Reliability Engineer
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Reliability Engineer
Partner Company
The KYO Group
ENGAGEMENT TYPE
In-Person
LOCATION
Marietta, OH
Opportunity Description
Description
Join our team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where you'll contribute to innovation in scientific instrumentation and solutions. As Reliability Product Approval Engineer, you will collaborate closely with R&D development teams, test technicians, and cross-functional partners to define, execute, and continuously improve reliability programs for cold storage and ultra-low temperature (ULT) products.
You will play a critical role in embedding reliability into the New Product Development (NPD) process by driving structured risk identification, verification planning, and failure analysis. Your work will directly influence product robustness, regulatory readiness, customer satisfaction, and long-term field performance by ensuring reliability risks are identified early and mitigated effectively.
What You Will Do
Education:
Reliability Engineer
Partner Company
The KYO Group
ENGAGEMENT TYPE
In-Person
LOCATION
Marietta, OH
Opportunity Description
Description
Join our team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where you'll contribute to innovation in scientific instrumentation and solutions. As Reliability Product Approval Engineer, you will collaborate closely with R&D development teams, test technicians, and cross-functional partners to define, execute, and continuously improve reliability programs for cold storage and ultra-low temperature (ULT) products.
You will play a critical role in embedding reliability into the New Product Development (NPD) process by driving structured risk identification, verification planning, and failure analysis. Your work will directly influence product robustness, regulatory readiness, customer satisfaction, and long-term field performance by ensuring reliability risks are identified early and mitigated effectively.
What You Will Do
- Reliability Program Development & Execution:
- Develop, document, and execute comprehensive reliability plans aligned with product requirements, program milestones, and regulatory expectations.
- Collaborate with R&D engineers and test technicians to define test strategies, protocols, and acceptance criteria for cold storage products.
- Support verification and validation testing by ensuring appropriate reliability coverage, stress conditions, and data collection.
- Risk Management & Failure Analysis:
- Lead and facilitate Design FMEA (DFMEA) activities and contribute to broader product risk management efforts.
- Analyze failures observed during verification testing and from field performance data, identifying root causes and driving corrective actions.
- Apply Physics of Failure (PoF) principles to anticipate degradation mechanisms in mechanical, electrical, and refrigeration systems.
- Requirements & Traceability:
- Partner closely with Product Management, Product Engineering, Quality, and Regulatory teams to develop and maintain product requirements traceability from customer needs through verification evidence.
- Support Product Approval activities by ensuring traceable linkage between requirements, tests, results, and conclusions.
- Standardization & Process Improvement:
- Create and maintain standardized reliability methods, test procedures, and design guidance to enable repeatable, high-quality evaluations.
- Develop and document Engineering Test Procedures (ETPs) for both standard and novel reliability test methods.
- Champion Lean, PPI (Practical Process Improvement), and continuous improvement initiatives to increase efficiency, reduce variability, and strengthen product robustness.
- Collaboration & Technical Leadership
- Provide reliability expertise to cross-functional project teams and influence design decisions through data-driven insights.
- Mentor engineers and technicians in reliability tools, test methods, and analytical techniques.
- Foster a strong culture of safety, quality, and disciplined engineering practice.
- Travel: Up to 10% domestic travel.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical discipline
- Advanced coursework in Reliability Engineering or professional reliability certification preferred
- 5+ years of experience performing reliability engineering, product approval, or verification testing for complex electromechanical systems
- 3+ years of experience supporting design and development of mechanical or electromechanical products
- Experience with HVAC/R, refrigeration, or thermal systems strongly preferred
- Experience supporting regulated product testing (e.g., UL, IEC, NSF, Energy Star, DIN, or similar standards)
- Hands-on experience with test method development, accelerated life testing, and failure analysis
- Experience with data acquisition systems, automated testing, and technical reporting
- Familiarity with Lean / PPI methodologies and continuous improvement systems
- Strong understanding of system-level reliability principles and product testing methodologies
- Broad technical knowledge across mechanical, electrical, electronics, and refrigeration systems
- Working knowledge of reliability tools such as DFMEA, DOE, ALT, HALT, and statistical analysis
- Ability to translate test data and field feedback into actionable design and process improvements
- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Excellent organizational skills in a fast-paced, multi-project environment
- Proficiency with measurement and test equipment (e.g., thermocouples, pressure transducers, force gauges, oscilloscopes)
- Experience with analysis tools such as Minitab, Reliasoft, or equivalent statistical software
- Commitment to safety, quality, and operational excellence
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Responsibilities
Develop and execute reliability plans and test methods for cold storage and ultra-low temperature products, supporting verification, product approval, and requirements traceability. Lead risk and failure analysis, apply reliability principles to improve product designs, and guide cross-functional teams in standardization and continuous improvement.
Requirements
Requires a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or a related technical discipline, plus at least five years of reliability engineering, product approval, or verification testing experience. Candidates should have electromechanical product development experience and hands-on skills in test development, accelerated life testing, failure analysis, and data analysis; refrigeration experience and reliability coursework or certification are preferred.
Skills
- Reliability Engineering
- Design FMEA
- Failure Analysis
- Root Cause Analysis
- Physics of Failure
- Verification and Validation Testing
- Accelerated Life Testing
- Design of Experiments
- HALT
- Requirements Traceability
- Refrigeration and Thermal Systems
- Data Acquisition
- Statistical Analysis
- Test Method Development
- Lean and Continuous Improvement
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
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- Management & Leadership
Keywords
- Reliability Engineering
- Product Approval
- New Product Development
- Cold Storage
- Ultra-Low Temperature Products
- Design FMEA
- Physics of Failure
- Verification and Validation
- Accelerated Life Testing
- Design of Experiments
- HALT
- Engineering Test Procedures
- Requirements Traceability
- Failure Analysis
- Root Cause Analysis
- Refrigeration Systems
- HVAC/R
- Data Acquisition Systems
- Automated Testing
- Minitab
- ReliaSoft
- UL Standards
- IEC Standards
- NSF Standards
- Energy Star
- DIN Standards
- Lean
- Practical Process Improvement
- Statistical Analysis
- Thermocouples