Lead Engineer: Design for reliability

"If you desire to be part of something special, to be part of a winning team, to be part of a fun team – winning is fun. At Eaton India Innovation Center, Electrical Risk Management Center of Excellence is currently seeking a 'Lead Engineer - Reliability' to join our team! This position is based at our office in Magarpatta City, Pune. In Eaton, making our work exciting, engaging, meaningful; ensuring safety, health, wellness; and being a model of inclusion & diversity are already embedded in who we are - it’s in our values, part of our vision, and our clearly defined aspirational goals. 

The core responsibilities of this position are as follows:
- Work with product SME to influence design by introducing novel ideas to mitigate reliability risks & also optimize product performance.
- Work as SME to Independently deliver Design for Reliability (DFR) in electrical product development programs.
- Create short term & long term technology maturity roadmaps of Design for Reliability on electrical components. 
- Lead PoF-based reliability assessments for electrical/electronic products as well cooling system solutions used in data centers.
- Plan and conduct reliability life testing, leveraging Eaton’s internal test labs and external agencies as appropriate.
- Develop data analytics-based solutions by utilizing testing data from electrical/electronic products in the area of reliability life modeling.
- Provide technical menotoring to new talent on haldling the critical issues and/or project deliverables.
- Reduce warranty defects through optimized burn-in strategies in close collaboration with respective plants, and drive problem-solving methods within the organization—such as FRACAS and Shainin Red X—in new product development and/or existing product engineering."

"A. Technology Responsibilities
- Coordinate with business stakeholders to align on current capabilities within the reliability domain and identify new ALT/test optimization opportunities.
- Work towards creating the short team & long term technology roadmaps to mature existing technologies or build new capabilities
- Drive initiatives to deploy risk mitigation strategies within the organization, including implementing problem-solving methods in new product development and/or existing product improvements across cross-functional teams.

B. Program Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership on the assigned business portfolio by managing stakeholder engagement.
- Plan project milestones, execute planned deliverables, conduct deliverable reviews, communicate with stakeholders, and support on-the-job development through technical mentoring.
- Create and/or revise reliability deliverables such as Reliability Program Plans, Reliability Predictions, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Highly - Accelerated Life Tests (HALT), and Reliability Demonstration Tests (RDT) for new product development programs.

C. Extended Responsibilities
- Lead RM-level initiatives and contribute through meaningful personal value addition.
- Provide guidance and technical mentoring to engineers to ensure quality & first time right on deliverables.

D. Individual Contributor Responsibilities
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams on Design for Reliability (DfR) for NPD programs primarily related to data centers, ensuring identification, management, and mitigation of reliability risks.
- Understand project requirements and solve problems independently through discussions with local and global stakeholders.
- Demonstrate innovative thinking and instill strong rigor within the team to generate intellectual property (patents, trade secrets, technical papers).
- Exhibit a continuous improvement mindset to deliver value in terms of cost, quality, and schedule."

"Required: Bachelors degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering.
Preferred: Masters in Electrical/Electronics/Power Electronics//Reliability engineering."
Required: Bachelors degree with 8+ experience or Masters degree with 6+ years experience in Electrical/Electronics product reliability

"• Proficiency in DfR process like system reliability modeling, goal setting, allocation, prediction, demonstration (life data analysis, reliability growth analysis & ALT)
• Proficiency in reliability standards such as MIL-HDBK-217F, NPRD, Telcordia
• Knowledge in FRACAS and reducing field/warranty data into relevant life and failure rate information.
• Desired: Relevant work experience in the field of Electronics and Electrical systems for data centers. 
• Preferred: DFSS GB certified from reputed organization and ASQ – CRE.
• Experience with any industry proven reliability analysis suite of tools. Sherlock, Reliasoft, Blocksim & Minitab preferred."
"Accountability – Takes complete responsibility of assigned tasks and delivers results despite of roadblocks 
Passion - Pursues everything with drive and motivates others around to contribute towards the cause 
Resourceful – Works across the boundaries to get the desired things done timely 
Problem Solving - Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions, Looks beyond the obvious solutions and comes up with creative/ innovative proposals
Learner - Takes efforts to upskill self and shares the learnings with broader team proactively 
Transparency - Should create open and trusting environment in the team"