Senior Optoelectronics Reliability Engineer

Lumentum; Towcester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Pension scheme

25 days annual leave

Health cash plan

Job summary

Lumentum is seeking an experienced Reliability Engineer to join its semiconductor and optoelectronics team in the UK. The role focuses on reliability assessment, qualification, and failure analysis of advanced optoelectronic devices, including III-V and Silicon Photonics technologies.

You will collaborate with design, process, product, test, and quality teams to shape qualification strategies. The successful candidate will lead reliability analysis, develop models, and support customer-facing

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in semiconductor/optoelectronic reliability.
• Experience defining and executing reliability qualification programmes.
• Experience withDfR, FMEA and FTA methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute reliability qualification programmes for optoelectronic components.
• Evaluate ageing behaviour and identify reliability risks.
• Develop degradation models and perform lifetime predictions.
• Conduct accelerated life testing and reliability assessments.
• Lead root cause investigations of field returns.
• Prepare technical reports and present findings to stakeholders.
• Support customer discussions on product reliability and qualification.

Skills

Reliability engineering

Qualification planning

Failure analysis

Life prediction modelling

Statistical analysis

DfR/FMEA/FTA

Python

ReliaSoft/Weibull++

JMP/Minitab

Data analysis

Education

Master’s degree in Applied Physics/Electrical Engineering/Materials Science

PhD in related discipline (desirable)

Tools

ReliaSoft/Weibull++

JMP

Minitab

Python

COMSOL/Ansys

Job description

Lumentum is seeking an experienced Reliability Engineer to join its semiconductor and optoelectronics team in the UK. The role focuses on reliability assessment, qualification, and failure analysis of advanced optoelectronic devices, including III-V and Silicon Photonics technologies.

You will collaborate with design, process, product, test, and quality teams to shape qualification strategies. The successful candidate will lead reliability analysis, develop models, and support customer-facing