Reliability Engineer

Apple • Austin, TX

3d • Onsite

About The Position

APPLE INC is hiring a Reliability Engineer in Austin, Texas. The role identifies high-risk failure modes early in the design process and works with design engineering teams to reduce risk. It creates reliability tests based on the physics of failure and anticipated user behavior, develops test equipment and specifications, and collaborates with vendors to meet testing deadlines. The position supports failure analysis and recommends design changes based on test data to improve products. It also conducts statistical data analysis and reporting, provides design-risk assessments, develops test procedures and detailed test plans, and analyzes results to assess design risks. The position is 40 hours per week.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
• Four years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
• Experience or education using CAD to review product design.
• Experience or education using DFMEA to assess product design risks.
• Experience or education using statistical tools, including JMP, to analyze reliability test failures.
• Experience or education using analytical tools, including MATLAB, to analyze dynamic characterization.
• Experience or education using data visualization tools, including Tableau, to visualize parametric test data.
• Experience or education using PFMEA to assess and analyze product manufacturing processes.
• Experience or education using root cause analysis (RCA) to analyze reliability test failures and provide solutions.

Responsibilities

• Identify high-risk failure modes early in the design process and work with design engineering teams to reduce risks.
• Create reliability tests based on the physics of failure and anticipated user behavior.
• Develop and deliver reliability test equipment and specifications, collaborating with vendors to meet testing deadlines.
• Support failure analysis and recommend design improvements based on evaluation of test data.
• Conduct statistical data analysis and prepare clear reports, including design-risk assessments to guide product improvements.
• Develop reliability test procedures and detailed test plans, and analyze results to assess design risks.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level