Reliability Engineer II

Waters is seeking a Reliability Engineer II to join the Milford Operations Engineering organization. The Reliability Engineering (REL) Team is responsible for ensuring robustness and longevity of our products in typical customer applications. REL works closely with the Instrument Development Group (IDG) to evaluate new products and with Continuing Engineering (CE) for enhancements to existing products.

The Reliability Engineer helps define reliability goals, develop evaluation plans, assess risk and facilitates design improvements by working with project teams.  Activities include both hands on and office related work in a highly interactive environment.  Additional responsibilities for the Reliability Engineer II may include the supervision of engineering technicians, coordinating transactional activity with other functions and/or interfacing with suppliers.  This individual will collaborate closely with Quality, Production, Machining Operations and various other engineering disciplines to ensure our processes meet current cGMP and ISO 13484 standards.

• Provide reliability engineering input as a member of new product development teams.
• Work with new product development teams to establish reliability requirements, evaluation strategies and schedules in support of LC systems development
• Work with Continuing Engineering to support enhancements to existing products throughout development, testing and implementation.
• Work with Manufacturing Engineering in identifying in-house problems, implementing solutions, and supporting reliability initiatives / continuous improvement.
• Conduct risk assessments and generate test plans to evaluate product and/or components
• Analyze failure rates, failure modes, and failure mechanisms to determine root cause and support robust product design.
• Communicate findings to project teams and/or Operations Management Teams through written communications and technical presentations.
• Manage multiple projects in parallel.
• Understand/use statistics, consult, problem solve/understand physical and practical relationships

• BS in one of the following engineering disciplines; Mechanical, Electrical or Industrial.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience preferably working on electro-mechanical scientific instrumentation
• Experience in a lab environment is desirable
• Knowledge of engineering and statistical modeling software such as MATLAB or Minitab is beneficial

Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) is a global leader in analytical instruments, separations technologies, and software, serving the life, materials, food, and environmental sciences for over 65 years. Our Company helps ensure the efficacy of medicines, the safety of food and the purity of water, and the quality and sustainability of products used every day. In over 100 countries, our 7,600+ passionate employees collaborate with customers in laboratories, manufacturing sites, and hospitals to accelerate the benefits of pioneering science. 

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It benefits our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, marital status (including civil unions), military service, veteran status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, legally recognized disability, domestic violence victim status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All hiring decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.