Hardware Reliability Engineer

The role

You will drive end-to-end reliability for the Solid-State Transformer platform from concept to field deployment. This involves leading cross-functional teams to mitigate risks and developing modeling to ensure hardware meets lifetime requirements.

What you will do

• Assist in the setup and execution of reliability test plans for SST including thermal mapping and accelerated life testing
• Utilize statistical methods to analyze test data
• Participate in DFMEA sessions to document risks and track mitigation actions
• Perform initial root-cause analysis on failed components using lab equipment
• Coordinate with senior engineers on complex investigations
• Assist in building reliability block diagrams and basic PoF models
• Work with Design and Manufacturing teams to communicate test results
• Maintain detailed records of test procedures, lab results, and reliability reports

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Reliability Engineering
• Strong understanding of hardware reliability or circuit analysis
• Basic familiarity with reliability statistics (Weibull distribution, MTBF)
• Comfortable working in a high-voltage lab environment
• Experience with basic diagnostic tools (Oscilloscopes, Multimeters)
• Excellent written and verbal skills

Nice to have

• Desire to master advanced Bayesian and Monte Carlo methods
• Interest in learning reliability tools such as ReliaSoft (Weibull++, ALTA) or simulation software like Ansys Sherlock
• Proficiency in Python, MATLAB, or R for data processing and automation

Benefits

• Competitive Salary + Incentive Stock Options
• Medical, vision, and dental benefits for employees and dependents
• Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance
• 401k retirement savings plan through Empower
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Paid sick days
• Paid company holidays
• Commuter Benefits
• 100% paid maternal leave (12 weeks)
• Paternal leave (6 weeks)

About the company

Amperesand is building hardware and software to rewrite power infrastructure for modern energy needs. The company builds intelligent, software-defined power infrastructure products using advanced medium voltage Solid State Transformer research.