Base Power
Field Reliability Engineer
Austin, TX · On-site · Full-time · Posted Aug 13, 2026
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Own reliability for Base’s deployed hardware fleet by monitoring performance, investigating failures, coordinating field decisions, and driving corrective actions.
What you'll do
- Investigate field failures and manufacturing non-conformances, recreate failures in the lab, and recommend corrective actions.
- Monitor fleet health and failure rates using dashboards and maintain reliability records and Pareto charts.
- Triage returned hardware, decide when to swap or pull units, and track supplier corrective actions.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or a related field.
- Strong electrical engineering fundamentals and proficiency with Grafana, SQL/BigQuery, and Python for fleet-monitoring dashboards.
- Experience with system-level testing, debugging, and troubleshooting of Battery Energy Storage Systems, power electronics, or complex electromechanical systems.
- Knowledge of electronics and familiarity with failure analysis, materials characterization, and reliability concepts.
Nice to have
- Experience with field-deployed hardware and RMA processes.
- Experience driving supplier corrective actions and tracking supplier performance.
Tools
Grafana, SQL/BigQuery, Python
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