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 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 yourself a priority with flexible schedules, parental leave
- Drive forward your career through professional development opportunities
- Achieve your personal goals with our Employee Assistance Programme

Our commitment to you

Our greatest assets are the expertise, creativity and passion of our employees. We strive to provide a great place to work that attracts, develops and retains the best talent, promotes employee engagement, fosters teamwork and ultimately drives innovation for the benefit of our customers. We strive to create an environment where you feel that you belong, with diversity and inclusion as the engine to growth and innovation. We develop and deploy best-in-class programs and practices, providing enriching career opportunities, listening to employee feedback and always challenging ourselves to do better. This is The Carrier Way.

Join us and make a difference.

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Carrier is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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📌 Lead- Reliability Engineer (Hyderabad)
🏢 Carrier
📍 Hyderabad