Hardware Reliability Engineer – Ecosystem

Apple • Cupertino, CA

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About The Position

You will be responsible for ensuring our products meet the rigorous expectations of our customers and survive what life may throw at them. To do so, you will be working with cross-functional teams from concept to mass production to identify risks in the design, develop tests to evaluate the performance of the product with regards to those concerns, work with the team to understand failures, and recommend and verify the efficacy of the corresponding corrective actions. You will need to rigorously justify your tests with well characterized user behaviors and thorough understanding of field stresses, and a strong technical background to not only participate in failure analysis (FA), but also drive FA and lead the team through complex problem solving. We will push the performance of our products to the limits of the material and design, and in those cases, you will need to prepare comprehensive risk assessments to fully quantify any field exposure we may have.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a hardware-focused field (ME, MS, CE, EE, etc.) with 3+ years of industry experience
• Experience performing product characterization including mechanical stress tests, shock/drop/vibration testing, environmental testing, etc
• Proven written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency in iWork and Microsoft Office, including but not limited to Keynote, Powerpoint, Excel, etc

Nice To Haves

• Statistical experience such as Weibull, JMP, or familiarity with accelerated test models
• Familiar with Failure Analysis techniques (Optical Microscopy, X-ray/CT, Scanning Electron Microscopy/Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy, etc.), and the ability to use failure analysis methodology to derive a root cause of failure
• Understanding of Design of Experiments
• Imaginative approach to Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
• Ability to use AI tools to improve work efficiency
• Strong attention to detail and curiosity of how technologies work
• Collaborative attitude and ability to work cross-functionally
• Ability to travel internationally without restrictions (up to 10 percent)

Responsibilities

• identify risks in the design
• develop tests to evaluate the performance of the product with regards to those concerns
• work with the team to understand failures
• recommend and verify the efficacy of the corresponding corrective actions
• rigorously justify your tests with well characterized user behaviors and thorough understanding of field stresses
• participate in failure analysis (FA)
• drive FA and lead the team through complex problem solving
• prepare comprehensive risk assessments to fully quantify any field exposure we may have

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees