Head Reliability & Validation

Key responsibilities

• Define verification/validation plans from Systems Engineering requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Own DV/PV, endurance, environmental/temperature-cycle, performance, load, regression and qualification testing.
• Build test rigs, test methods, instrumentation, data capture and objective pass/fail criteria with Engineering.
• Own FRACAS, failure analysis governance, reliability metrics and recurring field-failure trend review.
• Independently report readiness, residual risks and validation gaps before release.
• Partner with Product/Engineering on reliability growth and corrective-action verification.
• Create validation documentation suitable for customers/export markets where relevant.

Experience & qualifications

• 1015+ years in validation, reliability, testing or product quality engineering.
• Hands-on experience creating test plans/rigs, analysing failures and closing reliability loops.
• Knowledge of FMEA, FRACAS, accelerated/endurance testing, environmental testing and statistical reliability methods.
• Experience across electromechanical + controls/software systems is strongly preferred.