Lead Reliability Engineer II

At Cepheid, we are passionate about improving health care through fast, accurate diagnostic testing. Our mission drives us, every moment of every day, as we develop scalable, groundbreaking solutions to solve the world’s most complex health challenges. Our associates are involved in every stage of molecular diagnostics, from ideation to development and delivery of testing advancements that improve patient outcomes across a range of settings. As a member of our team, you can make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale, within an environment that fosters career growth and development.

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The Lead Reliability Engineer II is responsible working with product development and sustaining teams to ensure Cepheid is developing highly reliable products through the application of Danaher reliability tools (e.g. Failure Mode, Effects & Criticality Analysis, structured problem solving, reliability modeling, reliability predictions, etc.).  This technical role will be responsible to support assessment and improvement in final product reliability. The ideal candidate will be working closely with the mechanical and electrical design, software, firmware, and manufacturing engineers to characterize and demonstrate design improvements through testing and simulations.  Primary function of this position is to make/review/improve/execute current plans for systems/subsystems reliability testing. This includes design, procurement and automate the systems/subsystems throughout the reliability tests. Other important task is to support current efforts by the design team for bench testing critical components and subsystems.

This position is part of the Reliability team and will be located Bengaluru, IDC, India. At Cepheid, our vision is to be the leading provider of seamlessly connected diagnostic solutions.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Define and implement functional and reliability requirements of systems/subsystems to plan reliability/life tests that help evaluate the short/ long term compliance with the specifications. Provide reliability predictions, along with test plans and methods to assess and drive product reliability to the desired levels. Develop & present methods of correlating reliability test results with actual field performance
• Interact and work closely with ME, EE, SW, FW, IT, PM engineering groups and suppliers ensuring the desired reliability is achieved using Design for Reliability (DfR) approaches including FMEA and DoE approaches
• Works with R&D, Manufacturing, Customer Care, and Quality groups to help resolve customer complaints/manufacturing issues during early commercial stages by performing reliability prediction of failure mechanisms on products under development and products in the field
• Assist with the product and engineering design reviews, assessing the reliability budget of products/designs and inspire changes which improve product reliability
• Able to articulate needed design changes to improve product reliability and influence and align with cross functional stakeholders on those recommendations

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor’s degree (Electrical, Mechanical, Biomedical preferred) with 5+ years of experience OR Master’s degree (Electrical, Mechanical, Biomedical preferred) with 3+ years with related work experience in reliability/life testing of medical capital/consumer equipment and instruments or other related engineering fields.
• Designs, validates, executes, and documents test methods and protocols that are directly relevant to reliability testing (HALT, HASS, Accelerated Life-testing) and help mitigate risks in product designs
• Hands on with statistical tools such as JMP, Minitab, DOE++, Weibull++, ALTA, BlockSim and experience in programming (Python, Matlab) and data acquisition tools and techniques, for measuring electrical and physical phenomenon such as temperature, voltage, current, torque, force, pressure, or sounds
• Experience working with cross-functional design teams and manufacturing through product development cycle
• Knowledge of reliability statistical methods

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Must have experience in integration, analytical, and troubleshooting skills to understand system interfaces and be able to quickly analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve system interoperability problems
• Experience with FEA software (Eg. Ansys Sherlock) for product life prediction in creation of reliability tests.
• Medical device industry experience or equivalent experience in a regulated industry

Cepheid, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job.

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This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay. We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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