Senior Hardware Reliability Engineer (Infrastructure Reliability & Quality)

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior Hardware Reliability Engineer (Infrastructure Reliability & Quality)

Description

Own reliability risk identification, assessment, and mitigation for datacenter infrastructure equipment across design, manufacture, deployment, and sustaining stages. Lead root cause analysis of critical equipment failures and drive continuous improvements to increase datacenter availability. Apply physics-of-failure methods and lifecycle stress analysis (thermal, electrical, chemical, and mechanical) with statistical techniques to quantify reliability risks and improve product quality.

Responsibilities

• Drive DFR (Design for Reliability) for new product designs

• Lead reliability/quality qualification of third-party critical infrastructure equipment for AWS data centers

• Oversee factory and site testing of third-party equipment across LLE categories (e.g., liquid cooling, generator, chiller, air handler)

• Guide and validate root cause analysis of field failures (internal teams, OEMs, and external laboratories) and ensure high testing/remediation standards

• Recommend maintenance and equipment replacement decisions based on reliability data

• Provide feedback to sourcing/procurement on vendor performance

• Analyze internal reliability data and create metrics to improve reliability at lowest cost

• Support DFMEAs as needed

• Develop end-of-life strategies for critical infrastructure equipment

Requirements

• Experience in industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities including data centers, power generation, or oil & gas facilities

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Reliability Engineering, Physics, Mechanical or Materials Engineering or related field

• 6+ years of Reliability Engineering work experience in high reliability industry

• 3+ years experience with accelerated life testing, stress analysis and finite element analysis

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription), Basic Life & AD&D, option for Supplemental life, EAP, mental health support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement

• 401(k) matching

• Paid time off

• Parental leave