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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Onsite
Job Description:
Come be DISRUPTIVE with us! At Milwaukee Tool, our most valued resource is our dedicated team of employees - employees who work with a passion to be the best and an unparalleled pride in their work and in the Milwaukee brand. We know that the only way to sustain growth and success is to value the growth and success of each person within the organization, that's why we invest in an individual's growth and development from day one.
All our teams touch every step of the process, that is why our engineering teams are some of the key contributors to our continuous innovations. The fast-paced, agile environment continuously delivers disruptive technologies by providing every team with the resources needed to excel and working directly with end users to understand how to deliver heavy duty products with high performance. We create best in class products by leveraging advanced analysis tools, extensive testing regimes, state-of-the-art manufacturing processes and cross-functional agility.
The Reliability Engineer’s primary duties are to utilize engineering skills to contribute to the development and qualification of power tool products. The Reliability Engineer will define the test methods and product requirements needed to develop durable, disruptive, and market-leading products.
A successful candidate will bring curiosity, accountability, and strong experience in requirements definition, test development, validation, and data acquisition to the new product development team. The candidate enjoys a fast-paced work environment with excellent visibility and opportunities to grow.
Duties and Responsibilities
Product Development
Be a subject matter expert in the new product development team with respect to test methods, product requirements, user needs, and reliability
Develop critical to quality (CTQ) requirements from collaboration with product management and participation in user needs research
Collaborate with engineering and marketing to define product specifications with respect to all aspects of reliability, quality, and user needs
Design experimental techniques to improve development and testing efforts
Interact with global suppliers that participate in product development
Track multiple projects simultaneously to ensure adherence to schedule and the Milwaukee Tool process
Testing and Analysis
Develop new test procedures and create test plans to evaluate product performance against user and product requirements
Effectively document test plans, procedures, and best practices for execution in test laboratories
Perform data analysis, post-processing, and visualization of test data
Summarize test results with statistical techniques and present concise, logical, written conclusions
Ensure timely failure reporting and drive root cause analysis and effective corrective/preventative actions (FRACA)
Job Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree in electrical or mechanical engineering or related engineering field with 2-5 years of experience in similar product development, reliability, test, or quality roles
Strong analytical problem-solving skills and sound statistical application in areas such as design of experiments, sampling techniques, regression, reliability, FMEAs, hypothesis testing, etc.
Hands-on experience with data acquisition systems, data analytics, and related software (e.g. Python, nCode Glyphworks, Dewesoft, LabVIEW)
Experience with life data analysis, reliability distributions, and statistical analysis, and related software (e.g. Minitab, Reliasoft Weibull++)
Experience in troubleshooting, fault detection, failure analysis, and automating tests/measurements and analysis
Strong communication skills with the ability to influence at all levels with creative problem-solving capabilities
Ability to travel 10% (includes both domestic and international)
Milwaukee Tool is an equal opportunity employer.