Senior Reliability Engineer, Photonics for AI Data Center

Socket.dev; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 142,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care Plan

Retirement Savings Matching

Life Insurance

Generous Time Off

Paid Family Leave

Disability Insurance

Training & Development

Commuter Benefits

Hybrid workplace model

Equity grants

Job summary

Lightmatter is pioneering AI data center photonics and reliability engineering is critical to ensure performance and longevity of our products. You will design, execute, and analyze reliability tests, enabling products to meet stringent standards while collaborating with cross-functional teams across design and manufacturing.

The role requires extensive experience in semiconductor/photonics reliability, with hands-on failure analysis, and statistical modeling.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of reliability engineering in semiconductor or photonics.
• Knowledge of HTOL, HAST, TDDB, HTHH, TC testing methods.
• Hands-on failure analysis with SEM, TEM, FIB, EMMI.
• Understanding of device physics and reliability in Serdes/digital/mixed-signal ICs.
• Familiarity with Weibull analysis and reliability statistics.

Responsibilities

• Develop reliability test plans based on product requirements and standards.
• Execute reliability qualification testing for photonics-based AI platform and chiplet fabric.
• Conduct FMEA to identify and mitigate reliability risks in device design and manufacturing.
• Perform root cause analysis of device failures and drive design/manufacturing improvements.
• Establish internal reliability guidelines and standards.
• Utilize statistical tools to model reliability and predict lifetimes under field conditions.
• Prepare and present reports to internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Reliability engineering

Statistical analysis

Failure analysis

Device physics

Packaging failures

Weibull analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

SEM

TEM

FIB

EMMI

Job description

Lightmatter is pioneering AI data center photonics and reliability engineering is critical to ensure performance and longevity of our products. You will design, execute, and analyze reliability tests, enabling products to meet stringent standards while collaborating with cross-functional teams across design and manufacturing.

The role requires extensive experience in semiconductor/photonics reliability, with hands-on failure analysis, and statistical modeling.