Senior Vehicle Reliability Engineer
3 days ago
Los Angeles
Job DescriptionCzinger Vehicles is redefining the future of automotive design and manufacturing. Founded in 2019, we're pioneering a new era of performance vehicles through revolutionary, proprietary technology that blends human-AI design with sustainable manufacturing. Our flagship 21C hypercar, celebrated as the world's fastest production vehicle and for its record-setting runs at Goodwood Hill Climb, Circuit of the Americas, and Laguna Seca, showcases the innovation behind over 550 patents in AI-driven generative design, materials, and additive manufacturing. With our three core pillars of dominating performance, iconic design, and revolutionary technology, Czinger is at the intersection of deep technology, consumer products, and high-performance branding. We invite you to join our world-class talent in shaping the future of the automotive industry. Here, you'll be part of a groundbreaking journey that pushes the limits of performance, design, technology, and sustainability. Purpose The Senior Vehicle Reliability Engineer (CZV) ensures that Czinger's groundbreaking vehicles meet the highest standards of performance, safety, reliability, and durability. This position exists to drive confidence in vehicle reliability prior to handover and to ensure rapid and effective resolution of validation, production, and customer issues. Leading proactive risk management and robust problem solving across design, validation, and launch phases, the Senior Vehicle Reliability Engineer enables Czinger to deliver revolutionary vehicles with trusted performance on the road. You will serve as the technical lead for vehicle reliability at Czinger, working cross-functionally to track, resolve, and prevent reliability risks. You will be responsible for maintaining and continuously improving Czinger's Vehicle Issue Management System (Jira-based), ensuring effective visibility, prioritization, and resolution of reliability and quality issues across programs. This includes leading review and investigation of issues encountered during development, testing, and validation, ensuring test coverage for known failure modes, and driving resolution of critical issues and mitigation of key risks. Your scope includes warranty risk assessment, coordination with Aftersales for field performance feedback, and prompting recall/service campaign execution. Your impact is measured by known and mitigated failure modes, smooth handovers, and fleet performance that earns customer confidence. The Role • Manage the issues landscape through development, validation, and product launch, • Administer and continuously improve the Vehicle Issue Management System (Jira) to ensure consistent categorization, ownership, and tracking of reliability and build issues., • Manage interim containment actions (ICA) and lead structured Root Cause (RC) and Permanent Corrective Action (PCA) efforts, especially for critical/customer-facing issues or systemic failures, • Lead cross-functional issue reviews to establish clear priorities and accountability for needed design and process improvements, • Identify, assess, and communicate the need for field action in partnership with Aftersales when fleet issues arise, • Act as the technical vehicle reliability partner to Leadership, Program Management, Design, Validation, and other teams, • Participate in design and change reviews to provide feedback on manufacturability and reliability, • Establish performance and reliability feedback loops to enable rapid and effective design evolution, • Assess overall vehicle readiness for key program milestones (e.g., start of production, customer hand-off, etc.), • Develop and publish dashboards and metrics that communicate issue trends, risks, and progress to leadership., • Continuously refine and scale problem resolution processes and systems and reliability engineering practices to support growing production volumes and complexity, • Own the issue management governance model (meeting cadence, escalation path, categorization logic, Jira workflows)., • Introduce and maintain standardized Root Cause templates and training to improve problem-solving maturity., • Evaluate training opportunities for key stakeholders to expand the problem-solving knowledge, • Coordinate with IT/Systems to ensure Jira configurations align with evolving reliability processes.Basic Qualifications, • Bachelor's degree in engineering discipline, • 3+ years of experience in design, manufacturing, product reliability, validation/test, or quality engineering, • Experience solving complex, interdisciplinary problems in development and production using a disciplined problem-solving methodologyPreferred Qualifications, • 3+ years of experience launching new vehicles or similarly complex, high-performance products from concept to production, • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to work independently, lead cross-functional initiatives, and effectively communicate to a wide range of stakeholders, • Experience with structured problem-solving methodologies and failure analysis tools (e.g. Six Sigma, 8D, 5-whys, Fault Tree Analysis, fishbone, DOE), • Background in one or more key vehicle domains, such as Powertrain (ICE or hybrid), composite body structures, chassis and suspension systems, vehicle software, or electrical systems, • Working knowledge of DFM principles, particularly those pertaining to vehicle assembly and/or precision component design, • Familiarity with automotive certification requirements, • Experience with risk management, utilizing FMEA and other risk assessment tools, • Familiarity with Jira, SQL, PowerBI, and other data gathering / analysis tools, • Familiarity with NX/Teamcenter or similar CAD/design platformsWork Environment, • Office and manufacturing floor environment, • Occasional travel to supplier sites, testing events, and other company facilities as required, • Holistic Compensation Package: Enjoy a world-class compensation package that includes a competitive salary, equity plan, and discretionary results-based incentive bonus opportunities, ensuring you're truly valued for your contributions., • Wellness and Time Off: Embrace a healthy lifestyle with paid vacation, sick time, and company holidays, including a year-end shutdown to recharge. We support growing families with paid parental leave, recognizing the importance of bonding time., • Comprehensive Health and Wellness: Prioritize your well-being with our comprehensive health and wellness benefits, offering both HMO and Premium PPO options. Additionally, benefit from company-sponsored life insurance and short and long-term disability coverage for peace of mind., • Investment in Growth: We're committed to your professional development. Take advantage of reimbursement opportunities for learning and development initiatives, empowering you to continuously expand your skill set and reach peak performance., • Collaborative and High-Performing Environment: Join our collaborative, dynamic, and high-performing team within a fast-paced, mission-driven company. Together, we're disrupting the traditional manufacturing industry, fostering innovation, and integrating people and technology to reduce our footprint. Equal Employment Opportunity CZV, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected characteristic. CZV, Inc. provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with Disabilities and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act.. EEO Poster In order to adjust to changes in our business, it may become necessary to add, remove or modify certain duties and responsibilities, or to reassign you to another job position. From time to time you may be asked to work on special projects or to assist with other work. Your cooperation and assistance in performing such additional work is expected. E-Verify: Right to Work Our company participates in E-Verify. E-Verify is a program that electronically confirms a candidate's eligibility to work in the United States after completing the Employment Eligibility Verification (Form I-9). The information provided on the Form I-9 is compared to the records contained in the Social Security Administration and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) databases. This helps employers verify the identity and employment eligibility of newly hired employees. Eligibility to Work Poster (English) | Eligibility to Work Poster (Spanish) Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (FCIHO) Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (FCIHO), we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. No agencies, no solicitations, and no calls please.