Span
Staff Reliability Engineer
$147K–$196K
San Francisco · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 25, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years in reliability engineering.
- Education
- BS or MS in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Statistics, or a related engineering field.
About the job
Leads SPAN’s reliability engineering program, setting test strategy and standards, analyzing failures and results, and guiding a small team to improve product reliability across electrical, mechanical, environmental, and systems domains.
What you'll do
- Own the Design for Reliability program, including reliability targets, mission profiles, DFMEAs, and test plans.
- Mentor the reliability team, set priorities, and coordinate reliability strategy with program management and design teams.
- Analyze test data, guide root-cause investigations, and translate findings into product improvements and corrective actions.
What they ask for
- BS or MS in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Statistics, or a related engineering field.
- 8+ years of reliability engineering experience, including ownership of multidisciplinary product reliability programs.
- Deep experience with XFMEA, reliability test planning and execution, statistical analysis, and reliability predictive models.
- Proficiency with Python or similar scripting languages; hands-on experience building test rigs, using instrumentation, and running environmental-chamber tests.
Nice to have
- Experience mentoring or organizing engineers and technicians, or creating or scaling an in-house reliability lab.
- Experience with high-voltage equipment and AC/DC power systems, regulatory standards, connected-home, energy, or IoT hardware.
Pay
$147K – $196K (base salary)
Tools
Python, Linux, XFMEA, DFMEA, oscilloscope, X-ray machine
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