Reliability Engineer
Netherlands, North Brabant, Eindhoven
Fulltime: 40 hrs a week / € 4000 - 5000 per month
Experience: From 2 years
Medical devices
Introduction
Drive the reliability and safety of innovative medical technology products from development through commercialization. As a Reliability Engineer, you will play a key role in ensuring products meet performance, quality, and reliability requirements while improving customer satisfaction and reducing field failures.
What are you going to do
- Implement reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety (RAMS) strategies throughout the product lifecycle.
- Participate in product design reviews and reliability assessments to ensure robust product designs and manufacturing processes.
- Apply Design for Reliability (DfR) and Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) methodologies to improve product performance and quality.
Reliability Testing & Validation
- Develop and execute reliability test strategies, including life testing, accelerated life testing (ALT), HALT, HASS, durability testing, and other verification activities.
- Define reliability requirements and validate product performance against established targets.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure new products meet all reliability and safety requirements.
- Perform advanced statistical analyses including Weibull analysis, regression modeling, Monte Carlo simulations, hazard analysis, reliability growth assessments, and warranty trend analysis.
- Support root cause investigations, corrective actions, and verification activities to improve product reliability and reduce warranty claims.
- Develop forecasts and reliability models to support decision-making and long-term product performance.
Quality & Manufacturing Support
- Conduct Design FMEAs and recommend design improvements to enhance product reliability.
- Work with manufacturing teams to evaluate and qualify new technologies, processes, and production methods.
- Maintain accurate technical documentation in accordance with Good Documentation Practices and Quality Management System requirements.
- Provide technical recommendations to continuously improve products, services, and reliability programs.
Essential skills and knowledge
- A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 2 years of experience in reliability engineering, reliability testing, Design for Reliability, software quality, software testing, product reliability analysis, or a related field (Bachelor's degree route).
- Candidates with a Master's degree and limited professional experience are also encouraged to apply.
- Experience with reliability methodologies such as FMEA, Weibull Analysis, Reliability Growth Analysis, RAMS, and statistical modeling.
- Experience working within regulated industries such as medical devices, healthcare technology, pharmaceuticals, or high-tech manufacturing is preferred.
- Familiarity with Quality Management Systems (QMS) and Good Documentation Practices (GDP)
What we offer
- A gross monthly salary up untill € 5.000,- (excluding 8% holiday allowance), depending on experience.
- Travel allowance and home-office support.
- 26 vacation days, with the possibility to expand.
- Flexible and hybrid working opportunities.
- Extensive training and career development opportunities through the Brunel Academy.
- Pension scheme and collective health insurance.
- Discounts on gyms, cultural activities, and vitality programs.
About Brunel
Brunel Engineering connects highly skilled specialists with leading organizations across industries including high-tech, life sciences, healthcare, manufacturing, energy, and engineering. We offer challenging assignments where technical expertise, innovation, and professional development go hand in hand.