Summary: The Reliability Engineer role focuses on enhancing component and system reliability within a fast-growing communications company in Cambridge. The position involves collaboration with engineering, quality, and production teams to ensure compliance with rigorous reliability standards. The role is a 9-month fixed-term contract with potential for extension, requiring hands-on involvement in both UK-based development and international manufacturing processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead reliability planning and testing for components and systems in accordance with standards such as JEDEC, Telcordia, MIL-STD-810, GR-63, and GR-1086
• Conduct failure analysis and fault investigation, identifying root causes and recommending corrective actions
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across design and production lines
• Oversee and influence reliability standards in design, validation, and manufacturing processes
• Support internal teams and external suppliers in meeting EMC, safety, and other compliance benchmarks
• Participate in supplier audits and collaborate with the quality team on procurement reliability
• Support certification efforts and help shape the overall approach to reliability engineering within the business
• Contribute to cross-functional project reviews and communicate findings clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Key Skills:

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a reliability-focused engineering role
• Background in electronics, systems engineering, or high-reliability environments
• Familiarity with standards and processes used in military, automotive, or large-scale telecoms systems
• Experience with complex systems rather than biomedical or consumer electronics
• Strong understanding of failure analysis, root cause investigation, and corrective/preventive action
• Confident working hands-on in a manufacturing or lab environment and influencing production improvements
• Must be based in or around Cambridge, and open to occasional travel to Poland

Salary (Rate): 50000

City: Cambridge

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: on-site

IR35 Status: fixed-term

Seniority Level: Mid-Level

Industry: IT