Reliability Engineer Lead – Custom Silicon Management

Apple Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Retirement benefits

Employee stock purchase plan

Tuition reimbursement

Discounted products and services

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Cupertino, CA, seeks a Reliability Engineer Lead to drive qualification of next-generation silicon, leading product, process and package reliability tests from design to qualification.

You will lead Design for Reliability and Design for Test, coordinate stress tests, manage supplier audits, and guide silicon fab, packaging and test partners to ensure product reliability. Strong JEDEC expertise and 10+ years in semiconductor reliability are required.

Qualifications

• Experience with JEDEC reliability and quality related standards.
• 10+ years of semiconductor engineering in Reliability/Quality/Product Engineering.
• Experience with silicon product level reliability qualification and lifetime behavior model.
• Prior experience defining hardware setups and equipment for life, environmental, ESD, Latch-Up and other tests.
• Validated auditing of supplier sites, materials and processes.
• Experience driving suppliers in silicon Fab process / packaging / assembly, test, ongoing reliability monitoring, post-production qualification.
• Familiar with process flows, specifications, and supervising supplier performance (process Cpk, yield, qualification report, etc.)
• Possess knowledge on practice of FAI to validate the work suppliers are doing prior to production stage.

Responsibilities

• Drive requirements and execution of product, process and package qualification and reliability stress tests from design to qualification completion.
• Drive and review Design for Reliability and Design for Test to ensure stress-ability and testability.
• Lead preparation for qualification including corner skew material, BIB/Socket, waveform, electrical bias, thermal effects, lifetime estimation.
• Implement POR of process flows, workmanship standards and supervise product performance.
• Perform FAI to ensure critical goals are reviewed before engineering, pre-production and production release for Product manufacturing.
• Drive investigation and resolution on qualification fallouts and product/process nonconformance through FA, CAR, 8D, and reporting.
• Support PCN or ECN activities.
• Conduct supplier audits when needed.
• Assess/perform yield analysis and correlation analysis for all test levels including Pareto, statistics.
• Drive/guide suppliers for improvement as needed.

Skills

JEDEC standards

Senior reliability engineering

Supplier management

Test equipment setup

Reliability qualification

Data analysis

FAI awareness

Job description

Reliability Engineer Lead – Custom Silicon Management

Cupertino, California, United States Hardware

Do you love crafting sophisticated solutions to highly complex challenges? Do you intrinsically see the importance in every detail? As part of our Silicon Technologies group, you’ll help design and manufacture our next-generation, high-performance, power-efficient processor, system-on-chip (SoC). You’ll ensure Apple products and services can seamlessly and efficiently handle the tasks that make them beloved by millions. Joining this group means you will craft and build the technology that fuels Apple’s devices. Together, you and your team will enable our customers to do all the things they love with their devices!At Apple, we go beyond the industry norm and demonstrate creativity in problem solving, ability to think dynamically and outside of standard convention, and adapt quickly to new technical areas. We promote innovation and new technology. The people who work here have reinvented and defined entire industries with the Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch, AirPods, HomePod and a multitude of groundbreaking Accessories. We have done the same with services, including iTunes, the App Store, Apple Music, and Apple Pay. The same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices — strengthening our dedication to leave the world better than we found it. You should join us to help deliver the next amazing Apple product.Join Apple as a Silicon Component Reliability Engineer and work closely with multi-functional groups and third parties to lead introduction and qualification of new products with high quality.

Description

• You will drive requirements and execution of products, process and package qualification and reliability stress tests conditions and configurations from design stage all the way to successful qualification completion.
• Drive and review Design for Reliability and Design for Test to ensure stress-ability and testability.
• Lead all aspects of and ensure adequate preparation for qualification including such as corner skew material, BIB/Socket, waveform, electrical bias, thermal effect, lifetime estimation.
• Implement POR of process flows, workmanship standards and supervise product performance.
• Perform FAI (First Article Inspection) to ensure critical goals are reviewed before engineering, pre-production and production release for Product manufacturing.
• Drive investigation and resolution on qualification fallouts and product and process nonconformance of MRB, RMA events through means of FA, CAR, 8D, and reporting.
• Support PCN or ECN activities.
• Conduct supplier audits when needed.
• Assess/perform yield analysis and correlation analysis for all levels of test including Pareto building, statistics, etc.
• Drive/guide suppliers for improvement as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience with JEDEC reliability and quality related standards.

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of semiconductor engineering in a Reliability and/or Quality/Product Engineering.
• Experience with silicon product level reliability qualification and lifetime behavior model.
• Prior experience defining hardware setups and equipment for life, environmental, ESD, Latch-Up and other tests.
• Validated auditing of supplier sites, materials and processes.
• Experience driving suppliers in the areas of silicon Fab process / packaging / assembly, test, ongoing reliability monitoring, post-production qualification.
• Familiar with process flows, specifications, and supervising supplier performance (process Cpk, yield, qualification report, etc.)
• Possess knowledge on practice of FAI to validate the work suppliers are doing prior to production stage.

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $184,700 and $324,800, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits
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