Quality & Product Reliability Engineer

Job Description

Dukosi is a leading-edge technology company developing revolutionary technologies that dramatically improve the performance, safety, and efficiency of battery systems, and enable a more sustainable battery value chain. Our unique cell monitoring platform based on chip-on- cell technology and proprietary contactless communication protocol is transforming battery systems for electric vehicles (EV), industrial transportation and stationary energy storage markets. Our environmental purpose is at the heart of our business and drives our search for new ideas and approaches to improve the technologies that can help transition to net-zero emissions and a sustainable clean energy economy.

We are seeking a highly motivated Reliability Engineer to join our Quality and Reliability team. The Product Quality & Reliability Engineer ensures that components, subsystems, and systems meet robustness, reliability, and durability requirements over their entire lifecycle, from concept to production and field use. The successful candidate will be responsible to apply reliability methods, standards, and testing to ensure compliance with OEM and customer expectations , industry regulations, and standards such as AEC-Q100/Q200, ISO 26262, IATF 16949, VDA Robustness Validation, and OEM-specific requirements .

Within their perimeter, the Reliability Engineer will manage subcontract partners to ensure that reliability stresses are executed correctly and within project timelines and budget. This role bridges design, validation, quality, manufacturing team as well as direct interface with Customers and subcontract partners .

KEY DUTIES

• Define and implement reliability plans, test strategies, and qualification programs according to customer requirements and automotive standards (AEC-Q100/Q200, VDA Robustness Validation, ISO 26262, IATF 16949).
• Conduct risk assessments (DFMEA, PFMEA, FTA, reliability block diagrams) and support design-for-reliability activities.
• Collaborate with design and process engineers to identify potential reliability risks.
• Plan and execute accelerated life tests, stress tests, environmental testing, and HALT/HASS, including data analysis and reporting.
• Lead and document AEC-Q qualification programs for semiconductors and electronic components.
• Ensure robustness validation according to VDA MLA maturity levels.
• Translate customer requirements and standards into test protocols and acceptance criteria.
• Define and track special characteristics related to robustness and reliability.
• Analyse and interpret reliability data using statistical tools (e.g., Weibull , Minitab, etc).
• Support failure analysis and root cause investigations using method like 5-Why, Ishikawa, 8D on Customer returns, validation rejects, and manufacturing issues.
• Interface with customers, suppliers, and certification bodies on reliability-related requirements, reviews, and reports.
• Provide reliability input to APQP/PPAP and support audits under IATF 16949.
• Drive continuous improvement by recommending design or process changes to enhance product reliability.
• Manage key suppliers and 3rd party reliability test vendors to ensure all components and processes are qualified to required standards and in target with respect to plan and cost.
• Define KPIs and Reliability dashboard to monitor product robustness and risk exposure across lifecycle phases (development, validation, production, field).

EXPERIENCE

• Education : Bachelor’s or Master’s degree Electronics or Electrical engineering (or similar applicable field).
• 3-7 years of reliability, quality, or validation engineering experience in the automotive or semiconductor industry . Preferred experience in semiconductor reliability testing, with embedded non-volatile memory.
• Experienced with IC reliability stress methods such as HTOL, bHAST, HTS, ESD, LU, etc.
• Experience with reliability testing methods, statistical analysis, and life data modelling is a plus.
• Hands-on experience in reliability lab testing and equipment.
• Familiar with fault isolation and failure analysis techniques.
• Knowledge of semiconductor and package reliability failure mechanisms.
• Knowledge of automotive standards : AEC-Q100/Q200 / Q005, ISO 26262, IATF 16949, VDA MLA/Robustness Validation, APQP, PPAP and JESD22.
• Knowledge of functional safety (ISO 26262) and/or cybersecurity (ISO/SAE 21434) .
• Proficiency in tools such as Weibull , Minitab, Reliasoft, or equivalent.
• Excellent communication skills (written & verbal) in English; German is a plus.
• Ability to work in a cross-functional, international team environment .