Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Gilbarco Veeder-Root, a Vontier company, is a technology leader in integrated solutions for fueling and convenience retail operations. The Hardware Reliability Engineer III will lead reliability engineering activities for complex electromechanical hardware, including reliability planning, design-for-reliability practices, validation, failure analysis, testing, and cross-functional issue resolution throughout the product lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Lead reliability planning, reviews, and deliverables for complex or multi-program hardware efforts from concept through production and field support
- Develop and own program Reliability Program Plans, reliability goals, risk assessments, and milestone reporting for assigned products and subsystems
- Drive Design for Reliability practices, including reliability requirements flow-down, reliability growth planning, and validation strategy development
- Facilitate hardware, software, process, and design FMEA sessions and ensure actions are tracked through closure
- Perform and guide root cause analysis, teardown analysis, and failure investigations for issues discovered in development, qualification, manufacturing, or the field
- Develop and execute reliability, environmental, and accelerated life test strategies in collaboration with design and test teams
- Analyze field returns, complaint trends, warranty data, and service history to identify recurring failure modes and recommend corrective actions
- Lead cross-functional issue resolution with design engineering, manufacturing quality, supplier quality, test labs, and service organizations
- Apply statistical methods and life data analysis to evaluate reliability risk, support predictions, and confirm validation results
- Own reliability deliverables through development and production milestones, ensuring technical documentation is clear, complete, and timely
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to reliability process improvement, lessons learned, and knowledge sharing across the organization
- Support continuous improvement in reliability methods, lab practices, test methods, and product robustness across the product lifecycle
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field
- 8 or more years of relevant experience in hardware engineering, reliability engineering, validation, test engineering, quality engineering, or a related function
- Demonstrated experience with complex electromechanical products, industrial equipment, outdoor electronic systems, or similar hardware platforms
- Strong working knowledge of reliability engineering methods, including failure analysis, root cause analysis, test planning, and corrective action support
- Experience leading FMEA activities and driving reliability risk reduction actions across design and process functions
- Ability to analyze technical data, interpret drawings and schematics, and communicate findings clearly to engineering and non-engineering audiences
- Experience partnering across engineering, quality, manufacturing, supplier, and field support organizations
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, lead cross-functional discussions, and influence decisions without direct authority
- Experience with Design for Reliability tools and field trial planning for cost out and VAVE projects
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and a record of delivering concise technical documentation and recommendations
- Experience in fuel dispensing, retail fueling, payment hardware, industrial controls, or outdoor electronic equipment environments
- Hands-on experience with reliability tools and methods such as Weibull analysis, FRACAS, reliability growth, accelerated testing, and statistical analysis
- Experience with software tools such as Weibull++, Minitab, JMP, RGA, or similar reliability/statistical packages
- Knowledge of accelerated life testing, environmental stress testing, product qualification, and reliability validation planning
- Experience with hardware failure analysis techniques such as optical microscopy, X-ray, cross-sectioning, SEM, CSAM, and EDX
- Familiarity with warranty analysis, field issue management, and lifecycle reliability metrics
- Experience mentoring engineers or leading technical workstreams in a senior individual contributor capacity
- Professional certification such as ASQ Certified Reliability Engineer, Certified Quality Engineer, or similar is a plus
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Family planning programs through Maven Clinic
- Diabetes management through Livongo
- Women's health coverage
- Adult and elder care support
- Paid parental leave
- 401(k) plan with matching company contributions
- Paid time off up to 15 days each year
- 13 paid holidays, including 3 floating holidays
- Paid sick leave
- Commitment to personal growth, work-life balance, and collaboration
- Continuous learning opportunities
- Tools and support to fuel innovation, lead with impact, and thrive personally and professionally
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