Reliability Engineer Job in Orange County 92618, California US
Building on its heritage of more than 65 years, Alcon, the global leader in eye care, is the second largest division of the Novartis Group with combined pro-forma sales of more than USD 9.4 billion in 2010. The division was formed by Novartis on April 8, 2011, following the closing of the merger between Alcon and Novartis. The new Alcon Division combines the product portfolios, commercialization capabilities, RD and talent of Alcon, CIBA VISION and Novartis Ophthalmics. Today, Alcon has more than 22,000 employees with headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A. Alcon's three businesses - Surgical, Pharmaceutical and Vision Care - meet the diverse needs of eye care professionals and patients offering the widest spectrum of eye care products with operations in 75 countries and products available in 180 markets. For more information, www.alcon.com.
Medical Device Company in Irvine, CA (Orange County) is currently seeking Reliability Engineer candidates with a strong understanding of the fundamentals of Reliability Engineering and analog and digital circuit design.
Overall Summary: A person in this engineering position will be responsible for driving Design for Reliability activity throughout multiple design teams, with a particular emphasis on electrical and electronic systems, software interfaces, and control of laboratory apparatus.
Responsibilities include, but not limited to:
* Analyze and simulate designs to assure adequate margin to achieve desired reliability
* Mentor engineers in best practices in design for reliability.
* Analyze current electronic system design practices and propose alternatives to the team.
* Analyze software/hardware interfaces in order to determine means of achieving design-margin and effective risk mitigation.
* Develop and implement HALT (highly accelerated life test) protocols and assist the engineers, in a hands-on way, with root cause analysis and issue resolution.
* Communicate concepts for HALT fixtures and connection methods, including sketches.
* Write and/or modify test control software used to prove design reliability.
* Provide real-time electrical-engineering reliability feedback at EE team meetings and design reviews, resulting in improvements to the designs.
* Provide reliability reports, documentation, result tracking, and succinct presentations of material as requested.
* Multiplex amongst a plethora of projects and provide appropriate support to each.
* Use appropriate statistical methods to analyze and draw conclusions from data.
* On occasion, attend and contribute to mechanical and/or software and/or document design reviews.
Minimum Qualifications:
* B.S. degree in Engineering or Scientific discipline
* 5 years of experience in relevant industry and/or projects in academia
* 3 years of experience in Reliability Engineering
* Ability to influence and effect change, with a hands-on emphasis
* Strong and specific knowledge of analog and digital circuit design practices
* Strong self-starter with organizational skills, oral and written communication skills
* Evidence of individual initiative and intellectual curiosity
Preferred Qualifications:
* M.S. degree in Engineering discipline
* 3-5 years hands-on experience working with multi-functional teams
* Experience in a medical or high availability equipment
* Able to provide concrete examples of his or her applied expertise, including technical reports
* Knowledge of Labview™ and object-oriented-programming
* 3 year of Electrical-Engineering experience in a design-function
Our generous benefits package includes the Novartis Investment Savings 401(k) Plan which provides a company contribution of up to 6%. In addition, after one year of service, employees are eligible for the Alcon Retirement Plan (ARP), to which Alcon contributes 6% of eligible pay. By combining the Company's contributions to the 401(k) and ARP, employees can receive up to 12% of eligible pay from Alcon towards retirement. Alcon also offers a premier level of coverage for medical, dental, vision, life and disability coverage, an on-site fitness center and much more. Consider having all this in a fast paced environment within a stable world-class organization.
Alcon is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to quality through diversity. Pre-employment drug testing.
