R&D Reliability/Test Engineer

Boston · Somerville · USD 85,000-149,000 / year · Full-time · Onsite · Posted Sep 29, 2026

At a glance

The Reliability Engineering Team acts as the company's independent voice on product robustness, ensuring hardware products are reliable.
Responsibilities include architecting testing strategies, engineering advanced electro-mechanical test rigs, and extracting actionable insights from data.

Develop, execute, and manage system, subsystem, and component level validation test plans to ensure products meet design and reliability requirements.
Perform hands-on and data-driven root cause analysis of electromechanical subsystems and field failures, utilizing common problem-solving methodologies and a physics of failure approach.
Design, build, and implement automated testing equipment for subsystem characterization and reliability/environmental testing.
Collaborate with R&D design teams throughout product development to perform risk assessments, manage continuous testing, and contribute to design reviews.
Analyze field failure data to identify trends, prioritize investigations based on business value, and develop clear, actionable corrective action plans.

Well-versed with complex electromechanical systems and passionate about understanding what it takes to make them work reliably.
Experience with testing a wide range of sensors, actuators, and mechanical components.
Experience developing system test plans and knowing how to execute them efficiently within fast-paced product development timelines.
Ability to prototype and run your own tests, from experimental setup to hardware and software implementation in Python.
Strong data analysis skills, capable of distilling complex test results and field data into clear, concise, and compelling insights that drive action.