Senior Hardware Reliability Engineer, Reliability Engineering
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 30, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 29, 2026. Amazon scores B on the Alion truth index.
Amazon Devices is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile electronic devices. Amazon devices started with originally creating the best-selling Kindle family of products. Since then, we have produced devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV, and Amazon Echo. Amazon reliability team aims to develop reliable and robust products that delight our customers. In this role, as a Sr. Hardware Reliability Engineer, you will be responsible for the reliability engineering of our new and emerging robotic devices.
The Role:
As a Senior Hardware Reliability Engineer, you will engage with an experienced cross-disciplinary staff and outside partners to drive key aspects of product definition, execution and test. You must be responsive, flexible and able to succeed within an open collaborative peer environment. You will be responsible for the test and validation of robotic devices. You should have a good understanding of Reliability statistics/Reliability tests and/or solid understanding of electrical and robotic products to influence design for reliability to:
- Identify and validate product risks, including but not limited to electrical system, mechanical system, and work with design teams to mitigate them
- Define test methodology and test coverage to assure product reliability
- Provide hands-on experimental design and execution
- Perform reliability prediction of failure mechanisms on products under development and products in the field
Basic qualifications
- Experience in component selection and understanding of component reliability
- Experience in Robotics, including reliability of motors, sensors, and high power electronics.
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Engineering, Material Science, Physics, or a related field and 7+ years of experience in the job offered or in a related occupation.
- Experience with hardware reliability testing such as vibration & shock testing, fatigue testing, electrical stress testing, ESD testing, and thermal stress testing.
- Experience in data analytics, statistical analysis. Able to perform DFMEA, reliability analysis such as lifetime analysis, acceleration factor studies, reliability modeling and reliability allocation.
Preferred qualifications
- Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Engineering, Material Science, Physics, or a related field and 5+ years of experience in the job offered or in a related occupation.
- Experience with failure analysis techniques: Electrical debug, Cross sectioning, dye and pry and microscope
- Knowledge of the following fields: Consumer, Industrial, and Automotive Electronics, and Building Standards.
- This position will require some domestic and international travel
- Experienced communication skills in writing and presenting.
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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, WA, Bellevue - 137,300.00 - 185,700.00 USD annually