Senior Reliability Engineer — Semiconductor Hardware

Salience Labs; Oxford; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Salience Labs in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Reliability Engineer to own reliability, qualification and life-testing across hardware development programmes. You will collaborate with engineering, product, manufacturing and external partners to define requirements and ensure evidence meets standards for commercial deployment.

This senior role emphasizes independence and end-to-end ownership from planning to acceptance, with travel to suppliers and partners across Asia, the US and

Qualifications

• Significant industrial experience in semiconductor, electronics or hardware product reliability.
• Strong knowledge of semiconductor devices, electronics and packaging.
• Experience developing and executing reliability or qualification plans.
• A strong understanding of reliability testing, life testing and product qualification principles.
• The ability to analyse complex datasets and turn them into practical engineering conclusions.
• Experience identifying trends, risks and potential failure mechanisms from test data.
• Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
• The ability to communicate complex technical subjects clearly and concisely.
• Experience producing professional technical reports.
• Strong stakeholder-management skills across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Experience working with external suppliers, manufacturing partners or test houses.
• The confidence to challenge technical conclusions and provide clear guidance where required.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining focus on key deliverables.
• Experience in semiconductor product qualification
• Experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment
• Strong knowledge of semiconductor packaging and assembly
• Experience working directly with OSATs or other outsourced manufacturing partners
• Familiarity with recognised semiconductor or electronics reliability standards
• Experience auditing supplier reliability or qualification activities
• Experience supporting customer reliability requirements
• A background in failure analysis or root-cause investigation
• Experience developing reliability programmes or processes from the ground up
• Exposure to data-centre, communications or other high-performance electronics environments
• Experience balancing technical rigour with commercial and programme timelines

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain reliability and qualification plans for semiconductor-based hardware.
• Define appropriate component, assembly and product-level reliability testing.
• Plan and oversee life-test and qualification activities.
• Analyse reliability data and translate results into clear, actionable engineering recommendations.
• Review test results, identify trends and investigate potential failure mechanisms.
• Produce clear, professional reliability reports for internal and customer-facing use.
• Work closely with engineering teams to ensure reliability considerations are incorporated into product development.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, product and failure analysis teams to resolve reliability issues.
• Work directly with external suppliers and manufacturing partners on test execution, qualification and corrective actions.
• Review and audit reliability work carried out by external partners.
• Support supplier visits and technical reviews where required.
• Help develop and continuously improve reliability processes, methodologies and reporting standards.
• Communicate technical findings clearly to both specialist and non-specialist stakeholders.
• Take ownership of reliability activities from initial planning through to final review and acceptance
• The role will have significant ownership over reliability and life-test reporting, with responsibility for ensuring work is appropriately planned, executed, reviewed and communicated from start to finish.
• This is a senior role, so we are looking for someone who can operate with a high degree of independence and take ownership of reliability projects rather than simply execute predefined test plans.

Skills

Reliability engineering

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Technical report writing

Independent working

Test planning

Root-cause analysis

Supplier engagement

Semiconductor knowledge

Communication skills

Job description

Salience Labs in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Reliability Engineer to own reliability, qualification and life-testing across hardware development programmes. You will collaborate with engineering, product, manufacturing and external partners to define requirements and ensure evidence meets standards for commercial deployment.

This senior role emphasizes independence and end-to-end ownership from planning to acceptance, with travel to suppliers and partners across Asia, the US and