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# Senior Reliability Engineer

- **Company:** Celestica, Inc.
- **Location:** Austin, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Analysis, Failure Mode Effects Analysis, Minitab, Software Reliability Testing, JMP (Statistical Software), Reliability of Systems
- **Published:** July 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/00000000ggw6yo

## About the Role

+ Hands-on and experienced with FMEA, design for reliability (DFR), DFT and design for manufacturability (DFM) concepts, particularly as they relate to process, property and complex manufacturing systems.

 + Familiar with Reliability Block Diagram(RBD), Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF), De-rating, reparable and life analysis.

 + Familiar with Environmental and reliability testing such as Vibration test, shock test, drop test, storage test, HALT/HASS, acoustic test, RVI test, etc.

 + Familiar with reliability data analysis software, e.g. JMP, Minitab, and /or Weibull

 + Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

 + Project management and data analysis skills.

 + Able to work independently, self-motivated and well-organized.

Physical Demands

 + Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.

 + Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data.

 + Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required.

 + Occasional travel may be required.

Typical Education

 + Bachelor's degree in electrical, electronic or mechanical engineering.

## Description

The Senior Reliability Engineer, works in cross functional teams with designers, customers and manufacturing engineering and project leaders to ensure products designed can meet reliability specifications. Define the reliability testing strategy, reliability test plan and conduct tests. Complete a stress based MTBF analysis of products, thus providing initial reliability predictions.

Detailed Description

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

 + Lead reliability analysis and work with the design teams to ensure the products designed can meet reliability specification.

 + Work with the design team and customers to understand and define reliability requirements of products.

 + Conduct design review and close loops with the design team to fix design issues.

 + Define the reliability testing strategy, reliability test plan and conduct test.

 + Complete a stress based MTBF analysis of the product, thus providing initial reliability predictions.

 + Coordinate third-party performance and regulatory testing.

 + Train relevant manufacturing partner personnel to conduct the test.

 + Perform failure analysis and generate failure reports.

 + Design guidelines recommendations based on run to failure testing and stress vs strength analysis

 + Actively collaborate with the engineering team and seek opportunities to develop new/improve existing durability test methodology to enhance product development efficiency.


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