Reliability Engineer, Energy Storage

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<div class="content-intro"><div class="page"> <div class="section"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About Redwood Materials</strong></span></p> <div> <p><strong>Redwood is localizing a global battery supply chain that seamlessly integrates recovery, reuse, and recycling&nbsp;</strong><strong>—&nbsp;</strong><strong>keeping critical minerals in circulation and driving the energy transition. Founded in 2017,</strong><strong>&nbsp;we’re delivering low-cost and large-scale energy storage and producing battery materials in the U.S. for the first time, all from batteries we already have.</strong></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Reliability Engineer, Energy Storage</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">As an early member of a new engineering team, you will be responsible for defining system reliability requirements, generating damage models, and characterizing the reliability of our new product. You will work cross-functionally to define requirements, analyze designs, and design tests to meet high reliability standards in real-world conditions, including both electrical and mechanical failure modes.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">You’re a doer, excited about getting your hands dirty and working in a dynamic, fast-paced setting, and want to shape a new department at Redwood.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Responsibilities will include:</span></strong> </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Define and own the reliability strategy for hardware products with complex printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs) and electromechanical systems</li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; 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font-size: 12pt;">Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define design-for-reliability (DfR) requirements and drive root cause analysis for test failures </span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="14" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:450,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Track reliability KPIs and deliver reliability insights to guide design improvements and product decisions</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="14" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:450,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Develop accelerated life test models and support FMEA and DFMEA processes</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="14" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:450,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Analyze reliability data using Weibull, log-normal, and other statistical models to predict field performance <span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="14" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:450,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Work closely with engineering teams to establish reliability gates through program stages (A/B/C/D)</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="14" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:450,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Support failure analysis (FA) efforts using tools like X-ray, cross-sectioning, and SEM/EDX to identify failure mechanisms in PCBAs </span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="14" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:450,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Contribute to continuous improvement efforts across reliability processes, lab capabilities, and test methodologies</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="14" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:450,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Author reports / document findings<span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Desired Qualifications:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="14" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:450,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="11" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span data-contrast="none">Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related field</span></span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="14" data-list-defn-props="{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:450,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}" data-aria-posinset="11" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">5 + years of experience in hardware reliability engineering, preferably in industries like energy, EV, consumer electronics, or aerospace&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="14" dat