Senior Hardware Reliability Engineer (Infrastructure Reliability & Quality)

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior Infrastructure Reliability Engineer (Hardware Reliability)

• Focus: Datacenter infrastructure equipment reliability, quality, and availability

Description

You will proactively drive reliability risk identification, assessment, and mitigation for datacenter infrastructure equipment (e.g., air handling units, LV generator, MV transformers, chillers). You will lead root cause analysis of critical equipment failures and drive continuous improvements to improve datacenter availability for AWS customers. Using physics-of-failure and data/statistical methods, you will evaluate product and manufacturing quality/reliability risks and oversee qualification and sustaining-stage failure remediation.

Responsibilities

• Drive Design for Reliability (DFR) to design-in reliability in 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 (liquid cooling, generators, chillers, air handlers, etc.)

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

• Recommend infrastructure maintenance and equipment replacement based on reliability data

• Provide feedback to sourcing/procurement on vendor performance

• Analyze internal reliability data and build metrics to maximize reliability at lowest cost

• Support DFMEAs as needed

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

Requirements

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

• 8+ years of reliability engineering experience in high-reliability industries

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

• Experience in industrial or commercial engineering in mission-critical facilities (e.g., data centers, power generation, oil & gas facilities)

• Ability to travel within the US and internationally

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription), life and AD&D coverage, EAP/mental health support, medical advice line, flexible spending accounts, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement

• 401(k) matching

• Paid time off and parental leave

Base Salary Range (USA)

• VA (Herndon): 136,600.00–184,800.00 USD annually

• WA (Seattle): 136,600.00–184,800.00 USD annually