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Sr Quality/Reliability Engineer

Milwaukee Tool · Brookfield, WI · Full time

Posted Jun 10, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about a reliability test you designed that found a problem others missed.

What they are checking: Whether their test designs have actually caught real problems that would otherwise have reached users.

Tell me about a time you improved a product's reliability after launch.

What they are checking: Whether they close the loop on field problems with real fixes and confirm those fixes worked.

What would you do

A fastening tool drifts out of torque accuracy after field use. How do you investigate?

What they are checking: Whether they can trace torque drift to its real cause across sensors, calibration, mechanical wear and firmware.

A customer uses tools in an assembly plant with strict quality demands. How does that change your approach?

What they are checking: Whether they understand industrial users who need fastening that is traceable, repeatable and proven on every joint.

How do you work with design engineers who think your test is too harsh?

What they are checking: Defending tests with data while staying open to fair challenge.

About the work

Precision fastening tools must hit torque accurately. How would you define test methods to prove that over the tool's life?

What they are checking: Designing tests that confirm accuracy holds as the tool wears, central to precision fastening.

How do you write product requirements for durability that engineers can design to?

What they are checking: Turning user needs into clear, testable requirements, which the posting names.

What is the difference between testing for advanced systems development and testing for mass production?

What they are checking: Understanding how test goals shift from learning to verifying across the life cycle.

How would you design a measurement system to check torque accuracy, and how do you validate it?

What they are checking: Whether they prove their measurement system is accurate before trusting any torque data it produces.

How do you use statistics to set pass and fail criteria for a durability test?

What they are checking: Whether they set pass and fail criteria with sound reasoning about confidence levels and sample size.

How do you keep test methods consistent as products change?

What they are checking: Whether they keep test methods stable over time so results stay comparable across product generations.

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The full job description

As published by Milwaukee Tool.

Job Description: Come be DISRUPTIVE with us! At Milwaukee Tool, our most valued resource is our dedicated team of employees - employees who work with a passion to be the best and an unparalleled pride in their work and in the Milwaukee brand. We know that the only way to sustain growth and success is to value the growth and success of each person within the organization, that's why we invest in an individual's growth and development from day one. All our teams touch every step of the process, that is why our engineering teams are some of the key contributors to our continuous innovations. The fast-paced, agile environment continuously delivers disruptive technologies by providing every team with the resources needed to excel and working directly with end users to understand how to deliver heavy duty products with high performance. We create best in class products by leveraging advanced analysis tools, extensive testing regimes, state-of-the-art manufacturing processes and cross-functional agility. The Precision Fastening Reliability Engineer’s primary duties are to utilize engineering skills to contribute to the life cycle of power tool products. The Precision Fastening Reliability Engineer will define the test methods and product requirements needed to ensure durable, disruptive, and market-leading products and systems in advanced systems development and mass production portions of product life cycles. A successful candidate will bring curiosity, accountability, and strong experience in requirements definition, test development, validation, and data acquisition to the Precision Fastening team. The candidate enjoys a fast-paced work environment with excellent visibility and opportunities to grow. Duties and Responsibilities: Product Development • Be a subject matter expert in the Precision Fastening team with respect to test methods, product requirements, user needs, and reliability for precision fastening products • Develop critical to quality (CTQ) requirements from collaboration with product management and participation in user needs research • Collaborate with engineering and marketing to ensure product specifications with respect to all aspects of reliability, quality, and user needs are met • Design experimental techniques to improve development and testing efforts • Implement testing best practices within the Precision Fastening team • Interact with global suppliers that participate in product development • Track multiple projects simultaneously to ensure adherence to schedule and the Milwaukee Tool process • Research published standards and released products to drive understanding in a new, growing category. Testing and Analysis • Develop test procedures and create test plans to evaluate product performance against user and product requirements • Effectively document test plans, procedures, and best practices for execution in test laboratories • Perform data analysis, post-processing, and visualization of test data • Summarize test results with statistical techniques and present concise, logical, written conclusions • Communicate results, summaries, and implications of test results to a wide variety of stakeholders including technical and non-technical leaders and decision makers • Ensure timely failure reporting and drive root cause analysis and effective corrective/preventative actions • Collaborate with global testing, manufacturing, and engineering teams to identify, evaluate, and resolve testing issues Job Requirements: • Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering • (Reliability, Mechanical, Electrical, or other related disciplines) • 5+ years of experience in related reliability, test engineering, and quality field • Strong analytical problem-solving skills and sound statistical application in areas such as design of experiments, sampling techniques, regression, reliability, FMEAs, hypothesis testing, etc. • Hands-on experience with data acquisition systems, data analytics, and related software (e.g. Python, nCode Glyphworks, Dewesoft, LabVIEW) • Experience with life data analysis, reliability distributions, and statistical analysis, and related software (e.g. Minitab, Reliasoft Weibull++) • Knowledge of measurement system analysis and capability studies (Gage R+R, Process Capability, Machine Capability), particularly as they relate to precision fastening applications • Experience in troubleshooting, fault detection, failure analysis, and automating tests/measurements and analysis • Strong communication skills with the ability to influence at all levels with creative problem-solving capabilities • Ability to travel 10% (includes both domestic and international Milwaukee Tool is an equal opportunity employer.

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