Job Code - EC1144
Principal Engineer – PA or remote
The Principal Engineer – Connector Reliability is the senior technical authority for connector reliability within the Power BU. This is a high-impact individual contributor role — not a product development position — that provides independent, expert-level reliability support to design, quality, and application engineering teams across the full product development lifecycle.
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Risk-Based Reliability Test Definition & Planning
• Consume DFMEA outputs and risk evaluation results to identify the highest-priority failure modes requiring reliability test coverage.
• Define targeted test plans specifying methods, stress levels, sample sizes, acceptance criteria, and pass/fail thresholds — grounded in physics-of-failure principles.
• Map identified failure modes (contact wear, corrosion, thermal cycling, mechanical fatigue, environmental degradation) to appropriate methods drawn from IEC 60512, USCAR-2, AEC-Q200, MIL-STD, and internal standards.
• Develop and maintain standardized reliability test frameworks, sequence-of-test matrices, and test plan templates across Power BU programs and global sites.
• Review test results against acceptance criteria; interpret failures in the context of the original risk profile and advise on required design or process responses.
• Align reliability testing, qualification testing, and certification testing to minimize duplication, reduce cost, and accelerate time to approval.
• Analyze field return data to validate predicted failure models and continuously improve prediction accuracy; provide reliability data for customer proposals and qualification packages.
• .EDUCATION
• Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Materials Science, advanced degree preferred.
8+ years of engineering experience in the connector, electronic components, or related electro-mechanical industry.
• 5+ years of dedicated reliability engineering experience with demonstrated focus on risk-based test planning and lifetime prediction.
• Working knowledge of connector design, manufacturing processes (stamping, molding, plating, assembly), and their reliability implications.
• Experience with statistical tools and reliability software:
• Knowledge of Six Sigma and DFSS methodologies is a plus.
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