Reliability Engineer

Job title: Reliability Engineer

About the Role We are scaling our IIoT and connected-maintenance product into new product lines and expansion projects, and we need a reliability engineer who can lead that technical growth. The role focuses on understanding why equipment fails and translating that into sensors, detection technologies, and data-driven prevention. The engineer will work across desk, lab, and field to design, prototype, and validate solutions that improve reliability.

What You'll Do

• Understand equipment, systems, and processes by reading drawings, manuals, and specifications; develop a working understanding of asset function under operating conditions.
• Assess equipment criticality to focus reliability efforts where value is highest; investigate failures and determine root cause.
• Lead and review failure-mode analysis (FMEA / FMECA) and root-cause analysis across mechanical and electronic failure mechanisms; engage internal/external teams to determine failure mechanisms.
• Characterize each failure mechanism—their development, symptoms, lead time to act—and define how data can identify and prevent them.
• Research detection technology and select sensors; benchmark sensing, monitoring, and diagnostic technologies against failure mechanisms (vibration, oil quality/condition, temperature, pressure, flow, electrical signals/signature, acoustic, and data from equipment buses).
• Choose correct sensors for process and equipment measurement; define what to measure, where, and the measurement technique; select instrumentation and signal types (e.g., 4–20 mA, 0–5 V / 0.5–4.5 V, RTD/thermocouple, digital I/O, CAN / J1939) and define alert/alarm criteria.
• Write technical specifications for sensors and instrumentation; define diagnosis and prognosis logic and health-scoring inputs.
• Build prototypes, run pilots and PoCs; specify, source, wire, and assemble sensor kits, edge hardware, and electronic prototypes; test sensors on prototypes and validate data readings.
• Install, instrument, and test on real equipment in lab, shop, and field; capture and validate data quality; design and run end-to-end pilots/PoCs with clear success criteria and iterate.
• Account for field realities: hazardous-area constraints, ruggedization, packaging/enclosures, connectivity, and serviceability.
• Integrate with the IIoT product and shape the roadmap; relate sensor readings to failure-detection logic and hand PoC results to development teams; propose validated use cases and align with Product Manager on prioritized roadmap.
• Engage software/architecture developers, SMEs, and OEM/sensor vendors to unblock execution.
• Organize and standardize failure data; build a standardized failure database; document findings, designs, and standards to scale across equipment types and product lines; extract data for detection, prevention, and decisions.
• Drive KPIs, deployment, and stakeholder engagement; lead technology deployment within the area; weekly deviation/anomaly review meetings; build business cases (life-cycle cost, NPV, ROI) and deliver equipment life and reliability reports and total-cost-of-ownership analyses.

What We're Looking For

• Ability to read and interpret mechanical, electrical/electronic, hydraulic, and P&I drawings, OEM service manuals, and specifications.
• Strong experience with failure analysis, FMEA/FMECA, and root-cause analysis across mechanical and electronic domains.
• Hands-on experience building prototypes and conducting lab/shop/field testing; willingness to install and test on real equipment.
• Knowledge of sensing, monitoring, and diagnostic technologies; ability to select sensors, define measurement strategies, and write sensor specifications.
• Experience defining diagnosis/prognosis logic and health-scoring inputs; data-driven validation of hypotheses.
• Ability to relate sensor readings to failure-detection logic and translate PoC findings into development roadmaps; capable of building and presenting business cases.
• Strong collaboration across cross-functional teams, vendors, and product managers; experience in agile environments.
• Familiarity with hazardous-area constraints and ruggedization considerations; ability to work in field settings.

What We're Looking For (Nice to Have)

• Experience with edge hardware platforms and PoC deployments in IIoT contexts.
• Familiarity with industrial communication protocols (CAN/J1939) and industrial sensor ecosystems.
• Background in oil & gas or other high-hazard industrial environments.