Senior Hardware Reliability Engineer Field Reliability
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Job Location:
South San Francisco, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 150000 - 215000
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Senior Hardware Reliability Engineer - Field Reliability
Location: South San Francisco
Team: Engineering Hardware Reliability
About Zipline
Do you want to change the world Zipline is on a mission to transform the way goods move. Our aim is to solve the worlds most urgent and complex access challenges by building manufacturing and operating the first instant delivery and logistics system that serves all humans equally wherever they are. From powering Rwandas national blood delivery network and Ghanas COVID-19 vaccine distribution to providing on-demand home delivery for Walmart to enabling healthcare providers to bring care directly to U.S. homes we are transforming the way things move for businesses governments and consumers.
The technology is complex but the idea is simple: a teleportation service that delivers what you need when you need it. Using robotics and autonomy we are decarbonizing delivery decreasing road congestion and reducing fossil fuel consumption and air pollution while providing equitable access to billions of people and building a more resilient global supply chain.
Join Zipline and help us to make good on our promise to build an equitable and more resilient global supply chain for billions of people.
About the Role
As a Field Reliability Engineer at Zipline you will be responsible for measuring analyzing and communicating the real-world reliability and economic performance of our deployed drone-delivery systems. You combine experience in data analysis with a working knowledge of Bayesian and classical reliability statistics applying them pragmatically to the physics of complex practical problem-solving you will ensure Ziplines aircraft continue to operate safely and reliably in the most demanding environments on Earth.
Your work will span the full operation lifecycle from initial product release and early life learning through identifying and driving targeted reliability improvements and ultimately end-of-life decisions. You will transform field data into actionable insights by identifying failure trends and quantifying risk. Your reporting will inform data-driven decisions in design manufacturing and operation decisions that improve fleet availability reduce operating cost and directly influence customer satisfaction.
What Youll Do
- Identify develop and maintain metrics for how long products or systems function in the field and verification tests using measures of time cycles or distance (life data) to predict failure.
- Select develop and maintain fleet stress and usage metrics using internal data infrastructure to monitor functional performance predict failure and recommend intervention.
- Develop and maintain fleet-reliability models that feed into cost and spares planning efforts.
- Create accessibility and visibility of these measures across the business in database tables dashboards and reports.
What Youll Bring
Must have
- BS/MS in Mechanical Electrical Materials Science or related field with 5 years of experience in reliability maintenance or service engineering.
- Proficiency in reliability statistics and modeling: (Weibull/survival analysis DOE FMEA FTA and reliability growth analysis).
- Skilled in data analysis and scripting tools to analyze large vast datasets and forecast outcomes (Python Reliasoft Minitab JMP or MATLAB).
Nice to have
- Strong communication and leadership skills with a track record of influencing design manufacturing and operational decisions across mechanical electrical and software disciplines.
- A proactive systems-level mindset that drives issues to resolution and builds organizational reliability culture.
What Else You Need to Know
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Kubernetes
- FMEA
- Continuous Improvement
- Elasticsearch
- Go
- Root cause Analysis
- Maximo
- CMMS
- Maintenance
- Mechanical Engineering
- Manufacturing
- Troubleshooting
About Company
Zipline is the world's largest autonomous delivery system, specializing in on-demand drone delivery and instant logistics.
