Kollsman

Principal Reliability Engineer-Medical Device Development

Kollsman$100K — $130K *
Hospitals & Medical Centers
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
  • 8+ years of engineering experience, including at least 3 years in reliability engineering
  • Proficient with reliability analysis tools (Weibull, Minitab, JMP, ReliaSoft, etc.)
  • Knowledge of HALT/HASS methodologies
  • Strong leadership capabilities in managing overall reliability efforts and educating customers
  • Exceptional root cause analysis skills
  • Capacity to produce high-quality documents for customer submission

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement reliability plans for medical instrumentation
  • Define reliability criteria based on customer needs and industry standards
  • Conduct reliability predictions, including MTBF and FIT analysis
  • Lead accelerated life and environmental testing for both modules and systems
  • Oversee root cause analysis for product failures while collaborating with suppliers
  • Directly support R&D to enhance product reliability through design improvements
  • Analyze reliability data using statistical tools and manage reliability databases

Benefits

  • 9/80 work schedule, allowing every other Friday off
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and disability coverage with wellness discounts
  • Flexible vacation and paid time off (PTO) policies
  • Paid parental leave for new parents
  • Robust employee referral program
  • Additional voluntary benefits such as long-term care and identity theft protection
Full Job Description
OVERVIEW:

The Systems Reliability Engineer is responsible for ensuring the long-term performance, robustness, and durability of medical diagnostic instrumentation. This role focuses on reliability modeling, lifetime testing, failure analysis, and continuous improvement of modules, subassemblies and overall medical instruments. The engineer works cross-functionally with R&D engineers, manufacturing, quality, and the customer R & D and field service teams to enhance product reliability across the full lifecycle.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Reliability Strategy & Planning
  • Develop and implement reliability plans for medical instrumentation
  • Define reliability requirements and qualification criteria based on customer requirements and industry standards.
  • Perform reliability allocation and prediction (MTBF, FIT rate analysis).
  • Develop reliability growth plans and tracking metrics.
  • Conduct Reliability Analysis (Reliability Predictions, Failure Mode Effects and Criticality Analysis), Maintainability Analysis (Mean Time to Repair, Mean Time Between Maintenance), Testability Analysis (Built In Test).

Lifetime & Environmental Testing
  • Design and execute accelerated life tests (ALT, HALT, HASS) - module and systems levels
  • Conduct environmental testing (thermal cycling, humidity, vibration, shock).
  • Develop stress screening procedures for electronic, and mechanized mechanical assemblies.
  • Establish degradation monitoring protocols


Failure Analysis & Root Cause Investigation
  • Lead root cause analysis on development & production instrument / module failures.
  • Apply structured methodologies (FMEA, 8D, Fishbone, Weibull analysis).
  • Work with suppliers to address component-level reliability issues.


Design for Reliability (DfR)
  • Collaborate with R&D during product development to improve:
  • Thermal management
  • Mechanical / mechanism stability
  • Recommend material and component upgrades to extend lifetime

Data Analysis & Reliability Modeling
  • Analyze field and test data using statistical tools.
  • Perform Weibull and life data analysis.
  • Maintain reliability databases

Customer & Field Service Support
  • Support field service teams in diagnosing complex failures.
  • Analyze warranty trends and customer feedback.
  • Provide technical reports on reliability performance.


QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
  • 8 or more years of engineering experience, including a least 3 years in reliability engineering
  • Experience with reliability analysis tools (Weibull, Minitab, JMP, ReliaSoft, etc.)
  • Familiarity with HALT/HASS methodologies
  • Systems Engineering Simulation and Modeling concepts
  • Systems Engineering methods and procedures
  • Leadership skills in providing guidance to the development, managing the overall reliability effort and customer education and progress
  • Strong root cause analysis skills
  • Demonstrated skill preparing documents of high quality for customer submittal
  • Ability to work to program schedule requirements

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Here Are Some of the Great Benefits We Offer:

  • Most locations offer a 9/80 schedule, providing every other Friday off
  • Competitive compensation & 401(k) program to plan for your future
  • Robust medical, dental, vision, & disability coverage with qualified wellness discounts
  • Basic Life Insurance and Additional Life & AD&D Insurances are available
  • Flexible Vacation & PTO
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Generous Employee Referral Program
  • Voluntary Benefits Available: Longer Term Care, Legal, Identity Theft, Pet Insurance, and more
  • Voluntary Tricare Supplement available for military retirees

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