Reliability Engineer

Come be DISRUPTIVE with us! At Milwaukee Tool, our most valued resource is our dedicated team of employees - employees who work with a passion to be the best and an unparalleled pride in their work and in the Milwaukee brand. We know that the only way to sustain growth and success is to value the growth and success of each person within the organization, that's why we invest in an individual's growth and development from day one.

Our team is involved in every step of the development process, which is why Engineering plays a key role in driving continuous innovation. Our fast-paced, agile environment enables the delivery of disruptive technologies by equipping teams with the resources they need to excel and by working directly with end users to understand how to build high-performance, heavy-duty products. We create best-in-class solutions by combining advanced analysis tools, rigorous testing, state-of-the-art manufacturing, and cross-functional agility.

The Reliability/Test Engineer's primary duties are to utilize engineering skills to contribute to the development and qualification of power tool products. The role requires a Systems and Requirements Engineering approach to define test methods and product requirements that ensure durable, disruptive, and market-leading solutions.

A successful candidate will bring curiosity, accountability, and experience in requirements definition, test development, validation, and data acquisition to the New Product Development team. They will be highly motivated to prove that we are delivering the best solution to our end users. The candidate thrives in a fast-paced work environment with excellent visibility and opportunities to grow.

Duties and Responsibilities

Product Development

• Be a subject matter expert in the New Product Development team with respect to test methods, product requirements, user needs, and reliability
• Develop Critical to Quality (CTQ) requirements from collaboration with Product Management and participation in User Needs Research
• Collaborate with Engineering and Marketing to define product specifications with respect to all aspects of reliability, quality, and user needs
• Design experimental techniques to improve development and testing efforts

• Interact with global suppliers that participate in product development
• Track multiple projects simultaneously to ensure adherence to schedule and the Milwaukee Tool process

Testing and Analysis

• Develop new test procedures and create test plans to evaluate product performance against user and product requirements (primarily electromechanical products)
• Effectively document test plans, procedures, and best practices for execution in test laboratories
• Perform data analysis, post-processing, and visualization of test data

• Summarize test results with statistical techniques and present concise, logical, written conclusions
• Ensure timely failure reporting and drive root cause analysis and effective corrective/preventative actions (FRACA)

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or related engineering field with 1+ years of experience in similar product development, reliability, test, or quality roles

• Extremely critical thinker, able to evaluate and proactively identify risks early in the New Product Development cycle and drive projects to mitigate those risks
• Experience in troubleshooting, fault detection, failure analysis, and automating tests/measurements and analysis
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence at all levels with creative problem-solving capabilities

• Ability to travel 10% (includes both domestic and international)

Additional Preferred Skills and Experiences

• Experience with Audio and/or Thermal testing
• Analytical problem-solving skills and statistical application in areas such as Design of Experiments, sampling techniques, regression, reliability, FMEAs, hypothesis testing, etc.
• Hands-on experience with data acquisition systems, data analytics, and related software (e.g. Python, nCode Glyphworks, Dewesoft, LabVIEW)
• Previous knowledge of Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility (GR&R) and Process Capability
• Previous knowledge of life data analysis, reliability distributions, and statistical analysis, and related software (e.g. Minitab, Reliasoft Weibull++)