Reliability engineer resume examples for 2025
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How to write a reliability engineer resume
Craft a resume summary statement
Your resume summary sums up your experience and skills, making it easy for hiring managers to understand your qualifications at a glance. Here are some tips to writing the most important 2-4 sentences of your resume:
Step 1: Start with your current job title, or the one you aspire to. Are you a passionate manager? A skilled analyst? It's a good starting point.
Step 2: Next put your years of experience in reliability engineer-related roles.
Step 3: Now is the time to put your biggest accomplishment or something you are professionally proud of.
Step 4: Read over what you have written. It should be 2-4 sentences. Your goal is to summarize your experience, not recite your resume.
Hiring managers spend under a minute reviewing resumes on average. This means your summary needs to demonstrate your value quickly and show why you are the perfect fit for the reliability engineer position.Hi, I'm Zippi, your job search robot. Let me write a first draft of your summary statement.
List the right project manager skills
Your Skills section is an easy way to let recruiters know you have the skills to do the job. Just as importantly, it can help your resume not get filtered out by hiring software. Here is how to make the most of your skills section and make sure you have the right keywords:
- Look at the job listing and skills listed. You need to include the exact keywords from the job description to get your resume in front of an actual human. Do you have those skills? Fantastic! Be sure to list them.
- Include as many relevant hard or technical reliability engineer skills as possible for each job you apply to.
- Be specific with the skills you have and be sure you are using the most up to date and accurate terms.
Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a reliability engineer resume:
- Java
- Troubleshoot
- Ruby
- Jenkins
- Azure
- Debugging
- Continuous Improvement
- Failure Analysis
- Corrective Action
- FMEA
- Maintainability
- Predictive Maintenance
- Prototyping
- Data Analysis
- Failure Modes
- Technical Support
- Virtualization
- Preventative Maintenance
- CMMS
- Sigma
- RCA
- RCM
- Effects Analysis
- Kibana
- Provisioning
- Product Reliability
- Condition Monitoring
- Product Quality
- Vibration Analysis
- Capital Projects
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How to structure your work experience
Next you should include your work experience. Structure your work experience section by listing your most recent experience first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order.
Start with your job title, company name, city, and state on the left. Align dates in month and year format on the right-hand side.
Include only recent, relevant jobs. Avoid including work experience over 20 years to avoid ageism.
Beneath each job, you should have bullet points to emphasize why you're the perfect fit for the reliability engineer.
How to write reliability engineer experience bullet points
Your resume is your chance to show your biggest accomplishments. Don't just list your job responsibilities, instead take the opportunity to show why you're really good at what you do. Here is how you do that:
- Start with strong action verbs like managed, spearheaded, created, etc. Your goal is to show what you did and verbs will help demonstrate your contributions.
- Use numbers to quantify your achievements. Did you save time with a new report? Increase revenue? How large was the team you managed?
- Keep it concise. You're highlighting your achievements. Consider if all details you are sharing are relevant, or can be written more efficiently.
Here are examples from great reliability engineer resumes:
Work history example #1
Reliability Engineer
Aerotek
- Repaired machine related technical and non-technical problems with minimum downtime exposure.
- Provided consultation and direction regarding product designs and hardware configuration to achieve compliance to worldwide safety standards.
- Redesigned and converted foreign technical documentation and standards to metric and ISO equivalents.
- Provided Failure Analysis for SAN devices in manufacturing, RMA, diagnostics and repair.
- Verified all documents to assure code compliance with NRC approved design specifications and contractual requirements.
Work history example #2
Reliability Engineer
Cummins
- Provided design modification on existing tooling to incorporate Six Sigma and ergonomics concepts, which improved productivity and reduced job-related injuries.
- Conducted design of Experiments (DOE) and performed testing and analysis to determine the most significant factors causing the variation.
- Authored and revised procedures, work instructions and visual aids for ISO 9000 certified lines in compliance with Control Process clause.
- Developed an understanding of environmental laws and regulations and providing guidance to management.
- Configured automation systems and Ci systems using Jenkins.
Work history example #3
System Test Engineer
Intel
- Performed quality assurance tests to Intel processors and communications components using advanced testing equipment in UNIX and Linux environments.
- Provided multiple matlab coded CIC filters to help RTL design team to improve design performance.
- Performed functional verification of memory subsystem using specialized tools to inject errors and analyze its behavior.
- Created BOM, user manual, and operating procedures for the station.
- Performed platform level debug and developed test plan and test suites for PVT execution.
Work history example #4
Reliability Engineer
Teradyne
- Investigated alternate component technologies or supplies, reducing cost and improving quality and reliability and implemented changes.
- Monitored component related issues through the manufacturing cycle and communicated and resolved supplier-related problems as they occur.
- Prospected for new OEM accounts in the United States, Europe and United Kingdom.
- Acted as technical interface between component/production suppliers and development engineers determining new and alternate sources.
- Managed all work orders, PMs, and job plans through Maximo CMMS.
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Add an education section to your resume
Here is the best way to format your education section:
- Display your highest degree first.
- If you graduated over 5 years ago, put this section at the bottom of your resume. If you lack relevant work experience, the education section should go to the top.
- If you have a bachelor's or master's degree, do not list your high school education.
- If your graduation year is more than 15-20 years ago, it's better not to include dates in this section.
Here are some examples of good education entries for resumes:
Master's Degree in electrical engineering
University of California - Davis, Davis, CA
2016 - 2017
Highlight your reliability engineer certifications on your resume
Certifications are a great way to showcase special expertise or niche skills. Some jobs even require certifications to be hired.
Include the full name of the certification, along with the name of the issuing organization and date of obtainment.
If you have any of these certifications, be sure to include them on your reliability engineer resume:
- Engineer In Training Certification (EIT)
- Six Sigma Green Belt
- Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE)
- Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP)
- Certified Maintenance Reliability Professional (CMRP)
- Certified Quality Engineer (CQE)
- Certified Six Sigma Greenbelt (CSSGB)