Reliability Engineer

About the role

The Reliability Engineer will lead the development and implementation of reliability‑focused maintenance strategies for manufacturing equipment and systems. This role supports continuous improvement, risk reduction, and asset life‑cycle optimization across the site.

Key responsibilities

• Develop equipment, system and location hierarchies.
• Perform criticality analysis and calculate risk priority numbers for site assets.
• Conduct Reliability‑Centered Maintenance (RCM) and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) on critical assets.
• Create and maintain equipment maintenance plans.
• Coordinate implementation of reliability‑based maintenance strategies.
• Define reliability queries and reports to drive continuous improvement.
• Execute root‑cause analyses (RCA) on yield, utilization and capacity losses.
• Identify and resolve chronic equipment failures.
• Calculate and optimize asset life‑cycle costs.
• Support Business Interruption/Loss Prevention and EHS programs.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Reliability Engineering or a related field.
• Minimum 3 years of manufacturing experience.
• Strong background in maintenance reliability tools and lean manufacturing techniques.
• Ability to work with cross‑functional teams and lead cultural change.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States; no visa sponsorship.
• U.S. person status required for ITAR compliance.

Required skills

• Criticality analysis and Risk Priority Number (RPN) calculation.
• Reliability‑Centered Maintenance (RCM) and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA).
• Root‑Cause Analysis (RCA).
• Asset life‑cycle cost optimization.
• Maintenance reliability tools.
• Lean manufacturing techniques (TPM, Kaizen, 5S, Daily Management).