Reliability Engineer

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.