Lead- Reliability Engineer

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Role: Lead- Reliability Engineer Location: Hyderabad Full/ Part-time: Full Time About Carrier Carrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating innovations that bring comfort, safety and sustainability to life. Through cutting-edge advancements in climate solutions such as temperature control, air quality and transportation, we improve lives, empower critical industries and ensure safe transport of food, life-saving medicines and more. Since inventing modern air conditioning in 1902, we lead with purpose: enhancing the lives we live and the world we share. We continue to lead because of our world-class, inclusive workforce that puts the customer at the center of  everything we do. For more information, visit corporate.carrier.com or follow Carrier on social media at @Carrier. About the role • May propose changes in design or formulation to improve system and/or process reliability. • Builds and conducts dry running of basic qualification test set ups. • sCompiles and analyzes performance reports and process control statistics; investigates and analyzes relevant variables potentially affecting product performance and processes. • Liaises closely with other project team members in the areas such as stress, manufacturing, sourcing and configuration, with respect to new designs or design changes. Key Responsibilities:  Reliability Modeling & Prediction • Perform reliability predictions for electronic assemblies and systems using industry-standard methodologies. • Calculate: • MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures) • Failure Rate (FIT) • Product Useful Life • Service Life Estimates • Reliability Growth Metrics • Reliability Block Diagrams (RBD) • Mission Reliability • Conduct reliability analysis using: • Telcordia SR-332 • MIL-HDBK-217F • IEC 61709 • FIDES methodologies • Perform component-level and assembly-level reliability assessments System-Level Reliability Analysis • Develop and maintain system-level reliability models for complete products and platforms. • Create reliability block diagrams — RBDs — for system architecture analysis. • Evaluate reliability of complete systems considering: • PCB assemblies • Sensors • Power supplies • Communication modules • Displays • Relays/contactors • Motors/fans • Connectors and harnesses • Mechanical/electromechanical interfaces • Analyze series, parallel, redundant, standby, and fail-safe architectures. • Calculate system reliability, availability, maintainability, and probability of failure over mission time. • Assess single-point failures and critical reliability contributors at system level. • Support architecture trade-off studies to improve system robustness, redundancy, serviceability, and product life. • Work with hardware, firmware, systems, mechanical, quality, compliance, and field teams to translate reliability risks into design actions Product Lifetime & Wear-Out Analysis • Estimate product useful life and service life based on operating profiles and field usage conditions. • Perform lifetime calculations for wear-out-sensitive components such as: • Electrolytic capacitors • Relays • Power semiconductors • Fans • Connectors • Batteries • Displays • Electromechanical parts • Apply appropriate models such as Arrhenius, Weibull, Coffin-Manson, thermal acceleration, voltage derating, and duty-cycle-based life models. • Evaluate environmental impact including temperature, humidity, vibration, cycling, load profile, and power-on hours. • Recommend design margins, derating guidelines, and component selection improvements Field Data Analytics • Analyze warranty claims, field returns, service records, and customer failure data. • Develop reliability dashboards and reliability KPIs. • Identify dominant failure modes and reliability trends. • Establish failure-rate distributions and reliability growth plans. • Generate actionable recommendations to improve product robustness. Reliability Testing & Validation • Define reliability validation plans for new product development and sustaining programs. • Support HALT, HASS, accelerated life testing, temperature cycling, humidity testing, vibration testing, power cycling, and environmental stress testing. • Correlate lab test results with predicted reliability and actual field performance. • Define sample size, test duration, confidence level, and acceptance criteria for reliability demonstration tests. • Support design verification and product qualification from a reliability perspective Failure Analysis & Root Cause Investigation • Support root cause investigations involving: • Field failures • Manufacturing defects • Component failures • Early-life failures • Perform statistical analysis of failures. • Work with hardware, firmware, component engineering, quality, manufacturing, and suppliers to implement corrective actions. Reliability Tools & Data Management • Utilize reliability prediction software and databases for analysis and reporting. Expertise in Relex, Reliasoft, Minitab, ITEM tool suite • Maintain reliability calculation models, assumptions, and documentation. • Develop automated reliability reporting tools and dashboards. • Support design reviews with quantitative reliability assessments Requirements Requires advanced knowledge obtained through a University degree, combined with experience Practical to substantial knowledge of Carrier organization, programs or systems with the ability to make enhancements and leverage in daily work University Degree or equivalent A minimum of 5 years prior relevant experience OR An advanced degree in a related field and a minimum of 3 years experience Benefits   We are committed to offering competitive benefits programs for all of our employees, and enhancing our programs when necessary.  • Make yourse