Senior Photonics Reliability Architect

Aeluma; Santa Barbara (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock incentives

Full benefits

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Aeluma in Santa Barbara seeks a Senior Photonic Device Reliability Engineer to lead reliability testing for lasers and high-speed photodiodes. You will set test plans, analyze results, and model wearout mechanisms to ensure robust hardware across product lifecycles.

You will collaborate with R&D and manufacturing, apply industry standards, and drive design-for-reliability decisions with strong data-driven analyses. This is a hands-on, impact-focused role in a fast-evolving photonics team.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a relevant technical field is required.
• 5+ years of semiconductor device reliability and hardware qualification experience.
• Experience with photonics devices and wearout mechanisms.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute comprehensive reliability test plans.
• Drive reliability strategy across concept to manufacturing.
• Perform accelerated stress tests and DOE to characterize life performance.
• Develop lifetime models and reliability predictions from test data.
• Collaborate with R&D, process, and validation teams to root-cause issues.
• Deliver data-driven reliability updates to management.

Skills

Reliability testing

Weibull analysis

Photonic device physics

Statistical analysis (JMP)

Python & SQL data handling

Failure analysis techniques

Education

Master's or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics

Tools

SEM

TEM

FIB

EDX

Job description

Aeluma in Santa Barbara seeks a Senior Photonic Device Reliability Engineer to lead reliability testing for lasers and high-speed photodiodes. You will set test plans, analyze results, and model wearout mechanisms to ensure robust hardware across product lifecycles.

You will collaborate with R&D and manufacturing, apply industry standards, and drive design-for-reliability decisions with strong data-driven analyses. This is a hands-on, impact-focused role in a fast-evolving photonics team.