Reliability Engineer Jobs in California
Reliability Engineer jobs in California are among the most active in the country, concentrated in aerospace and defense, semiconductor manufacturing, energy utilities, and industrial automation across a seniority range from entry-level associates through principal engineers. The largest hiring metros are Los Angeles, San Jose, and San Diego, where employers like Northrop Grumman, Qualcomm, and Pacific Gas and Electric maintain deep reliability engineering teams. The most in-demand specialties are systems reliability, failure analysis, and RAMS (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Safety) engineering. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Date: Sep 16, 2026
Location(s): TRACY, CA, US, 95377
Company: NextEra Energy
Requisition ID: 97486
NextEra Energy Resources is one of America’s largest wholesale electricity generators, harnessing diverse energy sources to power progress. We deliver tailored energy solutions that fuel economic growth, strengthen communities, and help customers achieve their energy goals. Ready to make a lasting impact? Take the next step in your career with us!
Position Specific Description
The Regional Reliability Engineer will own performance metrics, Down Time Editing (DTE) platform management, and service request coordination. This position requires analyzing performance data to direct operational teams toward units contributing most to key performance indicators, investigating root causes, and ensuring focus on high-impact reliability issues. This opportunity offers work with renewable technology while optimizing NextEra Energy's growing portfolio.
The role is based in Tracy, California and requires up to 20% travel and regular infield work/investigation.
Key Duties:
- Managing regional ownership of the event response process, assisting investigations through Quality Investigation (QI) documentation, conducting Performance Impact Category analysis, and owning GADS reporting.
- Expertise in root cause troubleshooting of high-impact failure modes using equipment knowledge and data analytics.
- Manages event response processes, ensures proper service request documentation
- Manage reliability data quality issues, perform data modeling and analysis, and identify, investigate, and resolve missed curtailment events.
- Additional responsibilities include quality control of data modeling, driving Plant Health Dashboard improvements, ensuring parts documentation compliance, and supporting quality projects.
- Occasional travel to FL for Business Leadership meetings
Highly Preferred Experience:
- Bachelors Electrical Engineering and 2+ years of Electrical Engineer experience
- Strong knowledge of Solar Photovoltaic and Battery Storage Systems
- Reliability Engineering Principles, Data Analysis capabilities, and excellent communication skills
- Six Sigma Certification and/or experience
Job Overview
Employees in this role apply diversified knowledge of engineering principles and practices to a broad variety of assignments and related fields. Individuals will use advanced techniques and modification and extension of theories, precepts, and practices.
Job Duties & Responsibilities
- Plans and conducts work requiring judgment in independent evaluation, selection, and substantial adaptation/modification of standard techniques, procedures, and criteria
- Devises new solutions to problems encountered
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's - Engineering from an ABET-accredited engineering program
- Experience: 2+ years
- Valid Driver's License (NON CDL)
Preferred Qualifications
- None
The estimated base pay for this position is $92,000.00 to $138,000.00 per year. Starting pay will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, experience, qualifications, job-related and industry knowledge and skills and education/training.
NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members.
Employee Group: Exempt
Employee Type: Full Time
Job Category: Engineering
Organization: NextEra Energy Project Management, LLC
Relocation Provided: Yes, if applicable
NextEra Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.
NextEra Energy provides reasonable accommodation in its application and selection process for qualified individuals, including accommodations related to compliance with conditional job offer requirements, consistent with federal, state, and local laws. Supporting medical or religious documentation will be required where applicable and permitted by applicable law. To request a reasonable accommodation, please send an e-mail to recruiting-coordinator.sharedmailbox@nexteraenergy.com, providing your name, telephone number and the best time for us to reach you.
NextEra Energy will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.
NextEra Energy does not accept any unsolicited resumes or referrals from any third-party recruiting firms or agencies.
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Nearest Major Market: Stockton
Job Segment: Energy
Date: Sep 16, 2026
Location(s): TRACY, CA, US, 95377
Company: NextEra Energy
Requisition ID: 97486
NextEra Energy Resources is one of America’s largest wholesale electricity generators, harnessing diverse energy sources to power progress. We deliver tailored energy solutions that fuel economic growth, strengthen communities, and help customers achieve their energy goals. Ready to make a lasting impact? Take the next step in your career with us!
Position Specific Description
The Regional Reliability Engineer will own performance metrics, Down Time Editing (DTE) platform management, and service request coordination. This position requires analyzing performance data to direct operational teams toward units contributing most to key performance indicators, investigating root causes, and ensuring focus on high-impact reliability issues. This opportunity offers work with renewable technology while optimizing NextEra Energy's growing portfolio.
The role is based in Tracy, California and requires up to 20% travel and regular infield work/investigation.
Key Duties:
- Managing regional ownership of the event response process, assisting investigations through Quality Investigation (QI) documentation, conducting Performance Impact Category analysis, and owning GADS reporting.
- Expertise in root cause troubleshooting of high-impact failure modes using equipment knowledge and data analytics.
