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Senior Vehicle Reliability Engineer (CZV)

Torrance, California, United States
Czinger 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 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. 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

  • 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.)
  • Manage the issues landscape through development, validation, and product launch:
    • Manage issue containment activities and lead structured Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) 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
  • Manage the Czinger risk landscape:
    • Maintain the Czinger risk register; advocate for and lead risk identification activities, leveraging FMEA tools where appropriate
    • Support readiness for key program milestones by confirming appropriate risk mitigation across systems, and partner with validation teams to ensure test coverage aligns with known and emerging risks
  • Continuously refine and scale problem resolution processes and systems and reliability engineering practices to support growing production volumes and complexity

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in an 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 methodology

Preferred 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 platforms

Work Environment

  • Office and manufacturing floor environment
  • Occasional travel to supplier sites, testing events, and other company facilities as required
  • Dynamic, fast-paced environment focused on scaling advanced manufacturing processes while ensuring risk mitigation and reliability excellence

 

Compensation

At Czinger, our pay range is based on the level of the job. For this role, we will consider candidates at levels Senior Engineer, Lead Engineer and Principal Engineer as evaluated through our interview process. 

  • Senior Engineer: $122,400 - $168,300
  • Lead Engineer: $141,400 - $194,400
  • Principal Engineer: $163,300 - 224,550

 

Pay Range

$122,400 - $224,550 USD

What We Offer:

  • 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. 


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