycle.
- This Systems /Reliability Engineer will manage the verification and traceability of product requirements and specifications for new hardware and software products, aid in product validation planning and execution, and analyze / calculate / report on reliability and durability verification activities.
- The expectation for a Senior Systems / Reliability Engineer is that they regularly serve on the systems engineering team and interact with electrical, mechanical, and firmware engineers to achieve verification goals, act as a leader of technical excellence, and participate as an agent for continuous improvement within the Systems Engineering function.
- As such, they are expected to help identify tasks/resources and fulfill them to ensure that critical project milestones are met and systems integration activities are completed, including reliability testing and statistical data analysis.
- Intimate knowledge of the product development lifecycle from concept through launch
- Extensive experience implementing Systems Engineering best practices
- Proficient knowledge of Reliability & Verification Engineering
- Efficiency while leading system verification, validation planning and execution, reliability plan, testing and analysis, integration planning, etc.
- Utilize cross-functional knowledge to resolve technical challenges, drive issues to closure, and retire technical risks necessary for new product introduction
- Apply Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) best practices
Qualifications
- Must have a Bachelor’s degree in Science or Engineering. A postgraduate degree is preferred.
- At least 5 years related work experience required (combination of work experience and advanced degrees).
- Ability to work independently and as a member of a team.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence across disciplines, for example: interdepartmental (with fellow engineers), cross-functional (with Marketing, Clinical Representatives, Software Engineers, Test Engineers, Quality Engineers, Manufacturing, Regulatory, etc.)
- A strong technical background within Systems Engineering, medical device development, or similar.
- Experience with Systems Engineering and requirements management.
- Experience with Reliability Engineering and statistical analysis
- Familiar with systems integration and testing, Project Management, and Failure Modes Effects Analysis.
- DFSS knowledge and experience or statistical test design and analysis knowledge.
- Experience with Quanterion’s 217Plus™:2015, Notice 1 Reliability Prediction Calculator or Sherlock (Ansys) now that is unicorn territory is desirable.
- LabView and test automation experience is desirable.
- Ability to use, view, and understand CAD tools (OrCad, Solidworks, Cadence) is desirable.
- Must have very strong writing skills.
- Attention to detail is paramount.
