The Whereabouts of Reliability Engineering – An Industry Perspective  
Author Feng-Bin Sun

 

Co-Author(s) Mingxiao Jiang; Wendai Wang

 

Abstract Authors of this paper share their insights on Reliability Engineering as a profession from three industry perspectives: Data Storage, Medical Device, and Large Scale Equipment. It covers the nature of the industry, current general practice of reliability, industry reliability standards, life-cycle reliability activities, desired knowledge and skills, commonly used tools, challenges and career prospects.

 

Keywords Reliability Engineering, Career, Industry Perspective, Data Storage, Medical Device, Equipment, School Education
   
    Article #:  2045
 
Proceedings of the 20th ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design
August 7-9, 2014 - Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.