Reliability Engineer

Location: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; full-time onsite role.

Salary: $76,800–$102,400 per year.

Company

hirify.global, part of Teledyne Digital Imaging and Teledyne Technologies, develops and manufactures high-performance CMOS and CCD image sensors and modular expandable cameras for machine vision, surveillance, manufacturing inspection, medical imaging, and other applications.

What you will do

• Define reliability requirements, acceptance criteria, qualification strategies, and test plans for digital imaging products throughout the product lifecycle.
• Identify reliability risks and failure modes, analyze reliability and lifecycle data, and monitor manufacturing and field performance trends.
• Design, automate, and maintain reliability test systems using Python and other software tools.
• Lead root cause investigations using FMEA, 5 Why, 8D, Fault Tree Analysis, and other structured problem-solving methods.
• Drive corrective and preventive actions, verify their effectiveness, and prepare qualification results, reliability metrics, risk assessments, and recommendations.
• Collaborate with R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, Operations, Supplier Development, Program Management, and Customer Support teams, while improving reliability processes, test methods, standards, and best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Computer, Systems, Mechanical, or Mechatronics Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field.
• 5–7 years of experience in an electronics manufacturing environment.
• Experience in product reliability, qualification, validation, test engineering, systems engineering, or hardware product development.
• Hands-on experience developing and executing reliability, environmental, and qualification testing.
• Experience integrating hardware, firmware, software, instrumentation, and environmental test equipment.
• Programming and test automation experience using Python or similar languages.
• Strong analytical, communication, organizational, and project management skills, including engineering data interpretation and technical reporting.
• Knowledge of failure analysis, root cause analysis, FMEA, corrective action methodologies, and the ability to interpret engineering drawings, schematics, specifications, and technical standards.

Nice to have

• Experience with industrial cameras, digital imaging, image sensors, optics, embedded systems, or machine vision products.
• Knowledge of image acquisition, image quality measurement, camera interfaces, and digital communication systems.
• Experience with accelerated life testing, environmental stress testing, reliability demonstration testing, and statistical reliability analysis.
• Familiarity with IEC, JESD, IPC, MIL-STD-810, or similar qualification standards; reliability analysis tools; statistical software; and Design for Reliability methodologies.
• Hands-on experience with environmental chambers, vibration systems, oscilloscopes, data acquisition equipment, and automated test systems.
• Familiarity with configuration management, source control, and structured product development processes.
• Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation or ASQ Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE) certification.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Microsoft Copilot, Power BI, Project, and SQL databases.
• SAP S/4HANA experience and experience with AI-based reliability tools or simulation software such as Ansys.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive compensation and comprehensive health benefits.
• Progressive vacation plan and paid holidays.
• Retirement savings plans with company match.
• Educational assistance and career development support.
• Opportunity to work on globally impactful sensing and imaging technologies.

Hiring process

• Apply online for review by the Talent Acquisition team.
• Selected candidates may proceed to interviews and assessments.