Senior Hardware Reliability Engineer
SamsaraSan Francisco, United States
Internship
Posted January 14, 2026
$204k - $240k
Climate Technology
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Job Description
At Samsara, we embrace a flexible working model that caters to the diverse needs of our teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Samsara’s Hardware Reliability team enables an exceptional customer experience by enabling reliable hardware, identifying opportunities in product performance, and engaging cross-functionally to resolve key issues. Samsara’s Senior Hardware Reliability Engineer will design quality processes that guarantee the high-quality standards of Samsara's hardware.
- The Reliability engineer is responsible for implementing and executing comprehensive reliability strategies/plans that span the entire product development lifecycle from concept to warranty repair. The Reliability engineer quickly aggregates and analyzes test, field performance, and manufacturing data to drive actions internally and with our suppliers to ensure that we are building the highest quality product. Cross-functional collaboration with hardware, firmware, and operations is an essential part of the role.
- This is a hybrid position open to candidates residing in the US, requiring you to visit our office in San Francisco three times a week.
- Work cross-functionally with partners in Hardware/Firmware Engineering, Operations, and Support to ensure our customers have a best-in-class product experience.
- Design in reliability through the product development process and own product reliability modeling, testing, and validation.
- Set reliability requirements and allocate reliability targets to subsystems.
- Lead product quality investigations in addition to root cause and corrective actions with internal cross-functional team members and external vendors.
- Evaluate and investigate defect trends that improve incoming material and outgoing product quality.
- Identify opportunities for corrective actions and continuous improvement through field failure investigations.
- Create feedback loops to continuously improve the products in the field and the next generation.
- Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices.
Requirements
- MSc/PhD in Engineering, Material Science, Physics, or related field.
- 10+ years of experience working in a Hardware Reliability Engineer role.
- Experience with stress testing; fatigue testing, vibration, and shock testing, electrical stress, and environmental stress.
- Experience with failure analysis methodologies.
- Understanding the physics of failure and the application of stresses to underlying failure mechanisms.
- Experience with Design for Reliability concepts.
- Experience with JDM development model.
- Experience with third-party test oversight, and test execution.
- Self-motivated, proactive, creative and critical problem-solving capabilities.
- #LI-Hybrid
- The range of annual base salary for full-time employees for this position is below. Please note that base pay offered may vary depending on factors including your city of residence, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This role is also eligible for an initial RSU grant with no vesting cliff, and ongoing refresh opportunities tied to performance, subject to plan terms and conditions. Learn more about our total rewards and benefits below.
- Annual Base Salary
- $204,000
- —
- $240,000 USD
Benefits & Perks
- At Samsara, we build for the people who keep the global economy moving. We want owners, not passengers, which is why our rewards are designed to fuel high-impact builders. Our compensation program delivers above-market total compensation through a combination of base salary, performance-based bonus/variable pay, and equity (for eligible roles) in a high-growth public company. We meaningfully differentiate pay for our top performers, who have the opportunity to earn above-market compensation that can outpace the broader market over time.
- Beyond compensation, we provide the foundations that enable long-term success: a flexible, employee-led remote model, a professional development stipend, comprehensive health and parental leave plans, and more. If you’re ready to build for the long term and own the outcome, your journey starts here.
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