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# Reliability Engineer

- **Company:** Vicor Corp
- **Location:** Andover, MA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $80,000.0 - $110,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Software Applications, Data Presentation, Failure Mode Effects Analysis, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Minitab, Reliability Engineering, Statistical Process Control (SPC), JMP (Statistical Software), Reliability of Systems
- **Published:** November 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/reliability-engineer-andover-ma--148a0bdc-3e79-4c28-84ee-f4529e885097

## About the Role

Reliability Engineering, Topology, Aerospace and Defense, Control Systems, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Reliability Engineering, Cross-Functional, Trend Analysis, Reliability Analysis, Product/Service Launch, * Bachelor's degree in related field, e.g. BSEE, Physics, Mechanical Engineering or Materials Science.

 * Minimum of 3-5 years related experience.
 * Familiarity with power conversion theory including AC/DC and DC/DC preferred.
 * Certified as a CRE preferred.
 * Ability to accomplish tasks through influencing others.
 * Demonstrated Experience in the following:
 * MILHDK217 and Telcordia Reliability Prediction Calculations
 * Various aspects of the physics of failure of PCBs, and/or electronic components
 * Electronic circuits, components, PCBs and manufacturing processes
 * State-of-the-art reliability assessment methods and techniques
 * FMEA, Design of Experiments
 * Detailed knowledge of statistical quality control parameters and characterization of yield changes in anticipated product lifetime and quality reliability outcomes.
 * Ability to effectively communicate with a wide variety of internal and external customers and/or suppliers.
 * Ability to use some or all of the following PC applications: MS Office, MS Project, MS Vision, MiniTab, JMP, in generating reports, capturing data, and presenting data and information in an understandable format.
 * Knowledge and understanding of business processes and how decisions impact customer satisfaction, product quality, and on-time delivery., Please note: This range is based on our current market driven pay structures. Individual salaries are determined based upon a variety of factors including but not limited to, a candidates overall qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience as well as company internal equity.

## Description

* Develops and implements qualification plans and methods to meet customer requirements for long life failure rates.
 * Schedules, coordinates and executes said qualification plans and methods in accordance with agreed time frames.
 * Monitor new product reliability growth/demonstration activities against targets, to ensure sufficient progress toward those targets is being achieved.
 * Develops and implements ongoing reliability monitoring methods to meet customer requirements for long life failure rates. Provide trend analysis on critical to reliability parameters.
 * Identify opportunities for reliability improvement in current products, and work within the product commercialization process to realize these improvements in successive generations of designs.
 * Works with Design on development projects to ensure product reliability is a key consideration in development.
 * Working in a team environment, resolve reliability problems that result in excessive in-house or customer failure rates
 * Provide guidance to internal groups and interface with customers regarding reliability questions or concerns.
 * Monitors reliability metrics and goals to drive quality improvement efforts.
 * Distributes reports that track product and/or process reliability performance to internal groups and to customers.
 * Make recommendations for test, burn-in screening and life test capital equipment acquisition.
 * Provides acceleration tests results based on physics and best fit reliability models.
 * Analyze field performance MTTF, FIT , Survival 2,5,10 yr data based on Weibull and Weibayse models.