Senior Electronics Reliability Engineer
Gridware
San Francisco, CA, USA
USD 175k-185k / year
Posted on Feb 21, 2026
About Gridware
Gridware is a San Francisco-based technology company dedicated to protecting and enhancing the electrical grid. We pioneered a groundbreaking new class of grid management called active grid response (AGR), focused on monitoring the electrical, physical, and environmental aspects of the grid that affect reliability and safety. Gridware’s advanced Active Grid Response platform uses high-precision sensors to detect potential issues early, enabling proactive maintenance and fault mitigation. This comprehensive approach helps improve safety, reduce outages, and ensure the grid operates efficiently. The company is backed by climate-tech and Silicon Valley investors. For more information, please visit www.Gridware.io.
About the Role
Gridware is hiring a Senior Electronics Reliability Engineer to drive reliability and failure analysis for our outdoor electronic systems. This role focuses on PCBAs and electronic components, ensuring our products perform reliably in real-world environments over time.
You’ll work closely with hardware, firmware, and manufacturing teams to identify, debug, and prevent failures at the board and component level. This role emphasizes practical reliability—understanding how electronics fail in the field and using that insight to improve design.
Responsibilities
- Analyze and debug board-level failures, identify root causes, and drive corrective actions across design and manufacturing
- Review PCBA designs, layouts, and component selections to identify reliability risks early in development
- Develop and execute reliability and validation plans for PCBAs and electronic assemblies
- Apply reliability methodologies (e.g., DFMEA, DFR, accelerated testing) to identify and mitigate risks
- Investigate field failures and test data to understand failure mechanisms and improve product robustness
- Partner with hardware, firmware, and manufacturing teams to drive reliability improvements from design through production
- Work with external partners (CMs/ODMs, test labs) to validate designs and improve system reliability
Required Skills
- 6+ years of experience in electrical, hardware, or reliability engineering
- Strong experience working with PCBAs, including board-level debugging, bring-up, or design collaboration
- Hands-on experience with failure analysis and root cause investigation of electronic systems
- Understanding of common failure mechanisms in PCBAs and electronic components (e.g., solder joints, interconnects, capacitors, semiconductors)
- Familiarity with reliability principles such as DFMEA, DFR, or accelerated testing
- Experience working cross-functionally with hardware, manufacturing, and suppliers
- Ability to operate in a fast-paced, hands-on, and collaborative environment
Bonus Skills
- Experience working with contract manufacturers (CMs/ODMs) and production environments
- Experience analyzing field data or identifying failure trends
- Experience with environmental or outdoor electronics systems
- Familiarity with reliability or statistical analysis tools (e.g., Excel, JMP, MATLAB)
- Experience with lifetime modeling and reliability prediction
This describes the ideal candidate; many of us have picked up this expertise along the way. Even if you meet only part of this list, we encourage you to apply!
Benefits
Health, Dental & Vision (Gold and Platinum with some providers plans fully covered)
Paid parental leave
Alternating day off (every other Monday)
“Off the Grid”, a two week per year paid break for all employees.
Commuter allowance
Company-paid training
175000 - 185000 USD a year