AeroVect
Senior Reliability Engineer
$150K–$180K
South San Francisco - Hybrid · Hybrid · Senior · Full-time · Posted May 13, 2026
- Experience
- 5–8 years; no alternatives stated.
About the job
Establish and lead AeroVect’s reliability engineering practice, analyzing and improving autonomous tractor reliability from design through field deployment and managing external testing programs.
What you'll do
- Establish reliability processes, metrics, tooling, dashboards, and documentation for fleet reliability.
- Lead reliability analyses, track field failures, identify root causes, and drive corrective design improvements.
- Define and manage external environmental and accelerated-life testing, including coordination with third-party labs.
What they ask for
- 5–8 years of hands-on reliability engineering experience in a hardware-centric industry.
- Expertise leading FMEA, FTA, and RBD analyses on complex electromechanical systems.
- Experience defining and managing environmental and accelerated-life testing programs, including test plans and interpreting third-party lab results.
- Ability to work across mechanical, electrical, and embedded systems and use field failure data to inform engineering decisions.
Nice to have
- Experience with autonomous vehicles, mobile robots, aviation, or airport ground support equipment.
- Familiarity with MIL-STD-810, IEC 60068, ISO 26262, or ARP4761.
Pay
$150K – $180K USD base salary
Tools
FMEA, FTA, RBD, MTBF, MTTR, MIL-STD-810, IEC 60068, ISO 26262
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