Staff Reliability Engineer
Lime
Other Engineering
kunshan, suzhou, jiangsu, china
Posted on Friday, April 19, 2024
Lime is the world's largest shared electric vehicle company. We’re on a mission to build a future where transportation is shared, affordable and carbon-free. Our electric bikes and scooters have powered 400+ million rides in 250+ cities on 5 continents, replacing an estimated 100+ million car trips. Named a Time 100 Most Influential Company and Fast Company Brand That Matters, we achieved a fully profitable year in 2022, becoming the first in our industry to reach this milestone.
Lime is hiring a Staff Reliability Engineer to join our Hardware Team at our Kunshan China office. In this role, you will play a critical role in ensuring the reliability and quality of our products from prototype to mass production. You will be responsible for translating high-level product requirements into detailed test and qualification specifications, establishing best practices and documentation standards for reliability testing, and managing efforts to improve test methodologies to reduce time and increase coverage. Your expertise will be instrumental in conducting accelerated life tests for vehicle systems or components and providing comprehensive reports to the engineering teams.
What you'll do:
- Take high level product requirements and turn them into detailed test and qualification specs.
- Establish reliability test best practices and documentation standards.
- Support the Reliability test needs from Proto to Mass production.
- Evaluate and develop reliability test methodologies to reduce test time and increase test coverage.
- Spearhead and drive on D-FMEA, debugging, failure analysis, DOEs and fixing issues discovered during testing.
- Design and perform the Accelerated Life Test for vehicle systems or components.
- Summarize the test data and write the test report. And communicate effectively to US engineering teams.
- Work with the Engineering team, Supply chain, Quality and suppliers to implement the failure analysis for the root causes analysis and corrective actions.
About you:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics or equivalent engineering field required with at least 7+ years of work experience in reliability engineering
- or PhD with at least 3+ years of work experience in reliability engineering
- Knowledgeable with industry test standards including ASTM, MIL, JEDEC, and IEC.
- Skilled in Life data analysis with Weibull++ tool or Minitab/JUMP.
- Knowledgeable of mechanical design, material science, and failure mechanisms of consumer electronics or LEV (Light Electric Vehicles)
- Working knowledge of test equipment including environmental chambers, vibration tables, tensile and compression testers, strain gauges, thermocouples, etc.
- Problem solver skilled at identifying and resolving complex problems, exercising good judgment in drawing conclusions, navigating ambiguous environments while handling multiple tasks simultaneously
- Excellent communicator with the ability to flex your communication style to varied audiences
- Ability to work cross-functionally with internal teams to drive design feedback
- Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics or equivalent engineering with at least 5+ years of work experience in reliability engineering field preferred
Preferred Experience:
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Why Lime?
When you join Lime, you join a global community of smart, caring, talented individuals working together to deliver world-changing results; striving to create an experience that enables Limers to do their best work. Here are some ways we support and invest in our team:
Competitive salaries, performance-based annual bonus and pre-IPO equity
Health and wellness offerings for all team members starting day one including access to top-tier fitness and mindfulness apps
Flexible vacation policies with ample paid holidays tailored to country of residence
Fully-paid leave following the birth or adoption of a child and financial, medical and educational support for Limers pursuing parenthood
Support for retirement and financial goals with unlimited access to financial advisors
Unlimited, complimentary use of our vehicles in hundreds of cities around the world
Professional growth opportunities through quarterly learning days and top-tier tools
Opportunities to connect across teams and locations to network, socialize and volunteer
Culture of belonging with Employee Resource Groups that engage and promote cultural awareness and DEI training across all functions
Consistent recognition of great work through meaningful rewards and career advancements
Benefits and perks vary depending on the nature of your employment and country of residence. Terms and conditions may apply.
If you want to make an impact, Lime is the place for you. Not sure if you meet all the qualifications? If this role excites you we encourage you to apply. Explore all opportunities on our career page.
Lime is an Equal Opportunity Employer, but that’s just the start. We believe different perspectives help us grow and achieve more. That’s why we’re dedicated to hiring and developing the most talented and globally diverse team – which includes individuals with different backgrounds, abilities, identities and experiences.