Reliability Product Approval Engineer

- Develop, document, and implement comprehensive reliability plans that meet product requirements, program milestones, and regulatory guidelines - Collaborate with R&D engineers and test technicians to establish test strategies, protocols, and acceptance criteria for cold storage products - Provide support for verification and validation testing, ensuring proper reliability coverage, stress conditions, and data collection - Lead the Design FMEA (DFMEA) activities and contribute to broader product risk management strategies - Analyze failures that occur during verification testing and from field performance data, identify root causes, and drive corrective actions - Utilize Physics of Failure (PoF) principles to predict degradation mechanisms in mechanical, electrical, and refrigeration systems - Work closely with Product Management, Product Engineering, Quality, and Regulatory teams to maintain product requirements traceability from customer needs to verification evidence - Assist in Product Approval activities by establishing traceable links between requirements, tests, results, and conclusions - Develop and uphold standardized reliability methodologies, test procedures, and design guidance to facilitate consistent, high-quality evaluations - Create and document Engineering Test Procedures (ETPs) for traditional and innovative reliability test methodologies - Champion Lean, PPI, and continuous improvement efforts to enhance efficiency, minimize variability, and bolster product robustness - Provide reliability expertise to cross-functional project teams and influence design choices based on data-driven insights - Mentor engineers and technicians in reliability tools, testing methods, and analysis techniques - Foster a robust culture of safety, quality, and disciplined engineering practices - Be prepared for up to 10% domestic travel