Reliability Engineer (m/f/d)/ Product Validation

Job Number: 141541

Your responsibilities:

• Develop and execute reliability test plans to validate product designs, including accelerated life testing, environmental stress testing, and other relevant tests to ensure that products meet or exceed customer requirements for reliability and durability
• Align reliability tests with customer requirements & expectations
• Interface with our customers & internal stakeholders regarding testing requirements
• Engage with customer specification evolution and support proposed deviations
• Creation of strong relationship with Customer Reliability Engineers to share and build appropriate reliability test method and associated validity criteria
• Conduct reliability analysis, perform risk assessments to identify potential failure modes and recommend mitigation strategies
• Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, including design, manufacturing, and quality, to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve reliability issues
• Develop and maintain reliability models, including Weibull and exponential distribution, to predict product reliability and estimate product life
• Develop and implement reliability improvement initiatives, including statistical process control, root cause analysis, and corrective and preventive actions
• Analyze test results, identify trends and patterns, and generate reports to communicate findings to relevant stakeholders
• Develop and maintain reliability reports and documentation, including failure analysis reports, reliability predictions, and test results

Your experience:

• Min. Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Systems Engineering
• 3+ years of Reliability experience in reliability analysis, reliability prediction methods and accelerated life testing
• Experience with reliability testing and data analysis tools, such as Weibull++, Reliasoft, nCode and Minitab
• Advanced level of English language skills, ideally business-fluent German

What We Offer:

• Development opportunity and room for creative ideas and appreciation for your commitment
• You will work in a fast moving, international and diverse environment
• Something special – a community in which sharing knowledge is as important as personal development
• Humility, respect, customer focus – some of our guiding principles

At Koch, we have a deep and profound consideration for each individual and their uniqueness in all its aspects. We consider each person for who they are and the talents they have; we strive to remove barriers and support our employees to reach their full potential. Our work environment is one of trust, respect, and openness where each employee contributes in their own unique way. Diversity is embedded in our nature.