Senior Reliability Engineer – Production Ramp & ORT

Apple Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 278,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking an Operations Reliability Engineer in Cupertino, CA. You will guide development and operations teams to design reliable components and products. Your work reduces failure risk by early testing, rigorous analysis, and data-driven decisions across mechanical, electrical, and materials domains.

The role emphasizes collaboration with design, failure analysis, and manufacturing teams to deliver reliable products and scalable processes. Travel up to 20% may be required.

Qualifications

• BS in Engineering or related field with relevant reliability testing experience.
• MS/PhD in Engineering preferred for advanced roles.
• Experience with mechanical stress, environmental and fatigue tests is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead reliability activities to ensure smooth ramp from prototypes to production.
• Drive cross-functional problem solving with Failure Analysis and design teams.
• Maintain gatekeeper role for reliability risk during ramp and production.
• Lead ongoing reliability testing to scale validated designs into production.
• Collaborate with sustainment and AppleCare to improve diagnostics and testing.
• Identify and implement improvements for detection and test coverage.
• Explore big data and machine learning to create early warning systems.

Skills

Reliability testing

Failure Analysis

Statistical analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

DOE

FMEA

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

MS/PhD in Engineering

Tools

Optical Microscopy

X-Ray

SEM/EDS

FTIR

XPS

Job description

Apple Inc. is seeking an Operations Reliability Engineer in Cupertino, CA. You will guide development and operations teams to design reliable components and products. Your work reduces failure risk by early testing, rigorous analysis, and data-driven decisions across mechanical, electrical, and materials domains.

The role emphasizes collaboration with design, failure analysis, and manufacturing teams to deliver reliable products and scalable processes. Travel up to 20% may be required.