Staff Hardware Reliability Engineer

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Lead the reliability program for a Waymo hardware product area (e.g. LiDAR) across its full lifecycle from early development and prototyping, through EVT - DVT - PVT - production ramp and field deployment
• Define and improve reliability processes, including risk analyses (DFMEA, FTA), design verification, test and failure analysis, and cross-functional optimizations
• Work closely with US-based and international CMs, ODMs and Tier-1s to develop reliability test and validation programs that meet Waymo’s standards of reliability
• Develop, communicate, and maintain long-term reliability roadmaps and strategies for your product area. Work collaboratively with TPMs to build reliability schedules and take responsibility for all deliverables while…
• Provide technical evaluations and strategic recommendations on designs, processes, materials and vendor selection to teams within the Waymo Engineering, and navigate complex vendor relationships
• Manage program-level risks related to complex, multi-dimensional reliability issues and play a key role in mitigate those risks

Job requirements

• Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Material Science, or Physics
• 10 years of experience in end to end management of reliability programs for complex electromechanical systems
• Experience in delivering on the reliability of 1-2 generations of products, from concept & prototyping, to production ramp and field deployment.
• Experience in managing the DFMEA or other risk analysis process across a product line.
• Extensive experience developing comprehensive reliability test plans, resolving complex failure analyses, and leading root-cause resolution across functions.
• Strong technical background in the mechanics of materials and physics of failure for electronics and sensors.