Staff Reliability Engineer

The role

The Staff Reliability Engineer will act as a technical leader for the reliability team, setting technical direction and managing day-to-day work. You will own the Design for Reliability program and translate test results into actionable input for design engineering teams.

What you will do

• Mentor and develop a small, agile reliability team
• Own Span's DFR (Design for Reliability) program
• Define reliability test strategy across all domains
• Analyze reliability test results with statistical tools
• Serve as the primary link between reliability, program management, and product design
• Guide root cause analysis on test failures and drive corrective and preventative actions
• Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, and systems teams to grow in-house testing capabilities
• Manage relationships with third-party testing facilities
• Redefine reliability team functions and processes for faster product launches
• Perform hands-on testing, data logging with Python, and statistical analysis

Required qualifications

• BS or MS in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Statistics or a related engineering field
• 8+ years of experience in reliability engineering
• Deep experience with XFMEA, reliability test planning and execution, and translating lab data into product requirements
• Strong background in statistical analysis of DOE tests and reliability test data using common reliability predictive models
• Proficiency with Python or similar scripting languages for test automation, data logging, and analysis
• Hands-on experience designing and building test rigs, using metrological instrumentation, and running reliability tests in environmental control chambers
• Ability to speak fluently across engineering domains: electromagnetism, electronics, mechanical/material physics
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Able and willing to perform physical activities including opening and closing large environmental test chambers
• Independently installing and removing large electronic equipment weighing as much as 50lbs
• Installing and removing large electronic equipment weight as much as 100lbs with an installation partner

Nice to have

• 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 and how they relate to material plating
• Experience in IC degradation mechanics and how they relate to thermal and environmental factors
• Experience in defining product mission profiles, writing test procedures and scripts, and interpreting results

Benefits

• Competitive compensation + equity grants
• 100% employee premiums for base plans on medical, dental, vision
• Options for additional coverage
• Parental leave up to twenty four (24) weeks depending on eligibility
• Comfortable, sunny office space located near BART and Caltrain public transit
• Employee Resource Groups
• Monthly social events
• SPANcakes recognition breakfast
• Lunch and learns
• Flexible hours
• One holiday per month
• Flexible time off

About the company

SPAN is a mission-driven company designing, building, and deploying products that electrify the built environment, reduce carbon emissions, and slow the effects of climate change. The company is headquartered in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood.