{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"4ddf1889287cff7ca5d53743","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/4ddf1889287cff7ca5d53743","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/4ddf1889287cff7ca5d53743","title":"Reliability Engineer III - Project Based","description":"This is a project-based employee role supporting the development, verification, validation, and reliability improvement of ASI's autonomous vehicle platforms. Development phases of this nature typically continue through project completion, often spanning two to four years, although scope and duration are determined by business and customer needs.\nJOB SUMMARY\nThe Reliability Engineer IV leads complex reliability engineering activities within ASI's Validation & Verification Team to improve the durability, availability, maintainability, and operational performance of autonomous vehicle systems. This role develops reliability requirements, identifies technical risks, defines validation strategies, analyzes failures, and ensures corrective actions are supported by objective test evidence.\nAs a Level IV engineer within ASI's five-level engineering structure, this position independently leads complex reliability workstreams and influences system design, test planning, and release-readiness decisions across multiple engineering disciplines. The role serves as a technical resource for reliability analysis, failure investigation, and validation methods while providing guidance to less-experienced engineers. Company-wide reliability strategy and final technical authority remain aligned with engineering leadership and Level V technical experts.\nESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES\nLead reliability planning, analysis, verification, and validation activities for autonomous vehicle systems, subsystems, and components\nDevelop measurable reliability, availability, maintainability, and durability requirements based on system needs and operating environments\nTranslate reliability requirements into validation plans, test procedures, acceptance criteria, and objective evidence\nLead Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, and system-level FMEA activities\nPerform or support Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis, Fault Tree Analysis, reliability block diagrams, and structured risk assessments\nIdentify reliability risks involving mechanical, electrical, software, sensor, computing, communication, and vehicle-control systems\nDevelop reliability-focused verification and validation strategies for complex hardware and software integrated systems\nDefine environmental, durability, accelerated-life, qualification, and system-level test requirements\nPlan testing involving vibration and shock, temperature and thermal cycling, humidity, water ingress, splash, pressure washing, salt exposure, dust, contamination, and mechanical loading\nEstablish representative duty cycles, mission profiles, environmental conditions, and operational use cases for reliability testing\nPartner with systems engineering to maintain traceability between reliability requirements, system risks, test activities, and validation evidence\nCollaborate with test engineers to ensure test methods accurately measure reliability objectives and expose meaningful failure modes\nLead complex failure investigations using root cause analysis, fault isolation, physical inspection, test data, system logs, and structured problem-solving methods\nCoordinate corrective and preventive actions with mechanical, electrical, software, systems, manufacturing, supplier, and test teams\nVerify corrective actions through targeted testing, regression testing, and reliability-growth activities\nAnalyze laboratory, vehicle, field, maintenance, and operational data to identify failure trends and emerging risks\nDevelop reliability metrics, dashboards, technical reports, and program-health summaries\nPerform life-data analysis, degradation analysis, failure-rate estimation, Weibull analysis, and other statistical evaluations\nSupport reliability predictions, availability modeling, maintainability assessments, and serviceability evaluations\nLead reliability-growth planning using test-analyze-fix-test and similar improvement processes\nEvaluate designs for fault tolerance, environmental robustness, durability, serviceability, and maintainability\nParticipate in design reviews, requirements reviews, test-readiness reviews, and release-readiness assessments\nProvide reliability recommendations before system integration, field deployment, or customer acceptance testing\nSupport component qualification, supplier reliability reviews, and investigation of supplier-related failures\nLead investigations involving intermittent, cross-subsystem, or difficult-to-reproduce failures\nMaintain clear documentation of assumptions, risks, analyses, test results, corrective actions, and remaining system limitations\nImprove reliability engineering tools, templates, test methods, documentation standards, and data practices\nProvide technical guidance to engineers involved in reliability analysis, validation testing, and failure investigations\nCommunicate technical risks, findings, and recommendations to engineering teams, program leadership, and other stakeholders\nSupport field testing, customer deployments, and on-site failure investigations as required\nESSENTIAL EDUCATION, WORK EXPERIENCE, JOB SKILLS\nBachelor's degree in Reliability Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field\nTypically eight or more years of experience in reliability engineering, verification and validation, product assurance, durability testing, failure analysis, or related engineering work\nDemonstrated experience independently leading complex reliability analyses, validation activities, and failure investigations\nStrong experience with FMEA, FMECA, Fault Tree Analysis, root cause analysis, corrective-action processes, and reliability risk assessment\nExperience developing reliability requirements and verification methods for complex electromechanical or hardware-software integrated systems\nExperience creating and executing environmental, durability, accelerated-life, or qualification test plans\nAbility to evaluate interactions among mechanical, electrical, software, sensor, and system-level failure modes\nExperience analyzing test, field, maintenance, warranty, or operational data to identify trends and reliability risks\nWorking knowledge of reliability statistics, probability distributions, Weibull analysis, confidence limits, and life-data analysis\nExperience establishing measurable test criteria, technical acceptance thresholds, and release-readiness recommendations\nUnderstanding of requirements traceability, verification methods, validation evidence, and product-development lifecycles\nAbility to interpret engineering drawings, electrical schematics, system requirements, test results, software logs, and technical documentation\nExperience using data-analysis tools such as Python, MATLAB, Minitab, JMP, Excel, or comparable platforms\nDemonstrated ability to lead cross-functional technical investigations and drive issues through resolution and verification\nAbility to provide technical leadership and guidance without direct supervisory responsibility\nStrong technical writing, presentation, documentation, and communication skills\nAbility to work effectively with engineering, test, operations, suppliers, and customer-facing teams\nPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS\nMaster's degree in Reliability Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related discipline\nCertified Reliability Engineer or comparable professional certification\nExperience supporting autonomous vehicles, robotics, heavy equipment, industrial machinery, or off-road platforms\nExperience with Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Safety analysis\nExperience developing FMECA, reliability block diagrams, maintainability models, or availability assessments\nExperience with reliability-growth modeling and test-analyze-fix-test programs\nFamiliarity with physics-of-failure methods and accelerated-life test development\nExperience with highly accelerated life testing, highly accelerated stress screening, or design-of-experiments methods\nExperience evaluating vibration, shock, temperature, humidity, dust, water, corrosion, contamination, and pressure-wash exposure\nFamiliarity with functional safety, safety-critical systems, and risk-based verification and validation practices\nExperience with vehicle communication networks, embedded systems, sensors, autonomous software, or vehicle-control systems\nExperience supporting prototype-to-production transitions and field-reliability improvement programs\nExperience performing supplier reliability assessments and component qualification activities\nFamiliarity with JAMA, Jira, PLM systems, FRACAS tools, requirements-management platforms, or similar engineering systems\nBENEFITS\nASI offers a comprehensive benefits package, including:\n401k with employer match\nGenerous HSA contribution\nPTO, paid holidays, and flextime\nASI covers 90% of employee medical plan costs\nAt Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI), we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace where all employees and applicants have equal opportunities. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected characteristic. ASI complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding nondiscrimination in employment and is dedicated to providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities throughout the hiring process.\nThis is a full-time, project-based employment opportunity.\nYour employment with ASI will be \"at will,\" meaning that either you or ASI may terminate your employment at any time for any lawful reason, with or without cause or advance notice.","company":"Autonomous Solutions","rawCompany":"autonomous solutions","city":"Mendon","state":"UT","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-04-17T05:12:04.484Z","occupations":[{"code":"17-2112.02","title":"Validation Engineers","slug":"validation-engineers"},{"code":"15-1253.00","title":"Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers","slug":"software-quality-assurance-analysts-and-testers"},{"code":"17-2199.00","title":"Engineers, All Other","slug":"engineers-all-other"}],"industries":[{"code":"541330","title":"Engineering Services","slug":"engineering-services"},{"code":"333248","title":"All Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing","slug":"all-other-industrial-machinery-manufacturing"},{"code":"336110","title":"Automobile and Light Duty Motor Vehicle Manufacturing","slug":"automobile-and-light-duty-motor-vehicle-manufacturing"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Reliability Engineer III - Project Based","description":"This is a project-based employee role supporting the development, verification, validation, and reliability improvement of ASI's autonomous vehicle platforms. Development phases of this nature typically continue through project completion, often spanning two to four years, although scope and duration are determined by business and customer needs.\nJOB SUMMARY\nThe Reliability Engineer IV leads complex reliability engineering activities within ASI's Validation & Verification Team to improve the durability, availability, maintainability, and operational performance of autonomous vehicle systems. This role develops reliability requirements, identifies technical risks, defines validation strategies, analyzes failures, and ensures corrective actions are supported by objective test evidence.\nAs a Level IV engineer within ASI's five-level engineering structure, this position independently leads complex reliability workstreams and influences system design, test planning, and release-readiness decisions across multiple engineering disciplines. The role serves as a technical resource for reliability analysis, failure investigation, and validation methods while providing guidance to less-experienced engineers. Company-wide reliability strategy and final technical authority remain aligned with engineering leadership and Level V technical experts.\nESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES\nLead reliability planning, analysis, verification, and validation activities for autonomous vehicle systems, subsystems, and components\nDevelop measurable reliability, availability, maintainability, and durability requirements based on system needs and operating environments\nTranslate reliability requirements into validation plans, test procedures, acceptance criteria, and objective evidence\nLead Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, and system-level FMEA activities\nPerform or support Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis, Fault Tree Analysis, reliability block diagrams, and structured risk assessments\nIdentify reliability risks involving mechanical, electrical, software, sensor, computing, communication, and vehicle-control systems\nDevelop reliability-focused verification and validation strategies for complex hardware and software integrated systems\nDefine environmental, durability, accelerated-life, qualification, and system-level test requirements\nPlan testing involving vibration and shock, temperature and thermal cycling, humidity, water ingress, splash, pressure washing, salt exposure, dust, contamination, and mechanical loading\nEstablish representative duty cycles, mission profiles, environmental conditions, and operational use cases for reliability testing\nPartner with systems engineering to maintain traceability between reliability requirements, system risks, test activities, and validation evidence\nCollaborate with test engineers to ensure test methods accurately measure reliability objectives and expose meaningful failure modes\nLead complex failure investigations using root cause analysis, fault isolation, physical inspection, test data, system logs, and structured problem-solving methods\nCoordinate corrective and preventive actions with mechanical, electrical, software, systems, manufacturing, supplier, and test teams\nVerify corrective actions through targeted testing, regression testing, and reliability-growth activities\nAnalyze laboratory, vehicle, field, maintenance, and operational data to identify failure trends and emerging risks\nDevelop reliability metrics, dashboards, technical reports, and program-health summaries\nPerform life-data analysis, degradation analysis, failure-rate estimation, Weibull analysis, and other statistical evaluations\nSupport reliability predictions, availability modeling, maintainability assessments, and serviceability evaluations\nLead reliability-growth planning using test-analyze-fix-test and similar improvement processes\nEvaluate designs for fault tolerance, environmental robustness, durability, serviceability, and maintainability\nParticipate in design reviews, requirements reviews, test-readiness reviews, and release-readiness assessments\nProvide reliability recommendations before system integration, field deployment, or customer acceptance testing\nSupport component qualification, supplier reliability reviews, and investigation of supplier-related failures\nLead investigations involving intermittent, cross-subsystem, or difficult-to-reproduce failures\nMaintain clear documentation of assumptions, risks, analyses, test results, corrective actions, and remaining system limitations\nImprove reliability engineering tools, templates, test methods, documentation standards, and data practices\nProvide technical guidance to