Sr. Electrical New Product Introduction (NPI) Engineer

Were building safety-enhancing technology for aviation that will save lives. Automated aviation systems will enable a future where air transportation is safer more convenient and fundamentally transformative to the way goods and eventually people move around the planet. We are a team of mission-driven engineers with experience across aerospace robotics and self-driving cars working to make this future a reality.

As a Sr. Electrical New Product Introduction (NPI) Engineer at Reliable Robotics youll play a critical role in developing and continuously improving all aspects of our supply chain manufacturing and installation processes to meet design regulatory and business requirements (including safety quality cost and on-time delivery). This is a growing team of highly motivated people passionate about delivering quality products and services on time with unquestionable value. You will be responsible for designing the build and integration process for electrical and avionics products (including harnessing and hardware-in-the-loop test equipment) conducting design for excellence (DFX) reviews and developing the processes and infrastructure to help the business scale. You will serve as the electrical/avionics technical authority and advisor for all NPI activities. You will define and evolve best-in-class NPI processes mentor engineers and cross-functional teams and ensure that new products are designed for manufacturability reliability quality and cost-effectiveness. The projects you work on will set the foundation for how the business operates for years to come. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a safety-critical environment that takes automated aviation systems from prototype to production in a hands-on environment.

Responsibilities

• Produce integrate test diagnose inspect and maintain Reliable-designed electrical or avionics assemblies specializing in printed circuit boards (PCB) printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs) hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) test equipment electro-mechanical assemblies and other commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) products.

• Source qualify and troubleshoot all electrical or avionics products conduct design for excellence (DFX) reviews and develop the processes and infrastructure to help the business scale

• Collaborate with design engineering quality and certification teams to embed producibility/manufacturability compliance and risk mitigation in all phases of product development (e.g. prototype research and development certification and production).

• Lead the creation refinement and enforcement of world-class NPI frameworks and technical review methodologies.

• Represent the production organization in all design reviews release designs and partner with engineering to evaluate designs for cost producibility inspectability consistency adequacy accuracy and conformance to requirements.

• Assures product and process quality by conducting design for test (DFT) reviews testing finished-product and process capabilities establishing standards and developing manufacturing processes.

• Establish and maintain rigorous technical readiness criteria risk assessments (e.g. DFMEA PFMEA) and validation strategies for new products.

• Develop quality control plans and inspection infrastructure.

• Develop and manage supplier relationships to ensure they meet or exceed requirements for manufacturing testing inspection quality performance and reliability.

• Lead root-cause analysis and implement timely corrective actions to maintain schedule quality and reliability

Basic Success Criteria

• Bachelors degree in electrical mechanical aerospace or systems engineering

• 5 years of experience in new production introduction (NPI) of printed circuit boards (PCBs) and printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs) including design supply chain management manufacturing inspection and/or testing experience

• 5 years of experience conducting design for excellence (DFx) reviews to evaluate electrical or avionics (e.g. PCB PCBA electro-mechanical assemblies) designs for cost producibility inspectability consistency adequacy accuracy and conformance to requirements

• 5 years of experience with manufacturing processing and materials knowledge within a safety-critical environment

• 2 years of experience with computer-aided design (CAD) and product lifecycle management (PLM) software such as Altium NX and Teamcenter

Preferred Criteria

• Experience with industry or regulatory requirements such as AS9100 CFR 14 CFR 21.137 and/or 14 CFR Part 145

• Prior experience in troubleshooting repairing setting up and operating complex hardware in a safety-critical environment

Our team is passionate about delivering on our commitments solving hard problems continuously improving and helping the business succeed. We are constantly reevaluating our technologies products and capabilities. If you are a lifelong learner you will love this environment. Get in on the ground floor and help us build the company.

The position will be located at our facility in Mountain View California.

Must be willing to travel 20% of the time.

This position requires access to information that is subject to U.S. export controls. An offer of employment will be contingent upon the applicants capacity to perform in compliance with U.S. export control laws.

All applicants are asked to provide documentation that legally establishes status as a U.S. person or non-U.S. person (and nationalities in the case of a non-U.S. person). Where the applicant is not a U.S. person meaning not a (i) U.S. citizen or national (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158 or not otherwise permitted to access the export-controlled technology without U.S. government authorization the Company reserves the right not to apply for an export license for such applicants whose access to export-controlled technology or software source code requires authorization and may decline to proceed with the application process and any offer of employment on that basis.

At Reliable Robotics our goal is to be a diverse and inclusive workforce. As an Equal Opportunity Employer we do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color creed ancestry sex gender (including pregnancy childbirth breastfeeding or related medical conditions) gender identity gender expression sexual orientation age non-disqualifying physical or mental disability or medical conditions national origin military or veteran status genetic information marital status or any other basis covered by applicable law. All employment and promotion is decided on the basis of qualifications merit and business need.

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