Senior Reliability Engineer - Data Center & AI Compute

QUALCOMM, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 132,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Reliability Engineer for data center products, including AI accelerators, compute modules, servers, and rack-scale systems.

You will design reliability plans, run qualification tests, analyze failures, and drive design improvements to ensure robust product performance. The role requires advanced degrees or equivalent experience and involves coordinating across design, engineering, testing, suppliers, and manufacturing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 2+ years reliability experience or related work.
• Master's degree plus 1+ year reliability experience or related work.
• PhD in engineering or related field.

Responsibilities

• Support reliability planning and execution for advanced semiconductor and data center programs.
• Develop and execute reliability qualification plans (environmental, mechanical, life testing).
• Coordinate activities across design, product engineering, test engineering, suppliers and manufacturing.
• Analyze data to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Perform failure analysis reviews and determine root causes and corrective actions.
• Define reliability requirements, test conditions and success criteria.
• Apply statistical techniques to assess reliability and process capability.
• Support ongoing reliability monitoring and field quality initiatives.
• Prepare technical reports and present status, risks, and recommendations.
• Contribute to design-for-reliability activities throughout development.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Material Science, Computer Science, or related field

Master's degree in Engineering, Material Science, Computer Science, or related field

PhD in Engineering, Material Science, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

JMP

ReliaSoft

Python

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Reliability Engineer for data center products, including AI accelerators, compute modules, servers, and rack-scale systems.

You will design reliability plans, run qualification tests, analyze failures, and drive design improvements to ensure robust product performance. The role requires advanced degrees or equivalent experience and involves coordinating across design, engineering, testing, suppliers, and manufacturing.