Redwood Materials
Reliability Engineer, Energy Storage
$122K–$192K
San Francisco, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Mar 25, 2026
- Experience
- 5 + years of experience in hardware reliability engineering; preferably in energy, EV, consumer electronics, or aerospace.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related field.
About the job
Defines reliability requirements, tests, and analysis for Redwood Materials’ energy-storage hardware products to improve their real-world performance.
What you'll do
- Own reliability strategy and plan and execute hardware reliability tests.
- Analyze test failures and reliability data to guide design improvements and product decisions.
- Develop accelerated-life models, support FMEA/DFMEA, and conduct failure-analysis work.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related field.
- 5 + years of experience in hardware reliability engineering.
- Deep knowledge of electronic and mechanical failure mechanisms.
- Proficiency in statistical analysis tools such as Minitab, JMP, or Python.
Nice to have
- Experience in energy, EV, consumer electronics, or aerospace.
- Working knowledge of failure-analysis techniques such as optical microscopy, SEM, CSAM, X-ray, cross-sectioning, and EDX.
Pay
$122,500 — $192,500 USD (base salary)
Tools
HALT, Minitab, JMP, Python, Weibull, X-ray, SEM/EDX, CSAM
AI focus
The company notes that its energy-storage projects deliver power to AI data centers; the role does not state that it involves AI work.
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