Senior Reliability Engineer

Bedrock Energy • Austin, TX

1d • $120,000 - $170,000

About The Position

The earth beneath our feet holds extraordinary, untapped capacity to accelerate the clean energy transition. Bedrock Energy is on a mission to transform the heating and cooling of buildings, using carbon-free, hyper-efficient, and ultra-safe geothermal energy to radically reduce costs for people and the environment. Incorporated in 2022, Bedrock has raised $22M in Seed and Series A capital and is gathering exceptional talent to scale geothermal energy to decarbonize buildings everywhere. We’re seeking creative, collaborative, proactive team members who inspire us with their high standards of excellence, integrity, and commitment to our shared mission.

As the first Reliability Engineer at Bedrock, you will be accountable for maximizing equipment availability, safety, and learning velocity across Bedrock’s coiled tubing drilling spreads operating across U.S. states. This role owns the system-level reliability of the coiled tubing unit, pumping system, mud/solids control unit, and auxiliary equipment, translating field failures into engineering improvements, maintenance strategies, and operational limits.

This role bridges field operations, engineering, and vendors, converting field experiences and data into systematic improvements through structured reliability processes (RCAs, FRACAS, condition monitoring, and preventive maintenance optimization), ensuring failures are understood, not repeated, and fed into measurable reliability improvements. By creating reliability engineering practices in which Bedrock’s technology and geothermal installations can shine, you will strengthen Bedrock’s reputation for quality, safety, and integrity, and the early foundation of our entire company’s culture and standards of excellence.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, or Reliability Engineering (or equivalent experience).
• 5–10+ years of experience in: coiled tubing operations, drilling services, or high-pressure rotating equipment in oil & gas, geothermal, mining, or similar industrial environments
• Strong understanding of: hydraulic and mechanical systems, high-pressure pumps, solids control and drilling fluid systems, field instrumentation and controls
• Demonstrated experience with: RCA methodologies (5-Why, Fishbone, Fault Tree, etc.), FRACAS systems, and maintenance optimization
• Ability to work with incomplete data and evolving systems, thriving in uncertainty and dynamic environments.
• Demonstrated experience initiating and communicating new processes based on evolving information and on-the-ground experience
• Strong project management and problem-solving skills, especially in environments with growth-driven changes, contending priorities, and complex stakeholders
• Passion for the energy transition

Responsibilities

• Accountable for defining, tracking, and driving improvements to availability, mean time between failures (MTBF), mean time to repair (MTTR), and non-productive time (NPT) related to coiled tubing equipment spreads, then partnering with Engineering and Field Operations on execution
• Identify single-point failures and reliability bottlenecks across Bedrock’s equipment spread (e.g., coiled tubing unit, pumping systems, solids control equipment)
• Prioritize reliability improvements based on operational risk, safety exposure, and cost of downtime.
• Build simple, scalable reporting tools suitable for a startup environment and provide regular reliability updates to leadership
• Lead root cause analyses (RCA) for equipment failures, repetitive downtime events, and safety-critical incidents.
• Own and maintain the failure reporting, analysis, and corrective action system (FRACAS) process, including solution verification
• Translate field failures into design changes, operating envelope adjustments, and maintenance improvements.
• Develop and continuously improve preventive and conditions-based maintenance programs, including inventory strategy.
• Partner with Field Operations to ensure execution & compliance
• Define maintenance intervals based on Bedrock’s real field data, beyond standard vendor guidance.
• Support planning of rig-down / rig-up inspections, red-tagging, and pre-deployment readiness checks.
• Provide on-site support during: 1) First-of-kind operations, and 2) New equipment introductions
• Participate in pre-job risk assessments, readiness reviews, and post-job performance reviews.
• Support Operations Engineering team with failure troubleshooting, escalation decision-making, and go/no-go calls.
• Act as the voice of reliability to design and technology teams to ensure reliability lessons are incorporated into future spread designs and upgrades
• Review and influence: 1) Equipment specifications and supplier selections, 2) Design changes, 3) Acceptance and factory acceptance testing (FAT) and site acceptance testing (SAT) criteria
• Work directly with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and service vendors to: 1) Resolve equipment issues, 2) Validate warranty claims, 3) Drive design or material improvements
• Support qualification of new vendors and components from a reliability standpoint.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees