Staff Hardware Reliability Engineer - 20207

Quality Team is missioned to promote, facilitate, implement the solid and agile quality system to support the whole business on innovative product design, efficient and effective industrialization, joyful customer satisfaction as guided by our vision “Blue Sky Coming” standing for our commitment to a brighter tomorrow through our industry-pioneering smart connected EV
As a member of our Quality team, you will work with our industry-leading Hardware Engineering group. You will collaborate with hardware engineering teams across US and China along with industry-leading automotive component and ECU (Electronics Control Unit) vendors globally. You will focus on the value-added activity to Engineering Design in an agile way for solid design quality and its release.

Responsibilities

• Enable and support engineering team to establish hardware development process and tool chains that meets related hardware standard and models, e.g. Reliability, FMEA, Functional Safety
• Evangelize quality mindset and benefits of hardware quality system from prevention and prediction perspective to internal stakeholders and engineers
• Establishing reliability targets based on warranty and industry level
• Responsible for reliability distribution, prediction and statistical evaluation of complex electronic systems
• Experience in reliability design of PCBA design scheme and process reliability design, responsible for identifying PCBA reliability risk
• Create Fault Trees and reliability block diagrams to assess system reliability 
• Responsible for establishing reliability ability such as PCBA reliability checklist、aging screening test spec
• Master the accelerated test model based on reliability physics, responsible for guiding the design and control of the accelerated test of reliability
• Lead or support hardware related audits and Reliability/FMEA/FuSa assessment in relevant areas

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree +10 years working experience on front end EE (Electrical or Electronic Engineering) component engineering, EE Design, Reliability, FMEA
• Solid electrical & electronic engineering fundamentals and understanding of relevant degradation mechanisms at both individual component level and module system level.
• Understanding of health monitoring and reliability projection methodologies
• Have the ability of reliability data analysis, master the reliability analysis and evaluation software such as JMP, Minitab, responsible for the review of reliability analysis and evaluation demerit
• Well versed with ReliaSoft Synthesis Platform
• Demonstrated proficiency in FMEA methodology  and APIS IQ Software
• Knowledge of reliability warranty analysis and reliability prediction methods.
•  Working knowledge of failure analysis techniques such as optical microscopy, SEM, CSAM, X-ray, cross-sectioning and EDX
• Good track record and demonstrated ability to identify quality risks and issues and drive process improvements
• Open-minded self-starter with the ability to adapt, improvise, and solve problem
• Ability to work independently on multiple tasks and projects with various stakeholders.
• Critical thinking skills and ability to handle sudden setbacks under pressure
• Ability to learn quickly and work in a agile/dynamic/fast-pacing environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced Degree in EE field
• ASQ Certified Reliability Engineer preferred
• Automotive (or higher complex system like Aerospace, Military…) and/or start-up experience
• Hands-on experience on Functional Safety ISO26262 is a plus
• Related experience in mechanical field in addition to EE is a plus

Hire: Mohamad Saad
About NIO    NIO Inc. is a pioneer in China’s premium smart electric vehicle market. Founded in November 2014, NIO’s mission is to shape a joyful lifestyle. NIO aims to build a community starting with smart electric vehicles to share joy and grow together with users. NIO designs, jointly manufactures, and sells smart premium electric vehicles, driving innovations in next-generation technologies in connectivity, autonomous driving, and artificial intelligence. Redefining the user experience, NIO provides users with comprehensive and convenient power solutions, innovative Battery as a Service (BaaS) program, and other user-centric services. NIO began deliveries of the ES8, a 7-seater flagship premium electric SUV, in China in June 2018, and its variant, the 6-seater ES8, in March 2019. NIO officially launched the ES6, a 5-seater high-performance premium electric SUV, in December 2018 and began deliveries of the ES6 in June 2019. NIO officially launched the EC6, a 5-seater premium electric coupe SUV, in December 2019 and began deliveries of the EC6 in September 2020.
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