Principal Reliability Engineer

Coherent Corp. • Fremont, CA

8h • Hybrid

About The Position

In our drive to develop and introduce cutting-edge products ahead of the
competition, we are developing critically advanced components in parallel with
higher levels of integration. This creates an NPI environment with significant
interdependence and the need for proactive risk management.

The Principal Reliability Engineering role is pivotal in this process, focusing
on design for reliability, qualification testing, and ensuring the long-term
reliability of leading-edge optoelectronic and silicon photonic components in a
highly complex, dynamic R&D setting.

This position offers the opportunity to achieve ambitious goals alongside
talented, driven professionals—making the work both motivating and rewarding.

In our drive to develop and introduce cutting-edge products ahead of the
competition, we are developing critical advanced components in parallel with
higher levels of integration. This creates an NPI environment with significant
interdependencies and the need for proactive risk management.

The Principal Reliability Engineering role is pivotal in this process, focusing
on lifetime modelling, qualification testing, and ensuring the long-term
reliability of leading-edge optoelectronic and silicon photonic components in a
highly complex, dynamic R&D setting. This position offers the opportunity to
achieve ambitious goals alongside talented, driven professionals—making the work
both motivating and rewarding.

Requirements

• Education: MSc / PhD in NPI, Reliability and Product Engineering,
• 3+ years of experience in reliability engineering
• Knowledge of Telcordia or other performance and reliability standards, reliability modeling, and lifetime calculations
• Prior experience driving the qualification execution to meet strict deadlines.
• Positive interpersonal skills necessary to support cross-functional teams
• Strong technical written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with subassembly and semiconductor packaging processes and controls
• Semiconductor device reliability
• Wearout failure modes
• Arrhenious equation and acceleration factors
• Random failure modes
• FIT calculations

Responsibilities

• Serve as the NPI Reliability Engineer, managing component qualifications and GR-468 qualification of Coherent laser chips and photodetectors.
• Engage with design teams, factories, and internal/external suppliers to ensure new products meet II-VI’s high standards of quality and reliability.
• Analyze lifetime data from different sources, testers etc. and perform reliability and lifetime data analysis
• Present reliability results for new products, process/component changes, deviations, transfers, wafer qualifications, and ongoing reliability programs.
• Prepare reliability reports and product reliability prediction calculations.
• Review reliability data from external vendors and collaborate with suppliers to resolve reliability-related issues.
• Participate in technical discussions and drive failure analysis and corrective actions to closure.

What This Job Offers

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