Member of Technical Staff, Hardware Reliability Engineer

Team: Hardware Engineering

Location: Redmond, Washington

Commitment: Full Time

Workplace Type: onsite

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

Develop, set up, and execute reliability test plans for lidar modules and systems, including environmental stress tests (temperature cycling, thermal shock, humidity), accelerated life testing, and mechanical shock/vibration.
Analyze test results, identify failure mechanisms, and produce reliability assessment reports with quantitative findings and clear recommendations.
Perform failure analysis on defective units, engineering test escapes, and customer-returned units using in-house tools; define scope and technically direct external test labs for advanced failure analysis.
Author customer-facing failure analysis reports and drive CAPA/8D to verified closure.
Own reliability risk assessment for lidar modules and systems throughout the product development lifecycle, from concept through qualification – leading design and process FMEAs and tracking risk mitigation actions to closure in collaboration with cross-functional engineering teams.
Own the reliability and quality sections of product requirements documents; define reliability targets, qualification test requirements, and acceptance criteria.
Represent reliability, quality, and manufacturability in hardware design reviews and product performance reviews; identify risk early and drive design changes that improve robustness and reduce manufacturing complexity.
Own manufacturing quality and reliability processes for in-house prototype builds and NPI builds at contract manufacturers. Define workmanship acceptance criteria, drive nonconformance resolution, and maintain quality records and trend data across build iterations.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, physics, optical engineering, or related fields. Master’s degree preferred.
• 5+ years of hands-on industry experience in a hardware reliability engineering role for complex electronic or optoelectronic hardware at the module or system level.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience planning, setting up, and executing hardware reliability test plans, including environmental stress, accelerated life, and mechanical testing.
• Demonstrated experience writing FA reports and driving CAPA/8D to closure.
• Experience with design and/or process FMEAs, reliability risk assessments, and product reliability and quality specifications.
• Experience providing DFM, DFA, and DFT feedback during hardware design reviews.
• Experience owning manufacturing quality processes for prototype or NPI hardware builds, including workmanship standards, in-process inspection, and nonconformance management.
• Working knowledge of module- and system-level reliability and quality standards, such as JEDEC JESD22, ISO 16750, IEC 60068, or AEC-Q102/Q104.
• Experience with lidar, optical sensing, or photonics hardware development.
• Experience with statistical reliability data analysis, lifetime data analysis, MTBF/FIT estimation, and HALT methodology.
• Experience managing quality processes at contract manufacturers or external partners.