Senior Reliability Engineer - Power Electronics

Lunar Energy

$135K — $165K *
Energy & Utilities
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical Engineering, Physics, or equivalent.
  • Proven experience in resolving complex power electronics reliability issues.
  • Knowledge of common power converter topologies such as inverters and buck-boost converters.
  • Deep understanding of physics of failure and failure mechanisms for PCBAs and power electronics components.
  • Familiarity with failure analysis techniques like SEM and X-ray microanalysis.
  • Experience with accelerated life testing models for PCBAs and battery systems.
  • Understanding of reliability statistics.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with engineers to set reliability targets during hardware design.
  • Provide Design for Reliability inputs in new product development.
  • Lead Design Failure Modes and Effects Analyses to assess performance risks.
  • Create ALT Reliability Test Plans utilizing reliability targets and failure physics.
  • Monitor and analyze field reliability metrics to identify improvement areas.
  • Conduct failure analysis on reliability tests and field returns to drive product enhancements.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents.
  • Flexible paid time off plus 10 paid holidays.
  • Tax-deferred 401(k) plan.
  • Paid parental leave for all full-time employees.
  • Subsidized EV charging and pre-tax commuter benefits.
Full Job Description
Sr. Reliability Engineer - Power Electronics

Reliability Engineers at Lunar Energy will be responsible for ensuring product reliability throughout the entire lifecycle of our revolutionary home energy products. This includes providing input during the design phases, developing test plans, and assessing on-going field performance. We are looking for people who are passionate about a more sustainable future and want to make that vision a reality. An ideal candidate is someone who is excited to collaborate with a diverse and dedicated team

On a given day at Lunar, you'll likely...
  • Collaborate with mechanical and electrical engineers during hardware design to establish and refine component and system level reliability targets for our power electronics and battery systems.
  • Provide Design for Reliability (DfR) inputs during new product development.
  • Drive Design Failure Modes and Effects Analyses (DFMEA) for various systems to capture
    performance risks and implement appropriate mitigation activities.
  • Develop ALT Reliability Test Plans for components and subsystems using identified risks, reliability targets, and physics of failures methodology to demonstrate the required product reliability throughout its design life.
  • Track field reliability performance for various metrics like part replacements, customer complaints, fault codes. Identify opportunities for continuous product improvement and reliability growth. Collaborate with the finance team to provide insights into our warranty program.
  • Drive failure analysis of reliability test and/or field returns to determine root cause and drive product improvement through containment and corrective actions.

Desired Skills:
  • Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Physics or
    Equivalent.
  • Proven track record of solving complex power electronics reliability failures
  • Working knowledge in theory of operation of common power converter topologies (inverter, buck boost converter...etc)
  • Deep understanding of physics of failure and common failure mechanisms for PCBAs and power electronics components (MOSFETs, capacitors, inductors...etc)
  • Working knowledge of failure analysis techniques such as optical microscopy, SEM, CSAM, X-ray, cross-sectioning and EDX - know which technique to recommend given a specific failure
  • Experience with accelerated life testing models and the governing equations, specifically for
    PCBAs, battery storage, and relevant mechanical structures.
  • Understanding of reliability statistics

Benefits:

We're dedicated to creating a remarkable employee experience. At Lunar, competitive base pay is one part of our total compensation package. Lunar employees also have the opportunity to become Lunar shareholders by getting equity in a fast-growing company and participating in our employee stock program.

Additional benefits include:
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents
  • Flexible Paid Time Off plus 10 paid holidays
  • Tax deferred 401(k) plan
  • Paid parental leave for all full time employees including 12 weeks paid parental leave for the birthing mother and 6 weeks paid parental leave for the non-birthing parent
  • Subsidized EV charging and pre-tax commuter benefits

Our Compensation Philosophy: Our goal is to ensure that all Lunar Energy employees are fairly compensated. Please note that the salary range information that follows is a good faith estimate for this position provided pursuant to the Pay Transparency for Pay Equity Act for California applicants. The salary range estimate for this position depending on level of experience is: $135,000 - $165,000 USD.

The actual offer, reflecting the total compensation package & benefits, will be at the company's sole discretion, and determined by factors including but not limited to years of experience, job level, geographic location, and other relevant business considerations. The company also reserves the right to amend or modify this job description, employee perks, and benefits at any time.

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