Reliability Engineer
Bevi is on a mission to disrupt the beverage supply chain and replace single-use water bottles with smart water machines. Thousands of companies use Bevi to sustainably provide their employees with pure, sparkling, and flavored water at work. As the market leader in IoT-enabled beverage machines, we’ve raised over $90M in venture capital and we’re doubling year over year. In addition to maintaining hypergrowth with our current product line, Bevi is heavily investing in new product development.
We are seeking a Reliability Engineer who will be responsible for the technical aspects of Bevi’s existing products. The role includes responsibility for engineering, design for manufacturability and Quality of field products, ECO initiation and Implementations and supplier quality activities. This person will be responsible to drive improvements in quality, process control, KPI’s and cost initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Originate and develop action plans based on analysis of data to improve product reliability and quality.
- Lead Suppliers sustaining engineering activities including design and process changes.
- Prepare Release Packages consisting of: Bill of Materials, drawings, fixtures/tooling, ECNs and more. Act as the sustaining product owner including: Creating, maintaining and organizing Drawing, Assemblies, Work Instructions and Forms.
- Establishing Product Sustaining goals and evaluating results.
- Support product failure investigations. Perform robust root cause analysis of production issues, product design issues, implement appropriate containment, and drive corrective action.
- Apply statistical methods and perform product/process analysis of quality improvements, cost reduction and improved efficiency.
- Collaboration with the Quality team, Manufacturing Engineering and R&D perform Design failures analysis (DFMEA), process failure analysis (PFMEA), gap analysis and value stream maps.
- Coordinate resources between Quality, R&D, Manufacturing, Supply Chain to take the re-design of a product into production.
- Supports test methods development and execution.
- Participation in design reviews as project leader of changes to existing products, participant, and independent reviewer, as applicable.
- Manufacturing and production support with outside vendors / suppliers as needed.
- Work in collaboration with the Manufacturing Engineering team to coordinate implementing Engineering and Process changes of revised products through ECN’s and CAR’s
- Perform component End-Of-Life engineering activities
Requirements
- Requires strong technical writing in support of design inputs, design outputs, qualification activities, regulatory requirements and related pursuits.
- 3+ years of Engineering and/or Manufacturing experience.
- B.S. Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial or Manufacturing Engineering.
- Good written and oral communication skills, including ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization.
- Must be able to perform various functions in support of product development and production support.
- Experience with Microsoft Office tools (i.e., Excel, Word, etc.), Bill of Material creation and manufacturing process knowledge essential, PLM.
- Experience in Reliability Engineering analysis tools such as MTBF and MTTF.
- Preferred: Kaizen and Lean Manufacturing techniques.
- Preferred: Experience with AutoCad, Solidworks or similar 3D CAD programs.
- Ability to travel up to 10%
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance plans with BlueCross BlueShield, 95% paid by employer
- 401(k) and environmentally responsible investment options
- Flex/hybrid approach to in-office work
- Fully employer paid disability and life insurances
- Wellness and fitness reimbursements
- 15 days vacation and 9 paid holidays, plus additional paid days for sick leave, etc (including sustainability or social justice volunteer events)
- Paid parental leave for both primary and secondary caregivers
- Monthly stipends for cell phone use and commuting costs
- Onsite snacks and Bevis... and composting and terracycling, too
- Happy hours, pancake breakfasts, Hero awards - and more!
- Join a team that shares our Bevi Core Values:
- Put Customers First
- Be Great to Work with
- Raise the Bar Together
- Act Like You Own the Business
- Be Curious and Ask Why
- Champion Sustainability