Reliability Product Approval Engineer
Location: Marietta, Ohio
Pay: $65.33/hour
Duration: 12-month contract
Relocation: Relocation assistance may be available for the right candidate
KYO Group is seeking a Reliability Engineer to support Thermo Fisher Scientific's laboratory equipment and ultra-low temperature product development programs.
This role will focus on reliability engineering, verification and validation, failure analysis, risk management, and product approval activities for complex electromechanical systems.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute comprehensive product reliability plans
- Define verification, reliability, and performance testing strategies
- Develop test protocols, acceptance criteria, and engineering test procedures
- Lead Design FMEA and structured product-risk activities
- Perform root-cause and failure analysis
- Apply Physics of Failure principles to mechanical, electrical, and refrigeration systems
- Support accelerated life testing, stress testing, and reliability evaluation
- Analyze test data and field performance data
- Drive corrective actions and design improvements
- Maintain requirements traceability from customer need through test evidence
- Support product approval and regulatory readiness
- Create standardized reliability methods and test procedures
- Mentor engineers and technicians on reliability methods and tools
- Support Lean/PPI and continuous improvement initiatives
- Travel up to 10%
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field
- 5+ years of reliability engineering, verification testing, product approval, or related engineering experience
- 3+ years supporting mechanical or electromechanical product development
- Hands-on experience developing and executing engineering test methods
- Strong failure-analysis and root-cause-analysis skills
- Experience with reliability tools such as DFMEA, DOE, ALT, HALT, or statistical analysis
- Experience with measurement and test equipment
Preferred Experience
- HVAC/R, refrigeration, or thermal systems
- UL, IEC, NSF, Energy Star, DIN, or similar regulated product testing
- Minitab, Reliasoft, or similar reliability-analysis tools
- Data acquisition and automated test systems
- Accelerated life testing
Relevant military test, evaluation, systems engineering, quality assurance, or reliability experience is encouraged.
KYO Group is a veteran-owned staffing and consulting company focused on connecting highly qualified professionals with long-term career opportunities.
Reliability Engineer in Marietta at The KYO Group
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