engineers involved in reliability analysis, validation testing, and failure investigations\nCommunicate technical risks, findings, and recommendations to engineering teams, program leadership, and other stakeholders\nSupport field testing, customer deployments, and on-site failure investigations as required\nESSENTIAL EDUCATION, WORK EXPERIENCE, JOB SKILLS\nBachelor's degree in Reliability Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field\nTypically eight or more years of experience in reliability engineering, verification and validation, product assurance, durability testing, failure analysis, or related engineering work\nDemonstrated experience independently leading complex reliability analyses, validation activities, and failure investigations\nStrong experience with FMEA, FMECA, Fault Tree Analysis, root cause analysis, corrective-action processes, and reliability risk assessment\nExperience developing reliability requirements and verification methods for complex electromechanical or hardware-software integrated systems\nExperience creating and executing environmental, durability, accelerated-life, or qualification test plans\nAbility to evaluate interactions among mechanical, electrical, software, sensor, and system-level failure modes\nExperience analyzing test, field, maintenance, warranty, or operational data to identify trends and reliability risks\nWorking knowledge of reliability statistics, probability distributions, Weibull analysis, confidence limits, and life-data analysis\nExperience establishing measurable test criteria, technical acceptance thresholds, and release-readiness recommendations\nUnderstanding of requirements traceability, verification methods, validation evidence, and product-development lifecycles\nAbility to interpret engineering drawings, electrical schematics, system requirements, test results, software logs, and technical documentation\nExperience using data-analysis tools such as Python, MATLAB, Minitab, JMP, Excel, or comparable platforms\nDemonstrated ability to lead cross-functional technical investigations and drive issues through resolution and verification\nAbility to provide technical leadership and guidance without direct supervisory responsibility\nStrong technical writing, presentation, documentation, and communication skills\nAbility to work effectively with engineering, test, operations, suppliers, and customer-facing teams\nPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS\nMaster's degree in Reliability Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related discipline\nCertified Reliability Engineer or comparable professional certification\nExperience supporting autonomous vehicles, robotics, heavy equipment, industrial machinery, or off-road platforms\nExperience with Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Safety analysis\nExperience developing FMECA, reliability block diagrams, maintainability models, or availability assessments\nExperience with reliability-growth modeling and test-analyze-fix-test programs\nFamiliarity with physics-of-failure methods and accelerated-life test development\nExperience with highly accelerated life testing, highly accelerated stress screening, or design-of-experiments methods\nExperience evaluating vibration, shock, temperature, humidity, dust, water, corrosion, contamination, and pressure-wash exposure\nFamiliarity with functional safety, safety-critical systems, and risk-based verification and validation practices\nExperience with vehicle communication networks, embedded systems, sensors, autonomous software, or vehicle-control systems\nExperience supporting prototype-to-production transitions and field-reliability improvement programs\nExperience performing supplier reliability assessments and component qualification activities\nFamiliarity with JAMA, Jira, PLM systems, FRACAS tools, requirements-management platforms, or similar engineering systems\nBENEFITS\nASI offers a comprehensive benefits package, including:\n401k with employer match\nGenerous HSA contribution\nPTO, paid holidays, and flextime\nASI covers 90% of employee medical plan costs\nAt Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI), we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace where all employees and applicants have equal opportunities. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected characteristic. ASI complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding nondiscrimination in employment and is dedicated to providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities throughout the hiring process.\nThis is a full-time, project-based employment opportunity.\nYour employment with ASI will be \"at will,\" meaning that either you or ASI may terminate your employment at any time for any lawful reason, with or without cause or advance notice.","datePosted":"2026-04-17T05:12:04.484Z","dateModified":"2026-04-17T05:12:04.484Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Autonomous Solutions","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Mendon","addressRegion":"UT","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"4ddf1889287cff7ca5d53743"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/4ddf1889287cff7ca5d53743"}}