Senior Reliability Engineer / Reliability Engineering Specialist

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If you are an ENGINEERING professional looking for an opportunity to learn and apply the Physics of Failure approach to solving complex engineering problems, COPELAND has an exciting opportunity for you! Provide product reliability assessment services at our Sidney, OH site. Develop product life analyses and test plans. The opportunity involves contributing to organizational cultural change via collaboration in multi-functional teams with Product Engineering, Quality, Application Engineering, Project Management, and the Product Evaluation Labs. You will also drive internal department objectives of advancing the implementation of reliability modeling methods and assessment tools.  To be successful, you will work in an environment where it is expected to seek out opportunities to apply physics of failure approach, along with new-to-organization methods and modeling throughout the product development process to meet product reliability objectives and optimize lab resource utilization and project schedules.

As a Senior Reliability Engineer / Reliability Engineering Specialist, You Will:

• Develop, take charge of, and complete test plans that align with FMEA & application risk, Physics of failure field, product requirements, and business objectives
• Analyze reliability life data from field and internal test sources to support customer system design decisions
• Accelerate Global department objectives of developing and deploying new tools and techniques including quantification of reliability, life projection modeling, stress acceleration modeling, new test protocols to more accurately represent the field, and rapid risk assessments.
• Lead root cause analysis and ultimate determination of failures (must be able to understand compressor component functions and failure physics)
• Actively contribute within multi-functional teams to identify field reliability, robustness and safety concerns
• Contribute to and participate in new product development gate review processes, risk assessments and product launch decisions
• Actively engage with global reliability and project teams to support efforts to improve processes.  Support global projects as needed.

Required Education, Experience and Skills:

• Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering or equivalent technical degree.
• 7+ years of experience in engineering product development environment
  • Co-op experience would be considered
• Solid understanding of the Refrigeration cycle and other thermodynamics principles
• Solid understanding of quality techniques (FMEA, 8D, DMAIC)
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills
• Legal Authorization to work in the United States - Sponsorship will not be provided for this role

Preferred Education, Experience and Skills:

• 10+ years of experience in engineering product development environment
• Master of science degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent technical degree
• Basic/intermediate level understanding of Reliability life analysis and application of statistical life distributions throughout the product life bathtub curve
• Basic/intermediate level understanding of stress acceleration models and their applications
• Modern HVACR system and application knowledge
• Electronics reliability qualification knowledge

Collaboration First Hybrid Work Arrangements:

This role is hybrid eligible with the requirement to be in office at least three days per week. We encourage colleagues to prioritize collaboration, understanding the need for in-person teamwork and flexibility with hybrid days. You will have an opportunity to work with your