Introduction to Reliability Engineering

In today's fast-paced world, consumers and industries alike demand products that perform flawlessly—not just today, but for years to come. That's where reliability engineering comes in.

Reliability is often referred to as "quality over time". And this idea of measuring, analyzing and improving product reliability that was birthed in the early days of electronics and aviation, now extends into every sector of consumer and industrial products. Automobiles, airplanes, appliances, smart phones and more have all found their way into the hands of everyday consumers because of the advancement in reliability engineering.

Introduction to Reliability Engineering equips quality, manufacturing, and engineering professionals with the introductory tools and techniques needed to reduce failures, improve product performance, and ensure customer satisfaction, and prepare you for more advanced training.

While an advanced understanding of statistics is required to become a reliability engineer, only a basic understanding of manufacturing, mathematics and Microsoft Excel is required to get started in this class.

What Can You Expect to Learn?

We cover a wide range of essential concepts to give you a solid foundation in the field, including:

• Understanding the Core Causes of Product Failure: Learn why things fail and how to prevent it.

• Strength vs. Load Analysis: Explore the relationship between product strength and the stresses it faces in real-world use.

• Statistical Analysis: Learn how the Normal and Exponential distributions are used to analyze and predict reliability.

• Accelerated Life Testing (ALT): Discover how to simulate years of product use in a fraction of the time.

• Reliability Block Diagrams: Learn how to model and assess the reliability of complex systems.

• System Reliability Assessment: Understand how to evaluate and improve the reliability of entire systems, not just individual components.

• Reliability Improvement: Gain techniques to enhance product performance over time.

• Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT) & Highly Accelerated Stress Screening (HASS): Understand accelerate testing to find weaknesses early in product development.

• Preventive and Predictive Maintenance: Learn how to reduce downtime and extend the lifespan of equipment.

• Manufacturing Effectiveness: Availability, the Manufacturing Time Funnel, MTTR/MTBF of repairable systems, and OEE.

And much more! Each topic is designed to give you practical tools you can apply in your work, whether you're focused on product development, quality control, or process improvement.

What Have Former Students Said About This Course:

"This course was absolutely fantastic. The instructor is very engaging and knowledgeable of the topic ... I had such a great time taking this course that I plan on enrolling in more of Ray Harkins's classes. - Gary E.

"Nice to start with Reliability Engineering. Felt like a refresher course..." - Saumya L.

"Lots of important, interesting and fundamental information. Really enjoying it and learning lots." - Matthew O.

"Reliability shown in a simple way." - Izabela G.

"Excellent overall course for a new starter to reliability" - Steve M.

"It is well explained, and it works perfectly for my current job. I highly recommend this training to quality assurance professionals that are experimenting field failures which do not match with the results found during the product development testing face." - Karla G.

And over 1,500 5-Star reviews!

Why Choose This Course?

• Clear explanations of complex reliability concepts

• Real-world examples from various industries

• Hands-on exercises using Microsoft Excel

• LIFETIME ACCESSS to the course materials

• Q&A access to the course instructor

• Certificate of Completion

• Thousands of positive reviews

Don’t wait to advance your career—enroll today and unlock the tools to master product reliability, reduce failures, and increase customer satisfaction!