Sr. Hardware Reliability Engineer

Samsara, a pioneer of the Connected Operations™ Cloud, is seeking a Sr. Hardware Reliability Engineer to join their team in San Francisco (SF9). As a Sr. Hardware Reliability Engineer, you will design quality processes that guarantee the high-quality standards of Samsara's hardware. You will work hands-on in the lab, running and driving reliability tests with the lab and product design teams.

The role involves implementing and executing comprehensive reliability strategies/plans that span the entire product development lifecycle from concept to warranty repair. You will aggregate and analyze test, field performance, and manufacturing data to drive actions internally and with suppliers to ensure high-quality products. Cross-functional collaboration with hardware, firmware, and operations is essential.

Key responsibilities:

• Work cross-functionally with partners in Hardware/Firmware Engineering, Operations, and Support to ensure customers have a best-in-class product experience.
• Design in reliability through the product development process and own product reliability modeling, testing, and validation.
• Set reliability requirements and allocate reliability targets to subsystems.
• Lead product quality investigations and root cause and corrective actions with internal and external teams.
• Evaluate and investigate defect trends to improve incoming material and outgoing product quality.
• Identify opportunities for corrective actions and continuous improvement through field failure investigations.
• Create feedback loops to continuously improve products in the field and the next generation.
• Provide hands-on test execution and lab support at SF9.

Requirements:

• MS or PhD in Engineering, Material Science, Physics, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience working in a Hardware Reliability Engineer role.
• Hands-on experience planning and executing reliability tests in a lab.
• Experience with failure analysis methodologies.
• Understanding of the physics of failure and the application of stresses to underlying failure mechanisms.
• Experience with Design for Reliability concepts.
• Experience with JDM development model and third-party test oversight.

The compensation range for this role is $177,225 - $240,000 USD per year. The role is eligible for an initial RSU grant and ongoing refresh opportunities tied to performance.