Reliability Engineer

About Us

Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corporation, a family owned business for over 75 years, takes pride in powering progress in health, security and quality of life. We are key partners with the world’s leading medical devices, semiconductor, scientific analytics and industrial systems manufacturers. When they want to push the limits of what’s possible with high voltage applications, they turn to us to make it happen.

While Spellman is not a household name, our products are used to make and often power many of the most advanced technologies that make modern life possible. With design and manufacturing sites in North America, Europe and Asia, we have become the preferred provider of high voltage power solutions for OEMs pushing the boundaries of technology around the world by designing and producing the products they need to power progress.

Objective / Purpose of the Function:

The Reliability Engineer will support the plan to execute reliability, maintainability, manufacturability, and testability activities.  Reliability activities include allocations, modelling, predictions, warranty analysis, FMECAs, accelerated life tests, HALT, HASS, and BIT demonstrations.  Will actively participate in detailed design & product enhancement activities, technical interchange meetings, program/project reviews, customer / supplier support and ensure product life-cycle integrity by applying advanced analytical tools methodologies, and industry best practices.  Help execute strategic plan to provide support and continuously improve knowledge, skills and the learning environment in a mid-size, high mix, multinational engineering, and manufacturing organization.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Support the development reliability predictions and analysis using statistical methods (MTBF, Weibull, etc.) and software tools like ReliaSoft or BlockSim for mechanical and electrical designs and supplied components.

• Provide support to analyze field data and warranty reports to identify trends, failure modes, and root causes, and participate in the implementation of corrective actions to reduce failures.

• Interact with engineers, subcontractors, suppliers, customers, program managers, product managers, operations, global quality, and others during the investigation, documentation, and resolution of system failures; the evaluation of new products and designs; and evaluation of existing products and designs.

• Review specifications, drawings, engineering change notices (ECN’s), support product development and configuration control, work with business development and other organizations as needed to improve product robustness and reliability.

• Support design reviews, production readiness reviews, New Product Development, and New Product Introduction to provide technical expertise in materials selection, thermal management, and failure analysis.

• Communicate results of data driven modeling projects both in terms of development status and ongoing operational findings and actions.

• Guide the development and optimization of reliability models for predictive maintenance and life-cycle assessment.

• Act as in-house translator by providing independent verification and thoughtful critique of 3rd party data analysis, in house data analysis, and other sources of reliability information.

• Assist in the translation of concepts, ideas, new products, new components into clearly defined quantitative models and process optimization objectives that capture both business and user requirements.

• Provide support to root cause investigations for product failures and make recommendations for design improvements.

• Provide support to build a repository for lessons learned / Knowledgebase of product failures and root causes, transfer these for use in DFMEA/PFMEA  

• Participate/Lead DFMEA / PFMEA coordination and continuous maintenance

• Comply with the Health, Safety and Environment Policy, following the procedures and work instructions applicable to his/her activities for the participation in the established Objectives and Goals

Competences / abilities:

• BS/ MS in Electrical Engineering or Mathematics.

• ASQ Certified Reliability Engineer certification a Plus.

• Proven experience in reliability engineering 5 to 10 years minimum.

• Understanding of reliability analysis techniques and tools (e.g., ReliaSoft, Minitab, or similar software).

• Experience with accelerated life testing, reliability testing, and reliability prediction

• Proficient in written and verbal communication skills.

• Experience in Design of Experiments (DOE), FMEA, DFMEA, and root cause analysis methodologies.

• Experience with electrical, mechanical, and electro-mechanical assembly, dielectrics, injection molding, and PCB’s.

• Ability to interpret statistical data, failure rate calculations, and reliability metrics.

• Experience in communicating and presenting data and technical concepts to audiences with varying backgrounds.

• Degree in mathematics/statistics or engineering.

• Demonstrated problem-solving, quantitative analysis skills and proficiency in working with applications developers, IT, design engineering, and other technical organizations.

• FDA regulatory experience / ISO13485 experience a plus

• SPC Experience (Control Charts, Pareto Analysis, Histograms, FMEA’s, etc.)

• Experience with HALT & HASS.

• English 3-Advanced

We at Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corporation believe that each individual is entitled to equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, creed, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status or disability. The right of equal employment opportunity extends to recruiting, hiring selection, transfer, promotion, training and all other conditions of employment. To request accommodation related to disabilities, please email us at [email protected], or call +1 (631) 630-3000

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