# Staff Reliability Engineer at SPAN

- Company: SPAN
- What the company does: Span.IO develops products to enable the rapid adoption of renewable energy and deliver an intuitive interface for the home. Backed by Fifth Wall.
- Company website: https://span.io
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $147K to $196K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-25
- Apply by: 2026-11-09
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/span/d0d89d86-2fdd-483c-9b5b-0a282e4d05cd
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/span-staff-reliability-engineer/

## About the role

SPAN is seeking a Staff Reliability Engineer to be the technical leader for our reliability team, improve lab organization, standardize reliability test suites, improve the visibility of reliability test reports, and mentor a small team of dedicated reliability engineers. You'll set the technical direction for reliability testing across the entire suite of SPAN products—spanning electrical, mechanical, environmental, and systems-level considerations—while managing the day-to-day work of the entire team.

## What they're looking for

- BS or MS in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Statistics or a related engineering field
- 8+ years of experience in reliability engineering, with demonstrated ownership of reliability programs that evaluate products with multiple product discipline inputs (electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, sourcing and/or environmental)
- Deep experience with XFMEA, reliability test planning and execution, and translating lab data into product requirements
- Strong background in statistical analysis of DOE tests and reliability test data using common reliability predictive models
- Proficiency with Python or similar scripting languages for test automation, data logging, and analysis
- Hands-on experience designing and building test rigs, using metrological instrumentation, and running reliability tests in both large and small environmental control chambers

Tags: Hardware Engineering