Lead- Reliability Engineer

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,safetyand sustainability to life. Throughcutting-edgeadvancements in climate solutions such as temperature control, airqualityand transportation, we improve lives, empower criticalindustriesand 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 thecenterofeverything we do. For more information, visitcorporate.carrier.comor 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