Senior Product Quality & Reliability Engineer

Applied Materials; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Applied Materials is seeking a Product Quality and Reliability Engineer within the Semiconductor Products Group (SPG) Quality team. You will support Imaging and Process Control, applying Design For Reliability methods to new products and leading reliability validation tests.

Aim to ensure robust IPC product quality and supplier/manufacturing controls. You will analyze failure data, drive 8D problem solving, and coach teams on Q&R practices while collaborating cross-functionally with design and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• Master's degree preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in Q&R engineering or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate reliability of design and manufacturing for AMAT products and suppliers.
• Analyze non-conformance and failure rate data to prioritize Q&R projects and produce reports.
• Review Engineering Change Requests for impact on Quality & Reliability (Q&R).
• Develop, maintain and test quality/reliability standards to align with customer expectations.
• Design and implement methods for inspecting, testing and evaluating IPC product quality/reliability.
• Drive 8D and FA projects to implement effective solutions.
• Perform FMECA and document CRAMS and plan CRAMS tests.
• Develop ERAMS test plans and reliability growth models.
• Collaborate with optics/PCB suppliers to define manufacturing processes (PQP).
• Travel to supplier or customer sites as required (USA, Europe, Asia).
• Experience with AI tools to improve productivity is a plus.

Skills

LEDs

Lasers

PCB

Optics

Reliability concepts

Data analysis

Teamwork

DFR understanding

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Materials Engineering, Physics, Statistics, Reliability, or related field

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Applied Materials is seeking a Product Quality and Reliability Engineer within the Semiconductor Products Group (SPG) Quality team. You will support Imaging and Process Control, applying Design For Reliability methods to new products and leading reliability validation tests.

Aim to ensure robust IPC product quality and supplier/manufacturing controls. You will analyze failure data, drive 8D problem solving, and coach teams on Q&R practices while collaborating cross-functionally with design and