DVT & Reliability Engineering Lead
Role Summary
We are seeking a senior technical leader to own Design Verification Testing (DVT) and Reliability Engineering for TVSE Products including TouchPOS, Thermal Printers, Keyboards
The candidate must be capable of defining reliability strategy, calculating product lifetime, and building a scalable validation organization. This is a technical authority role in reliability and validation.
Key Responsibilities
1️⃣ Reliability Engineering Leadership
Perform & Own:
- MTBF prediction
- FIT rate estimation
- Thermal derating analysis
- Power component stress analysis
- Reliability block diagrams (RBD)
- Weibull life modeling
- Acceleration factor calculations
Define:
- Product lifetime targets (based on usage)
- Duty cycle assumptions
- Environmental stress levels (Country specific conditions)
2️⃣ DVT Architecture & Governance
- Define risk-based DVT framework
- Establish entry/exit criteria for EVT/DVT/PVT
- Review and approve test plans
- Ensure subsystem coverage including RF robustness, Thermal printer head life, Cutter mechanical life, SMPS robustness, LCD burn-in, Life for keyboard switches
- Implement structured issue tracking and severity classification
3️⃣ Product-Specific Reliability Focus
Thermal Printer (eg. Print head life estimation)
TouchPOS (eg. Power adapter reliability analysis)
Soundbox (eg. Speaker fatigue modelling)
⌨ Keyboard (eg. Switch lifecycle validation )
4️⃣ Environmental & Market Reliability Strategy
Design validation for ambient/elevated temperature, RH, Dust-prone environments, unstable power grids
Plan accelerated stress tests such as HALT, HASS, Temperature cycling, Power cycling
5️⃣ Team Leadership & Mentorship
- Train DVT engineers in:
- Reliability calculations
- Structured root cause analysis
- Statistical sampling methods
- Weibull analysis
- Review failure analysis reports
- Establish validation documentation standards
- Build long-term validation capability
6️⃣ Compliance & Certification Oversight
Guide pre-compliance and certification strategy for:
- CE marking
- Federal Communications Commission
- RoHS
Support EMI mitigation strategy at PCB and enclosure level.
Required Qualifications
- 15+ years in hardware reliability & validation
- Proven experience leading DVT for embedded products
- Strong background in power electronics & thermal systems
- Experience in POS, payment devices, printers, or IoT hardware
- Demonstrated mentoring and team development experience
Mandatory Technical Expertise
- MTBF modeling tools (Reliasoft or equivalent)
- Weibull++ or statistical reliability tools
- Derating standards (IPC, JEDEC familiarity)
- Reliability prediction standards such as MIL-HDBK-217
- Accelerated life testing design
- Thermal simulation interpretation
- Schematic-level stress review capability
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