Reliability Engineer — Photonics AI Data Center (Equity)

Lightmatter; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 142,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care plan (Medical, Dental &amp

Retirement savings matching

Life Insurance

Generous paid time off

Equity grants

Hybrid workplace model

Job summary

Lightmatter, based in California, is a leader in AI data-center photonics. We seek a Reliability Engineer to design, execute, and analyze reliability tests to verify product performance, durability, and compliance with standards.

You will establish test plans, perform FMEA, investigate failures with SEM/TEM/FIB, model lifetimes, and drive design and manufacturing improvements with cross-functional teams. A BS in Electrical or Computer Engineering and 5+ years in semiconductor or photonics

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical or Computer Engineering or equivalent.
• 5+ years of reliability engineering in semiconductor or photonics.
• Experience with reliability testing: HTOL, HAST, TDDB, HTHH, TC.

Responsibilities

• Develop reliability test plans based on product requirements and standards.
• Execute reliability qualification testing for photonics-based AI platform and chiplet communication fabric products.
• Conduct FMEA to identify and mitigate reliability risks in design and manufacturing.
• Perform root cause analysis of device failures and collaborate with teams to improve design and processes.
• Establish internal reliability guidelines to meet customer requirements and benchmarks.
• Use statistical tools to model reliability and predict lifetimes under field conditions.
• Prepare and present detailed reliability reports to stakeholders.

Skills

Reliability engineering

HTOL

HAST

TDDB

FMEA

Failure analysis

Weibull analysis

Statistical modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

Tools

SEM

TEM

FIB

EMMI

Job description

Lightmatter, based in California, is a leader in AI data-center photonics. We seek a Reliability Engineer to design, execute, and analyze reliability tests to verify product performance, durability, and compliance with standards.

You will establish test plans, perform FMEA, investigate failures with SEM/TEM/FIB, model lifetimes, and drive design and manufacturing improvements with cross-functional teams. A BS in Electrical or Computer Engineering and 5+ years in semiconductor or photonics