About this role
About the Role Reporting to the Director, Hardware Reliability, you will play a key role within New Product Development (NPD) and sustaining engineering by applying structured reliability engineering methods. This is a hands-on engineering role based at Lübeck with regular onsite presence and some flexibility for remote work. What You'll Do
- Own and execute reliability test programs (HALT, ALT, vibration, thermal cycling) from planning through documented conclusion, including hands-on test setup and instrumentation
- Lead root cause analysis for electrical, mechanical and electro-mechanical failures
- Drive DFMEA activities in NPD teams: facilitate sessions, track open mitigations, and close them with engineering evidence
- Maintain and continuously improve the FRACAS process; extract trends from field, warranty and service data and translate them into actionable engineering improvements
- Perform component and assembly lifetime assessments, work directly with suppliers on reliability requirements and qualification data
- Provide clear, traceable technical documentation and present findings and recommendations to engineering teams
- Act as the go-to reliability resource on cross-functional NPD programs. Not in a consulting role, but as an active engineering contributor with accountability for outcomes What We're Looking For
- Degree in electrical, mechanical, mechatronics or related engineering discipline
- Hands-on experience in reliability testing and failure analysis. You have personally run tests, torn down hardware, and identified root causes
- Solid working knowledge of reliability methods: FMEA/DFMEA, FRACAS, Weibull analysis, accelerated life testing
- Comfortable with data analysis tools (Excel, Python or similar) and able to draw defensible engineering conclusions from field and test data
- Structured, ownership-oriented problem solver. You close problems, not just document them
- Able to work independently and drive progress without close supervision
- Clear, factual communication in English; German is a plus Nice to Have
- German language skills are a plus