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The Associate Product Reliability Engineer ensures and continually improves the quality and reliability of landscape irrigation products and/or lighting products.

Demonstrates behavior that is consistent with the company’s values of Customer Satisfaction, Innovation, Family, and Social Responsibility.

Essential Functions:

Assists the development team with robustness designing through the active participation in Failure Modes and Effects Analyses (FMEA) and by developing accelerated component level test methods.
Ensures test methods are aligned with test intent such as functional testing, environmental testing, and reliability testing. Reviews in-house testing and compares results to the field test results. Supports reporting similarities and discrepancies to the Product Manager, Engineering Team, and Quality Assurance Team.
Assists retrieving product performance information from Contractors, Product Managers, Regional Sales Managers, the Customer Service Team, and the Technical Services Team. Analyzes product failures based on geography, environmental conditions, and product usage. Analyzes field failures, returned product, and customer complaints. Assists comparing warranty guarantees to product issues and reporting all correlations.
Conducts head-to-head testing of Hunter products against "best-in-class" by product line (Rotors, Sprays, Valves, and Controllers).
Supports the coordination of Hunter product installation with Contractors throughout various geographical regions for the purpose of performing Beta Field tests. Travels to Contractor sites, conducts installation, and trains Contractors on installation and operating procedures.

Education/Training Required and Preferred:

Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering is required.
Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering is preferred.

Experience Required and Preferred:

No experience required.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA's) Required and Preferred:

Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills.

Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.

Must be detail oriented and organized.

Must have excellent interpersonal skills with ability to interface with all levels of employees, vendors, and customers.

Strong interpersonal skills with team-oriented awareness, sensitivity, and flexibility.

Good organizational and presentation skills.

Demonstrated skills of mathematical and statistical techniques.

Ability to travel 20% - 25% of the time throughout the United States.

What We Offer:

Amazing corporate culture - we walk the walk when it comes to our values!
Beautiful 20 acre park like campus with creek and walking trails
On site wellness center with personal training, fitness classes and massage
FUN company events!
Company Donation Matching and Volunteer Rewards
Career Development opportunities and profit sharing bonus

Follow us on LinkedIn, check out our rave reviews on Glassdoor, and learn more about our company culture on our career site: http://corporate.hunterindustries.com/careers

Hunter is a global leader in the irrigation, outdoor lighting, dispensing technology, and custom manufacturing industries. Driving our continued success is the combined energy and talents of the nearly 4,000 people on our team. Together, we create a diverse array of products that can be seen all over the world, from residential landscapes to national landmarks, stadiums, parks, hotels, and municipal buildings.

Hunter Industries and its Family of Companies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, military and veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other applicable legally protected status or characteristic.

The salary for this opportunity ranges from $75,650 - $96,000

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Compensation offered to the successful candidate will be determined by qualifications, prior experience, other job-related factors, and geographic location.

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