Quality & Reliability Engineer

Frontline Wildfire Defense

. Stand up Frontline’s hardware quality and reliability function and run it hands-on .

Posted 11/7/2026full-timeRemote • California • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $145,000 - $170,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in quality and reliability engineering for physical hardware, with a strong focus on failure analysis, corrective actions, and reliability testing methodologies. Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance product quality and supplier performance.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Quality And Reliability EngineeringFailure Analysis And Corrective ActionReliability Testing (HALT/HASS)Supplier Quality ManagementTelemetry-Driven Diagnostics

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Hard Skills

Failure AnalysisCorrective ActionReliability TestingQuality Metrics TrackingField-Failure InvestigationMechanical Systems AnalysisElectromechanical Systems AnalysisFluidic Systems AnalysisEnvironmental TestingReliability Statistics

Soft Skills

Problem SolvingCollaborationOwnershipCommunicationAdaptability

Tools & Technologies

PLMECOBOM ManagementTelemetry SystemsIoT Products

Industry Keywords

Quality EngineeringReliability EngineeringConnected DevicesField SupportSupplier Qualification

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

IoT

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Stand up Frontline’s hardware quality and reliability function and run it hands-on
Own the loop that turns field failures into root causes and permanent fixes across designs, suppliers, and the contract manufacturer
Establish the failure analysis, root cause, and corrective action process and tracking/review cadence
Define and track quality and reliability metrics
Help define, build, and run HALT/HASS, life, environmental, and other reliability tests
Lead end-to-end field-failure investigations from field and telemetry signals to verified root cause
Drive and verify fixes across mechanical, electromechanical, fluidic, and electronic systems and feed them back into design
Partner with field support and operations to quantify failure modes and prioritize reliability improvements
Resolve supplier issues through containment, corrective action, incoming inspection, and verification
Qualify new and second-source suppliers and work with contract manufacturers on build quality
Build quality gates into new product introduction and review design and BOM changes for risk
Partner with hardware engineering, operations, and field support

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years in quality and/or reliability engineering for physical, deployed hardware (electromechanical, fluidic, or connected-device a plus)
Demonstrated ownership of failure analysis and corrective action, driven to verified closure
Direct supplier and contract-manufacturer quality experience: corrective action, incoming inspection, and qualification
Reliability-testing experience (HALT/HASS, life, environmental) and the ability to act on the results
Comfortable building process and doing the work in a scaling company, and willing to travel to the field and suppliers
Field or operations exposure: debugging deployed systems and working with installers
Connected/IoT products: telemetry-driven diagnostics and firmware/OTA failure modes
Familiarity with reliability statistics and PLM/ECO and BOM rigor
Successful completion of comprehensive background checks, including employment and education verification

Benefits

Comp & perks

Company-provided cell phone and laptop
Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
401(k) retirement plan
Flexible time off + 14 paid holidays (yes, your birthday is one of them!)
Work-from-home stipend to support your remote setup
Remote-first work environment, fostering work-life balance and autonomy
Company-provided equipment
Join a high-performing, mission-driven team doing work that truly matters
And much more!