Reliability Engineering Lead

Define product reliability requirements, balancing target reliability and failure-rate metrics against cost, schedule, and manufacturability constraints

Set reliability strategy and goals at the corporate level, aligning engineering, product, and manufacturing teams around shared reliability targets and roadmaps

Apply Physics of Failure and Design for Reliability principles throughout the product development lifecycle, identifying dominant failure mechanisms early and driving design decisions that mitigate them before hardware exists

Derive mission profiles from real-world use conditions and translate them into accelerated life test (ALT) calculations—acceleration factors, sample size, and test duration

Build and maintain reliability models (Weibull/lifetime distributions, FMEA, fault tree analysis) to predict failure modes and quantify confidence levels for design decisions

Own field reliability strategy, closing the loop between field return/failure data and our design, test, and mission-profile assumptions

Partner with Product and Commercial teams to define warranty terms, translating our full lifetime warranty commitment into concrete design targets

Own the lifecycle cost as a design attribute—driving decisions on service, repair, and system architecture that keep products highly available and cost-effective to operate over decades, beating the competition on lifetime cost of ownership

Partner directly with Electrical, Mechanical, and Firmware/Software engineering teams, as well as the Quality organization, to ensure reliability is designed in at the component and system level

Mentor and potentially lead a team of reliability engineers, setting technical direction and reviewing mission-profile derivations, ALT plans, and findings

This is a strategy-setting role, not just an execution role—you define reliability requirements and set corporate-level goals rather than apply an existing process.

You'll have the challenge to build and scale a reliability engineering function as Heron grows, rather than executing within one that's already established.

You own the full arc from physics to business outcome—mission profiles → ALT plans → field data → warranty terms—closing the loop between design assumptions and real-world performance.

You’ll have the license to build and scale a reliability engineering function as Heron grows, rather than executing within one that’s already established.

We have a short list of must-have requirements. We prioritize a strong grip on first principles, hands-on skills, and a sense of initiative. Domain-specific knowledge and experience will help determine the career level for each hire.

Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Reliability, or related Engineering discipline

Demonstrated depth in Physics of Failure (PoF) and Design for Reliability (DFR) methodologies, grounded in underlying failure mechanisms (e.g., fatigue, thermal, electromigration, corrosion)

Hands-on experience deriving mission profiles from field/use-condition data and translating them into accelerated life test calculations (acceleration factors, sample size, duration)

Experience defining reliability requirements that explicitly account for cost, schedule, and business risk tradeoffs

Strong grounding in reliability statistics—Weibull analysis, censored data handling, confidence intervals, FMEA/FTA

Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with Electrical, Mechanical, and Firmware/Software teams and Quality organizations

Experience designing for maintainability, serviceability, and system availability—translating those attributes into concrete design decisions

Demonstrated experience partnering with Product and Commercial teams to connect warranty/business commitments with engineering design targets

Experience owning field reliability strategy end-to-end

Prior experience setting reliability strategy or goals at an organizational (not just program) level

Published research or industry papers in reliability or physics of failure (e.g., IEEE RAMS or equivalent venues)

Experience building or scaling a reliability engineering function or team

Experience in power electronics or related high-reliability hardware domains

If you are passionate about technology and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, we would love to hear from you. Join us in accelerating the electrification of everything at Heron Power.

Heron Power provides competitive compensation (salary and equity) and benefits.