Reliability & Quality Engineer – Materials & Electronics

Applied Materials; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 183,500; Full time

Job summary

Applied Materials in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a reliability-focused engineer to evaluate materials and components for production reliability, advise design teams, and improve product robustness across devices.

The role shapes QA programs, leads multiple projects, and uses SPC, FMECA, and analytical tools to identify and mitigate risks, while collaborating with suppliers to ensure quality. On-site, full-time position with competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• Evaluate materials, properties and techniques from a reliability standpoint.
• Advise design engineering on selection, application and test of electronic components.
• Recommend design or test methods and SPC procedures for reliability.
• Determine reliability requirements to meet company, customer and governmental objectives.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates, from a reliability standpoint, the materials, properties and techniques used in production.
• Advises design engineering on selection, application and test of electronic components and systems.
• Recommends design or test methods and statistical process control procedures for achieving required levels of product reliability.
• Determines reliability requirements of components and systems to achieve company, customer and any governmental agency reliability objectives.
• Develops new acceleration techniques and analytical tools to assure the early identification of potential problems with new products, packaging, processes, and product reliability.
• Makes recommendations for changes in the selection and application of components and systems. May propose changes in design or formulation to improve system and/or process reliability.
• Develops and implements division's Quality Assurance program and policies. Manage multiple projects.
• Assist in preparing & presenting quality management reports; maintain and improve on the current quality documentation processes; continuously improve QA receiving inspection process and procedures; perform FMECA, document CRAMS and work with supplier and engineer to enable CRAMS test plan. Also perform PQP at supplier. Reliability modeling and ERAMS.

Skills

Reliability engineering

Design engineering liaison

Statistical process control

Quality Assurance

Job description

Applied Materials in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a reliability-focused engineer to evaluate materials and components for production reliability, advise design teams, and improve product robustness across devices.

The role shapes QA programs, leads multiple projects, and uses SPC, FMECA, and analytical tools to identify and mitigate risks, while collaborating with suppliers to ensure quality. On-site, full-time position with competitive compensation.