STAFF QLTY & RELIABILITY ENGINEER

At TE, you will unleash your potential working with people from diverse backgrounds and industries to create a safer, sustainable and more connected world. Job Overview

Leads reviews and strategies to ensure that all products meet quality standards; develops and evaluates quality standards, processes and procedures to improve the safety, reliability, efficacy and durability of products.

Job Requirements

Key Requirements & Responsibilities
1. Deep Reliability Engineering Expertise
•    Minimum 10+ years of hands on experience in reliability engineering, covering: 
o    Reliability modeling and prediction
o    Reliability strategy and planning
o    Accelerated and destructive reliability testing
o    Reliability failure analysis and corrective action
o    Reliability calculations such as FIT, MTTF, MTBF
o    Statistical analysis (e.g., Weibull analysis, chi square methods, basic Bayesian concepts)
•    Strong ability to connect test data, field data, and engineering judgment to drive data based reliability decisions.
2. Reliability Strategy & Test Plan Ownership
•    Independently define and lead end to end reliability strategies aligned with: 
o    Product architecture, materials, and operating environments
o    Customer Reliability Requirements and mission profiles
o    Industry standards and best practices
•    Create and own reliability test plans (e.g., HALT, HAST, ALT, Test to Failure) that balance technical risk, development timelines, cost, and business impact.
3. New Product Development (NPI) Lifecycle Knowledge
•    Strong understanding of structured new product development processes.
•    Ability to tailor reliability activities to each development phase, including: 
o    Concept and feasibility
o    Design verification
o    Product validation
o    Release to manufacturing
•    Define appropriate test coverage, sample size, duration, and success criteria at each stage.
4. Cross Functional & Customer Engagement
•    Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
•    Effectively partner with customers to align on reliability expectations, test strategies, and risk assessments.
•    Influence and collaborate with cross functional teams including: 
o    R&D / Design Engineering
o    Manufacturing & Process Engineering
o    Quality & Supplier Quality
o    Product/Project Management
•    Clearly communicate reliability risks, trade offs, test results, and recommendations to technical and non technical stakeholders.

What your background should look like

Generally requires Bachelors degree in appropriate field with a minimum of 8 years of experience; Masters degree or higher or local equivalent may be preferred at this level

Competencies Values: Integrity, Accountability, Inclusion, Innovation, Teamwork