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You'll set the technical direction for reliability testing across the entire suite of SPAN products-spanning electrical, mechanical, environmental, and systems-level considerations-while managing the day-to-day work of the entire team. You'll be the closed-loop-feedback function between test results and product requirements and design decisions, translating product data into clear, actionable input for design engineering teams across all disciplines.\nThis is a role for someone who can operate at both altitudes: hands-on enough to dig into a failure mode with an oscilloscope or X-ray machine, and strategic enough to standardize reliability test suites, prioritize conflicting test programs, and mentor junior engineers on sound reliability judgment and organizational escalation.\nIn this role, you will:\nMentor and develop a small, agile reliability team-setting weekly, monthly, and annual priorities, creating and reviewing proposed test plans and results, and helping the team improve their independent capabilities with both technical depth and judgment.\n\nOwn Span's DFR (Design for Reliability) program: Setting reliability targets, establishing mission profiles / usage models, creating and maintaining DFMEAs, writing reliability test plans, and creating test plans across the full suite of SPAN products.\n\nDefine reliability test strategy with program management across all domains (electrical, mechanical, thermal, environmental, and systems-level) while balancing product risk, DFMEA-based mitigations, team bandwidth, and program schedules.\n\nAnalyze reliability test results with statistical tools and translate those findings into tangible impacts that executives can understand while making clear recommendations on what levers are available to change the results.\n\nServe as the primary link between the reliability organization, program management, and product design in order to ensure reliability test results are integrated into programmatic continuous improvement plans\n\nGuide root cause analysis on test failures and partnering closely with the certification and design teams to drive corrective and preventative actions (CAPAs) into product with formal engineering change orders and/or recertification (when necessary).\n\nCollaborate with electrical, mechanical, and systems teams to grow in-house testing capabilities and determine when to engage outside labs.\n\nManage relationships with all third-party testing facilities used for reliability test evaluations that cannot be performed in house.\n\nRedefine how the reliability team functions as the company scales to faster product launches that iterate on existing design and test history, including the definition of new processes, tooling, and technical standards that the Reliability group can use to expedite evaluations of new product launches.\n\nStay hands-on where it matters-operating tests, using Linux command line and Python for logging test data, performing statistical and reliability analysis on all data collected, summarizing and publicizing the results to appropriate teams, and getting into the lab when a problem needs a second set of hands.\n\nAbout You\nRequired Qualifications\nBS or MS in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Statistics or a related engineering field.\n\n8+ years of experience in reliability engineering, with demonstrated ownership of reliability programs that evaluate products with multiple product discipline inputs (electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, sourcing and/or environmental).\n\nDeep experience with XFMEA, reliability test planning and execution, and translating lab data into product requirements.\n\nStrong background in statistical analysis of DOE tests and reliability test data using common reliability predictive models.\n\nProficiency with Python or similar scripting languages for test automation, data logging, and analysis.\n\nHands-on experience designing and building test rigs, using metrological instrumentation, and running reliability tests in both large and small environmental control chambers.\n\nAbility to speak fluently across engineering domains: electromagnetism, electronics, mechanical/material physics, and how they intersect with hardware reliability and safety.\n\nStrong written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting technical findings to both engineers and leadership.\n\nAble and willing to perform all the physical activities required as part of the job, including but not limited to: opening and closing large environmental test chambers, independently installing and removing large electronic equipment weighing as much as 50lbs, installing and removing large electronic equipment weight as much as 100lbs with an installation partner.\n\nBonus Qualifications\nExperience mentoring or organizing the work of several engineers and technicians on a project or program basis.\n\nExperience working safely with high voltage equipment (up to 600-1000V) and AC/DC power systems.\n\nKnowledge of national and international safety and regulatory standards (UL, NEC, IEC, ISO).\n\nExperience creating or scaling an in-house reliability lab to expand capabilities and capacity.\n\nExperience in connected home, energy, or IoT hardware products.\n\nExperience in corrosion mechanics and how they relate to material plating.\n\nExperience in IC degradation mechanics and how they relate to thermal and environmental factors.\n\nExperience in defining product mission profiles, writing test procedures and scripts to automate mission profile testing, and interpreting test results of mission profiles in reliability metrics that can be communicated with leadership.\n\nLife at SPAN\nHeadquartered in San Francisco’s vibrant SoMa neighborhood, we are an eclectic group of creative thinkers who value open communication, teamwork, and a ‘make it happen’ approach to addressing complex challenges.\nSPAN embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.\nWe’re hiring talented individuals who are driven by success and are passionate about shaping the future of renewable energy. If that sounds like you, we’d love for you to consider joining the rapidly growing team at SPAN.\nThe Perks:\nCompetitive compensation + equity grants at a well-funded, venture-backed company\nComprehensive benefits: 100% employee premiums for base plans on medical, dental, vision with options for additional coverage. Parental leave up to twenty four (24) weeks depending on eligibility\nComfortable, sunny office space located near BART and Caltrain public transit\nStrong focus on team building and company culture: Employee Resource Groups, monthly social events, SPANcakes recognition breakfast, lunch, and learns\nFlexible hours, one holiday per month, and flexible time off\nInterested in joining our team? 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