Reliability Engineer

Reliability Product Approval Engineer

Location: Marietta, Ohio

Pay: $65.33/hour

Duration: 12-month contract

Relocation: Relocation assistance may be available for the right candidate

KYO Group is seeking a Reliability Engineer to support Thermo Fisher Scientific's laboratory equipment and ultra-low temperature product development programs.

This role will focus on reliability engineering, verification and validation, failure analysis, risk management, and product approval activities for complex electromechanical systems.

Responsibilities

- Develop and execute comprehensive product reliability plans

- Define verification, reliability, and performance testing strategies

- Develop test protocols, acceptance criteria, and engineering test procedures

- Lead Design FMEA and structured product-risk activities

- Perform root-cause and failure analysis

- Apply Physics of Failure principles to mechanical, electrical, and refrigeration systems

- Support accelerated life testing, stress testing, and reliability evaluation

- Analyze test data and field performance data

- Drive corrective actions and design improvements

- Maintain requirements traceability from customer need through test evidence

- Support product approval and regulatory readiness

- Create standardized reliability methods and test procedures

- Mentor engineers and technicians on reliability methods and tools

- Support Lean/PPI and continuous improvement initiatives

- Travel up to 10%

Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field

- 5+ years of reliability engineering, verification testing, product approval, or related engineering experience

- 3+ years supporting mechanical or electromechanical product development

- Hands-on experience developing and executing engineering test methods

- Strong failure-analysis and root-cause-analysis skills

- Experience with reliability tools such as DFMEA, DOE, ALT, HALT, or statistical analysis

- Experience with measurement and test equipment

Preferred Experience

- HVAC/R, refrigeration, or thermal systems

- UL, IEC, NSF, Energy Star, DIN, or similar regulated product testing

- Minitab, Reliasoft, or similar reliability-analysis tools

- Data acquisition and automated test systems

- Accelerated life testing

Relevant military test, evaluation, systems engineering, quality assurance, or reliability experience is encouraged.

KYO Group is a veteran-owned staffing and consulting company focused on connecting highly qualified professionals with long-term career opportunities.