Amazon
Sr. Hardware Reliability Engineer, Infrastructure Reliability & Quality
$137K–$185K
Austin, TX +2 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 21, 2026
- Location
- Austin, TX
Seattle, WA
Herndon, VA - Experience
- 8+ years of Reliability Engineering work experience in a high-reliability industry; 3+ years with accelerated life testing, stress analysis, and finite element analysis. Preferred: 10+ years in reliability risk identification and assessment.
- Education
- Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Reliability Engineering, Physics, Mechanical or Materials Engineering, or related field.
About the job
Leads reliability risk assessment, qualification, failure analysis, and continuous improvement for critical data center infrastructure equipment and systems.
What you'll do
- Drive reliability design and qualification of critical infrastructure equipment, including factory and site testing.
- Analyze reliability data, guide root cause analysis, and recommend maintenance, replacement, and end-of-life strategies.
- Manage supplier reliability activities, audits, performance feedback, and corrective actions.
What they ask for
- Experience in industrial or commercial engineering in mission-critical facilities, such as data centers, power generation, or oil and gas facilities.
- Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Reliability Engineering, Physics, Mechanical or Materials Engineering, or a related field.
- 8+ years of Reliability Engineering work experience in a high-reliability industry.
- 3+ years experience with accelerated life testing, stress analysis, and finite element analysis.
Nice to have
- 10+ years of experience in reliability risk identification and assessment from component to system level, using analytical, experimental, and statistical approaches.
- Experience with reliability approaches across product design, manufacture, and deployment, and working with external design and manufacturing supply chain partners.
Pay
136,600.00 - 184,800.00 USD annually (base salary); 136,600.00 - 184,800.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Physics-of-Failure, finite element analysis, reliability block diagram, statistical modeling, data analytics, DFMEA
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