Hardware Reliability Engineer, Lidar & Optics

Lumotive; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental and vision

FSA, HSA

PTO plus 14 paid company holidays

401K with 3% contribution

Stock Options

Life insurance and disability

Job summary

Lumotive is pioneering programmable optics for lidar systems, driving cross-functional teams across optical, electrical, mechanical, software and test engineering. The Hardware Reliability Engineer will own test plans, failure analysis, and manufacturing quality for next‑gen lidar modules in a high-ownership environment.

You will set up test equipment, analyze data, lead CAPA/8D, and collaborate with labs and suppliers to ensure robust reliability throughout the product lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, optical engineering, physics or related technical fields; Master’s preferred.
• 5+ years hands-on hardware reliability engineering for complex electronic or optoelectronic hardware at module or system level.
• Experience planning, setting up, and executing hardware reliability tests including environmental stress, accelerated life, and mechanical testing.
• Experience writing FA reports and driving CAPA/8D to closure.
• Experience with design/process FMEAs, reliability risk assessments, and product reliability/quality specs.
• Experience providing DFM, DFA, and DFT feedback during hardware design reviews.
• Experience owning manufacturing quality processes for prototype or NPI hardware builds, including workmanship standards and nonconformance management.
• Experience with HALT methodology and lifetime data analysis; managing quality at contract manufacturers or external partners.

Responsibilities

• Develop, set up, and execute reliability test plans for lidar modules and systems, including environmental stress tests.
• Analyze test data, identify failure mechanisms, and author reliability assessment reports with quantitative findings and recommendations.
• Own reliability and quality sections of product requirements documents; define targets and acceptance criteria.
• Represent system reliability in hardware design reviews and product performance reviews; drive design changes to improve robustness.
• Lead reliability risk assessment across the product lifecycle with design and process FMEAs; track CAPA actions to closure.
• Own manufacturing quality processes for in-house prototype and NPI builds; define workmanship criteria and resolve nonconformances.
• Perform failure analysis on defective units and customer returns; direct external labs as needed; publish customer-facing reports.

Skills

Reliability testing

FA reports

CAPA/8D

FMEAs

Statistical analysis

Root cause analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related field

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

JESD22 standards

ISO 16750

IEC 60068

AEC-Q102/Q104

Job description

Lumotive is pioneering programmable optics for lidar systems, driving cross-functional teams across optical, electrical, mechanical, software and test engineering. The Hardware Reliability Engineer will own test plans, failure analysis, and manufacturing quality for next‑gen lidar modules in a high-ownership environment.

You will set up test equipment, analyze data, lead CAPA/8D, and collaborate with labs and suppliers to ensure robust reliability throughout the product lifecycle.