Job description

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

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.

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.

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.

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