Reliability Test Engineer
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Reliability Test Engineer will provide assistance in testing and verification activities on a range of assignments.
You will be accountable in developing and performing reliability testing of ABB Drive Products within Motion Business in New Berlin, Wisconsin to verify performance and improve customer experience in accordance with quality standards and safety requirements.
Under the direction of the Product Engineering and Reliability Manager, the Senior Reliability Test Engineer performs a variety of engineering assignments and investigations to prove product reliability, quality and lifetime.
Designs and develops various test fixtures and systems, project manages assembly and implementation and runs test programs.
Analyzes test results and data looking for patterns and trends to proactively seek and implement initiatives to improve quality and reliability of ABB Drive Products and increase customer satisfaction.
This is a position with global grade 13 This position reports to Product Engineering &Reliability Manager Your responsibilities Use various electrical and mechanical test equipment, environmental chambers, motor dynes and control systems to perform drive lifetime and reliability tests.
Work with supply voltages up to 600VAC and follow all ABB safety requirements Collaborate with fellow reliability engineers, both locally and globally, to design and share best practices for Accelerated Life Test and Ongoing Reliability Test systems and fixtures Gather, generate, and share knowledge on physics of failure to increase the local and global awareness of reliability.
Use knowledge of Arrhenius, Coffin-Manson, and similar age acceleration factors to predict test run times and product lifetime.
Analyze test results with Six-Sigma or Weibull analysis techniques to interpret data Drive continuous improvement in the Reliability Laboratory through shared learning, innovation of failure analysis techniques, exploring equipment to support FA (Failure Analysis) and RE (Facility Management) testing and staying up to date on new technologies.
Adhere to and encourage a safety culture Your background Bachelor degree in engineering with 5 years or experience with design, implementation and performance of reliability tests, including HALT (Highly Accelerated Life Test), ALT (Accelerated Life Test) and ORT required.
Experience with root cause failure analysis, design of experiments, numerical data analysis techniques (Six Sigma) and reliability prediction.
Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills are required.
Knowledge of AC (Alternating Current) motor drive/ inverter functionality, experience with electrical circuitry and PCBAs (Printed Circuit Board Assembly), thyristor and IGBT (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor) control and power supplies.
Knowledge of control electronics and power electronics relating to motor control and AC (Alternating Current) motor drives preferred.
Experience writing test plans and implementing test software via PLC (Programmable Logic Controllers) programming language, LabView and/ or data acquisition systems.
Knowledge of moving, storing, and manipulating test data over networks and databases highly preferred.
Knowledge of testing at voltages from 208V-600V and a strong motivation to put safety first.
Experience with designing safety features and interlocks into test systems with the goal of using engineered controls to make the system “fool-proof” highly preferred.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, energetic and comfortable with self-directing assigned activities.
Strong initiative to complete projects, works well both independently and in team environment preferred.
Confidence to make recommendations, able to gather and analyze data and present findings to the local and global Product and Reliability Engineering teams preferred.
Ability to interface and exchange information with peers on global Reliability Engineering teams and build strong working relationships with these colleagues preferred.
Candidates must already have a work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US Benefits Retirement plan Life insurance Disability insurance Wellbeing program Healthcare plan More about us ABB Drive Products is a technology leader serving industries, infrastructure and machine builders with world-class drives.
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