Senior Reliability Engineer

Amphenol HSIO • Yocumtown, PA

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About The Position

The Senior Reliability Engineer will support the High Speed IO Connectors and OverPass Solutions Business Unit at Amphenol Communications Solutions in Valley Green, Pennsylvania. The role performs engineering work across mechanical, electrical, materials, systems, and testing disciplines, supporting the design and reliability validation of electrical connectors and interconnect solutions used in servers, storage, networking equipment, and data center infrastructure. The engineer collaborates with internal teams, suppliers, manufacturing personnel, test lab technicians, and customers to develop and validate prototypes and pilot production.

Requirements

• MS or PhD in Mechanical or Materials Engineering with 2–5 years of experience, or equivalent.
• Experience with solid modeling tools such as Pro/E and/or SolidWorks.
• Experience with finite element analysis, tolerance stack-up, and related tools.
• Ability to work in a team environment and communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Desire to create and design new products and processes.
• Ability to understand customer, industry-standard, and internal Quality Test Plan requirements.
• Understanding of electrical connectors, quality concepts, and testing methods used to ensure product integrity.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with data analysis software, including MS Excel; Minitab is a plus.
• Experience developing test plans for mechanical and environmental stresses of I/O connectors; ESD testing is a plus.
• Knowledge of copper alloys and high-performance engineering thermoplastics.

Responsibilities

• Perform engineering tasks across mechanical, electrical, materials, systems, and testing disciplines.
• Support product design with tolerance analysis, finite element analysis, materials analysis, failure analysis, and test plan development.
• Lead component-level reliability planning, testing, and analysis (CRAM).
• Manage system-level reliability planning, testing, and analysis (ERAM).
• Conduct Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA).
• Perform failure analysis and root cause investigations.
• Develop test sequences, procedures, and DOE plans to assess long-term electrical connector reliability in light of customer use and application requirements.
• Analyze test results and prepare reports and presentations for internal and external stakeholders.
• Present simulation and test results to internal and external customers.
• Prepare test samples, create test requests, design and fabricate test fixtures, and collaborate with test lab technicians.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot malfunctions in test equipment.
• Collaborate with internal teams, external suppliers, and manufacturing personnel on product prototype and pilot-production development and validation, and interface with beta-site customers.

Benefits

• Opportunity for career growth within a global organization.

What This Job Offers

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