Staff Reliability Engineer - Power Electronics
Core
Ensuring product reliability throughout the lifecycle of home energy products, including power electronics and battery systems.
Role type
Staff Reliability Engineer (Power Electronics)
Builds
Home energy products, battery storage systems, and virtual power plants
Domain
Clean energy / Power electronics / Battery systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Design for Reliability (DfR), Design Failure Modes and Effects Analyses (DFMEA), Accelerated Life Testing (ALT) planning, failure analysis techniques (SEM, X-ray, EDX), reliability statistics, power converter topology theory, PCBA-level failure physics
Preferred skills
Experience with electrolytic caps, relays, semiconductors, magnetics, battery storage reliability, mechanical structure reliability
Technologies
SEM, X-ray, CSAM, EDX, cross-sectioning, optical microscopy
Responsibilities
Collaborate with mechanical and electrical engineers to establish reliability targets; Provide DfR inputs during new product development; Drive DFMEA for various systems; Develop ALT Reliability Test Plans; Track field reliability performance metrics; Drive failure analysis of test and field returns to determine root cause
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic input
