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The Senior / Staff Reliability Engineer joins the Reliability Development Engineering group to lead reliability strategy, qualification execution, and risk assessment for advanced semiconductor and hardware products. This role involves partnering with cross-functional teams to drive reliability qualifications, perform failure analysis, and apply statistical reliability modeling throughout the development lifecycle. The engineer will build risk-based validation strategies and influence product decisions using data-driven practices. Key technical requirements include expertise in reliability physics, degradation models, and lifetime prediction methodologies. Candidates must utilize tools such as JMP, ReliaSoft, Python, MATLAB, or Minitab while applying skills in Weibull analysis, accelerated life testing, and DFMEA. The work focuses on solving intrinsic technology reliability issues, semiconductor device characterization, and failure mechanisms for packaging, PCB, module, and electronic system technologies.
Lead reliability strategy, qualification execution, and risk assessment for semiconductor and hardware products.
Develop risk-based validation strategies and perform detailed failure analysis.
Apply statistical reliability modeling, including Weibull analysis and survival analysis, to product data.
Execute reliability qualifications and stress testing such as HTOL, HAST, and thermal cycling.
Influence product and technology decisions through data-driven reliability engineering practices.
Perform reliability risk assessments using techniques like DFMEA, PFMEA, and Fault Tree Analysis.
Characterize intrinsic technology reliability and semiconductor device failure mechanisms.
Use analytical tools like JMP, ReliaSoft, Python, or MATLAB to model reliability data.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Material Science, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Reliability Engineering experience.
Master's degree in Engineering, Material Science, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Reliability Engineering experience.
PhD in Engineering, Material Science, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Reliability Engineering experience.
1+ year in a technical leadership role with or without direct reports.
Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Reliability Engineering, Physics, or a related discipline (preferred).
Strong experience in product reliability qualification, execution, validation methodologies, and risk assessment techniques like DFMEA or FTA (preferred).
Expertise in reliability physics, failure mechanisms, statistical reliability analysis, and industry standards like JEDEC or MIL-STD (preferred).
Experience with semiconductor, packaging, PCB, or electronic system technologies and analytical tools like JMP, ReliaSoft, or Python (preferred).