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Job Title: Reliability EngineerJob Description

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Lead Reliability Engineer. You will lead failure investigations of robotic and automation systems at various levels, collaborate with multiple stakeholders, and drive improvements in product design and reliability. Your expertise will be crucial in ensuring the reliability, maintainability, and supportability of our cutting-edge robotic products.

Responsibilities

• Lead failure investigations of robotic and automation systems at the system, product, and component level.

• Conduct investigations across multiple stakeholders including customers, field support, design teams, suppliers, and commodity management.

• Partner with engineering development teams to integrate lessons learned into new product designs.

• Influence design releases and define requirements for new robots across all phases of the product development lifecycle.

• Provide Design for Reliability, Maintainability, and Supportability guidance to new robotic products and solutions teams.

• Communicate concisely, both verbally and in writing, to leadership. Present monthly and quarterly failure and reliability reviews of the product portfolio to leadership.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on critical projects, proposing and managing reliability engineering initiatives independently.

• Identify and overcome obstacles independently, finding alternative paths and delivering solutions and results.

• Define reliability engineering baselines of complex robotic and automation products and systems and develop monitoring mechanisms to proactively identify quality and reliability risks.

• Provide network-wide health assessments and reliability predictions with correlations to product support-cost including maintenance and supply chain.

• Develop diagnostic capabilities for complex electromechanical systems including automation-based diagnostics tools and knowledge base to support the network in identifying proper failure modes and causes of robotic and automation systems and products.

• Develop Reliability Test Plans for existing and in-design robotic and automation solutions.

• Develop structures and mechanisms to obtain field failure data across a portfolio of robotic solutions where data gathering is complex and unstructured.

• Develop Failure Modes and Effects Analysis.

• Develop mechanisms for prioritizing failure and reliability investigations.

• Develop Reliability Centered Maintenance procedures for robotic and automation systems and products. Identify areas for predictive maintenance.

• Identify systemic inefficiency, develop mechanisms, processes, tools, operating procedures to solve systemic inefficiency, and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the team and workflow.

• Drive to root cause identification, corrective actions, and preventative actions.

Essential Skills

• Reliability engineering

• Quality engineering

• Quality assurance

• Root cause analysis

• Failure analysis

• Manufacturing engineering

• Process improvement

• Preventive maintenance

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or Computer Engineering.

• Over 5 years of experience in Hardware Quality Engineering.

• Proficient in 8D, SPC, MSA, Six Sigma, and FMEA.

• Skilled in Design for Manufacturability, Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerances, and measurement tooling and fixturing.

• Experienced with Minitab, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access.

• Certifications: CQE, CRE, or CSSBB certification.

• Familiar with ISO9000, IATF16949, or ISO13485 standards and quality systems auditing.

• Proficient in PTC Windchill Quality solutions, various platform tools, SQL, Agile PLM, MS Project, Visio, and Tableau.

Work Environment

Candidate will be working from our North Reading Facility.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $74.00 - $74.71

• Medical, dental & vision• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)• Short and long-term disability• Health Spending Account (HSA)• Transportation benefits• Employee Assistance Program• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in North Reading,MA.

Application Deadline

This position will be accepting applications until Dec 16, 2024.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I are embedded into our culture through:

• Hiring diverse talent

• Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection

• Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes

• Ensuring growth opportunities for our people

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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