Electrical Reliability Engineer - SI & Test Automation

Amphenol Corporation; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Amphenol Communications Solutions (ACS), a division of Amphenol Corporation, seeks a Reliability Engineer (Electrical Engineering) to lead electrical reliability, signal integrity validation, and product qualification for high-speed backplane assemblies used in AI and hyperscale data centers. The role focuses on scalable test strategies and automated systems.

Based in Etters, PA or Raleigh, NC with about 20% travel, you will partner with design, manufacturing, quality, and external labs to drive

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical, electronics, or reliability engineering with an electrical focus.
• 5+ years in electrical reliability, product validation, signal-integrity testing, or automated test-system development.
• Strong knowledge of circuit fundamentals, transmission lines, differential signaling, impedance, grounding, shielding, power integrity, and electrical failure mechanisms.
• Hands-on experience developing automated test systems, interpreting schematics and interconnect drawings, and troubleshooting intermittent or mixed-mode failures.
• Working knowledge of reliability statistics, DOE, MSA, sampling methods, data analysis, and cross-functional project execution.

Responsibilities

• Develop electrical reliability and validation strategies, test plans, acceptance criteria, and coverage across the product life cycle.
• Architect and validate automated electrical test systems, fixtures, breakout boards, and loopback setups for laboratory and manufacturing use.
• Characterize signal and electrical performance using TDR, VNA, BERT, oscilloscopes, source-measure units, and related equipment.
• Evaluate channel, power, ground, shielding, continuity, resistance, and dielectric performance before, during, and after environmental and accelerated-life testing.
• Apply DOE, MSA, reliability statistics, and data analysis to ensure test capability and identify degradation trends and failure thresholds.
• Lead electrical failure analysis and document results, risks, and recommendations for design, qualification, manufacturing, and customer decisions.

Skills

Electrical reliability

Automated test systems

Signal integrity testing

DOE / MSA / data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Python

LabVIEW

MATLAB

VNA

Oscilloscopes

Job description

Amphenol Communications Solutions (ACS), a division of Amphenol Corporation, seeks a Reliability Engineer (Electrical Engineering) to lead electrical reliability, signal integrity validation, and product qualification for high-speed backplane assemblies used in AI and hyperscale data centers. The role focuses on scalable test strategies and automated systems.

Based in Etters, PA or Raleigh, NC with about 20% travel, you will partner with design, manufacturing, quality, and external labs to drive