HW Reliability Lab Engineer

• Bachelor's of Science degree in mechanical/electrical engineering or science or equivalent work experience
• Experience work in HW reliability, mechanical or electrical, environmental testing, Shock/Drop, Vibration, HALT, or related fields
• Experience in the set up and use of electrical/electronic test equipment such as digital multi-meters, dataloggers, oscilloscopes, etc.
• Experience designing experiments to measure and collect test data using accelerometers, thermocouples, strain gauges etc.
• Experience with researching and identifying required specifications.
• Experience reading schematics and circuit drawings
• Experience in debugging / troubleshooting electrical circuits, including familiarity with tools such as digital multi-meter, I-V curve tracer, TDR, oscilloscopes, etc.
• Experience in writing test reports

Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineer high-profile devices like the Kindle family of products. Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc. Since then, we have worked to produce best-selling tablets with breakthrough hardware technology, e-readers that have revolutionized reading, and Fire TV, a tiny yet powerful way to watch the best movies and TV shows in the comfort of your living room. If you are seeking an iterative, fast-paced environment where you can drive innovation and apply state-of-the-art technologies to solve real world challenges, this is your opportunity. What will you help us create?

The Role
As a Hardware Reliability Lab Engineer, you will engage with an experienced cross-disciplinary staff to test and develop state-of-the-art concepts. You will work closely with multiple teams to define testing parameters and drive test execution. You will require to build and design necessary fixtures for testing including but not limited to precision actuators, sensors, electronics, and control software. You will play a role in defining processes and methods to improve the productivity of the entire team and the Reliability Lab. You must be responsive, flexible and able to succeed within an open collaborative peer environment.

To succeed, you will be an expert in the following:

• Researching, designing, setting up and managing multiple tests simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
• Able to troubleshoot, debug and/or isolate electrical faults in electrical circuits and electro-mechanical assemblies to a component level.
• Perform failure analysis, investigate root cause, and implement corrective actions to ensure robust system designs
• Able to communicate findings directly to engineers and through detailed reports.
• Independently seek out, manage and execute projects while keeping the leadership team abreast of progress, issues and potential road blocks
• Communicate ideas and concepts effectively, and provide concrete feedback to team members, colleagues and customers in a timely manner
• Hands-on drive for executing reliability testing
• Experience with Failure Analysis
• CAD experience with Creo or SolidWorks
• Proficiency in Office, Python programming, Labview, Matlab, a scripting/programming environment
• Self-motivated and customer-centric
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and projects successfully
• Ability to work in a cross functional team and accommodate flexible loading
• Good communication skills, verbal and written

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