Manufacturing Reliability Engineer

About this role

Diligent seeks a Manufacturing Reliability Engineer to design and oversee production testing and provisioning for autonomous robots at a contract manufacturer facility in Milwaukee. You'll own end-to-end test protocols, fleet provisioning workflows, and production quality metrics while working closely with hardware, software, and operations teams.

What you'll do

• Design, validate, and maintain production test protocols and gating criteria from incoming inspection through final shipment
• Architect and operate robot provisioning flows including imaging, firmware deployment, configuration, and validation
• Own and drive improvements to key production metrics: First Pass Yield, cycle time, and test coverage
• Build and maintain automated test frameworks, harnesses, and test rigs at the contract manufacturer site
• Lead root cause analysis for production and field failures; coordinate corrective actions across teams
• Serve as onsite technical lead at contract manufacturer: train operators, debug line issues, and refine processes

What they're looking for

• Production and test engineering for electro-mechanical systems
• Test protocol development and fixture design
• Firmware provisioning and validation
• Systems integration and embedded sensors (cameras, LiDAR, IMU)
• Hardware and firmware debugging
• Data-driven KPI analysis and statistical process control
• Contract manufacturer collaboration and on-site operations
• Python, test automation frameworks, or embedded CI tools