- Manages event response processes, ensures proper service request documentation
- Manage reliability data quality issues, perform data modeling and analysis, and identify, investigate, and resolve missed curtailment events.
- Additional responsibilities include quality control of data modeling, driving Plant Health Dashboard improvements, ensuring parts documentation compliance, and supporting quality projects.
- Occasional travel to FL for Business Leadership meetings
Highly Preferred Experience:
- Bachelors Electrical Engineering and 2+ years of Electrical Engineer experience
- Strong knowledge of Solar Photovoltaic and Battery Storage Systems
- Reliability Engineering Principles, Data Analysis capabilities, and excellent communication skills
- Six Sigma Certification and/or experience
Job Overview
Employees in this role apply diversified knowledge of engineering principles and practices to a broad variety of assignments and related fields. Individuals will use advanced techniques and modification and extension of theories, precepts, and practices.
Job Duties & Responsibilities
- Plans and conducts work requiring judgment in independent evaluation, selection, and substantial adaptation/modification of standard techniques, procedures, and criteria
- Devises new solutions to problems encountered
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's - Engineering from an ABET-accredited engineering program
- Experience: 2+ years
- Valid Driver's License (NON CDL)
Preferred Qualifications
- None
The estimated base pay for this position is $92,000.00 to $138,000.00 per year. Starting pay will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, experience, qualifications, job-related and industry knowledge and skills and education/training.
NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members.
Employee Group: Exempt
Employee Type: Full Time
Job Category: Engineering
Organization: NextEra Energy Project Management, LLC
Relocation Provided: Yes, if applicable
NextEra Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.
NextEra Energy provides reasonable accommodation in its application and selection process for qualified individuals, including accommodations related to compliance with conditional job offer requirements, consistent with federal, state, and local laws. Supporting medical or religious documentation will be required where applicable and permitted by applicable law. To request a reasonable accommodation, please send an e-mail to recruiting-coordinator.sharedmailbox@nexteraenergy.com, providing your name, telephone number and the best time for us to reach you.
NextEra Energy will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.
NextEra Energy does not accept any unsolicited resumes or referrals from any third-party recruiting firms or agencies.
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Nearest Major Market: Stockton
Job Segment: Energy
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Reliability Engineer Job Market in California
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Who's Hiring
- Tesla23
- Apple21
- SpaceX20
- Google10
- Vast7
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software46
- Electronics & Hardware19
- Manufacturing10
- Aerospace & Defense3
- Law & Legal Services3
What California Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in reliability engineer jobs across California.
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, or systems engineering from an accredited program
- Experience applying FMEA, FTA, or reliability growth modeling to production or fielded systems
- Proficiency with reliability analysis tools such as ReliaSoft Weibull++ or comparable software
- Knowledge of MIL-HDBK-217, IEC 61508, or industry-specific reliability standards relevant to California sectors
- Professional Engineer (PE) license or active pursuit preferred for senior roles at California utilities and defense primes
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills for interface with design, quality, and supply chain teams
Reliability Engineer Jobs in California: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a reliability engineer in California?
The most direct path is a bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, or systems engineering followed by early-career roles in quality, test, or manufacturing engineering where reliability methods are applied. California does not require a state license specifically for reliability engineers, but many senior positions at utilities and defense contractors value or require a Professional Engineer license issued through the California Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists. Earning a Certified Reliability Engineer credential from the American Society for Quality strengthens any application.
Which companies hire reliability engineers in California?
Employers hiring reliability engineers in California right now include Tesla, Apple, and SpaceX, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. California's concentration of aerospace primes, semiconductor fabs, and large investor-owned utilities creates steady, recurring demand across the state.
Which California cities have the most reliability engineer jobs?
San Francisco, San Jose, and Santa Clara have the most reliability engineer openings in California. Los Angeles and San Diego anchor demand through the state's dense aerospace and defense industrial base, while San Jose and the broader Bay Area drive openings through semiconductor, clean energy, and enterprise hardware companies headquartered there.
Are there remote reliability engineer jobs in California?
Yes, but they're rare. Reliability engineering is inherently hands-on, involving physical testing, factory audits, and on-site failure investigations that require presence. About 54% of reliability engineer openings tied to California are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, and those positions tend to concentrate on the modeling, documentation, and standards-development side of the role rather than lab or production work.
How can I get hired as a reliability engineer in California with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is through a quality engineer, test engineer, or manufacturing engineer role at a California aerospace or semiconductor company, then building toward reliability work by applying FMEA and root-cause analysis on the job. Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, and Broadcom all run structured new-graduate engineering programs in California that rotate through reliability functions. A Certified Reliability Engineer associate designation from the American Society for Quality or a completed capstone project using Weibull analysis gives a candidate a concrete edge over other new graduates.
Where can I find and apply to reliability engineer jobs in California?
You can find and apply to reliability engineer jobs in California on Migrate Mate, which lists current California openings from employers actively hiring. Find the roles that fit your experience and location, then apply directly to each one.
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