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Figure is an AI robotics company developing autonomous general-purpose humanoid robots. The goal of the company is to ship humanoid robots with human level intelligence. Its robots are engineered to perform a variety of tasks in the home and commercial markets. Figure is based in San Jose, CA and requires 5 days/week in-office collaboration. We are looking for a Hardware Reliability Engineer in charge of driving design for reliability, designing and executing test plans for our humanoid robots to ensure they meet our lifetime specs.
Job Responsibility
Collect and analyze current and prospective product use cases to define hardware reliability specs and validation methods
Lead DFMEA efforts with design engineers to analyze and assess potential design risks, detection and mitigation methods
Develop and execute accelerated life tests for materials, modules, and systems, e.g. structural parts, joints, softgoods, robot head/torso, charger, EMC, full robot and robot ecosystem product
Work with test engineers to develop custom test fixtures, electronics, and codes
Working with cross-functional teams, own reliability test planning and preparation in-house and at supplier sites
Drive and manage internal/external resources and suppliers in executing reliability tests in each engineering build
Support failure analysis from reliability tests, fleet operations, and field uses
Document failures and work with design and manufacturing engineers to resolve issues
Conduct physics-based and statistical analysis on test and field failures to assess risk and provide actionable recommendations
Requirements
Minimum 2 years of work experience in reliability engineering
Bachelor's degree or higher in mechanical, electrical, materials engineering or related field
Strong knowledge of hardware failure modes and failure physics
Strong knowledge in developing accelerated life test specs and methods, such as high temperature high humidity, thermal cycle, vibration, shock, and load/use cycle tests
Familiarity with Weibull++, JMP, or related data analysis software
Experience in hardware assembly and instrumentation setup
Nice to have
Experience with CATIA for 3D mechanical design
Experience with Altium for viewing PCBA design
Experience with electric motors, gearboxes, or actuators
Experience with reliability modeling, e.g. Ansys Sherlock analysis, and Monte Carlo simulation
Experience with testing standards such as JESD22, ISO16750, GMW3172, MIL-STD-810
Experience with coding languages such as Python, MATLAB, C
Knowledge of failure analysis tools and techniques such as optical microscopy, CT/Xray, SEM/EDS, PCBA cross-sectioning