Senior Reliability Engineer, RF & Test Automation

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 155,000 - 202,000; Full time

Job summary

pSemi Corporation, a Murata company with a San Diego heritage, seeks a Reliability Engineer to drive qualification plans and stress testing across RF/power IC products. You will collaborate with Design, Product, Package, Process, and Test teams to ensure long‑term robustness and data‑driven improvements.

Key tasks include leading complex qualifications, refining stress matrices, and presenting reports to customers and management while mentoring staff and improving test methods and data integrity.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in reliability engineering with breadth across product/package/process qualifications.
• Ability to lead complex qualifications and manage schedules/risks across multiple programs.
• Advanced RF instrumentation capability, including RFHTOL experience.
• Competence in scripting/automation for data collection (e.g., Python, LabVIEW).
• Customer communication experience; able to defend methods/results in reviews.
• Demonstrated ability to resolve complex hardware and test stability issues with structured problem solving.
• Demonstrated experience in RFIC, sensor ASICs, or PMIC product qualification is required, depending on products supported.
• Expertise applying JEDEC/AEC‑Q100 standards and tailoring to product use cases and mission profiles.
• Proficiency updating controlled procedures and work instructions; familiarity with audits.
• Skill in DOE design and acceptance criteria for hardware validation and method changes.
• Understanding of reliability drivers for RF and/or power ICs, including thermal behavior, electrical overstress mechanisms, and application‑specific stress conditions.

Responsibilities

• Implement automation and data pipelines to improve test throughput and data integrity.
• Refine stress matrices, sample sizes, and guard‑bands using risk assessments and field use conditions.
• Resolve complex test hardware issues (e.g., RFHTOL instability) and implement corrective actions.
• Direct end‑to‑end execution of reliability qualifications and ensure evidence meets internal, industry, and customer standards.
• Plan lab capacity and material readiness to meet multiple concurrent qualification schedules.
• Present technical reports to customers and internal leaders, defending methodology, data, and conclusions.
• Train engineers and technicians and provide feedback on test approaches and data quality.
• Partner with Design/Product/Package teams to derive worst‑case use conditions and translate them to stress profiles.
• Recommend changes to procedures and author controlled documentation to standardize methods across programs.

Skills

RF instrumentation

Scripting/automation

Customer communication

Complex qualifications leadership

DOE design and acceptance

Reliability drivers RF/Power ICs

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, Power Electronics or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Python

LabVIEW

Job description

pSemi Corporation, a Murata company with a San Diego heritage, seeks a Reliability Engineer to drive qualification plans and stress testing across RF/power IC products. You will collaborate with Design, Product, Package, Process, and Test teams to ensure long‑term robustness and data‑driven improvements.

Key tasks include leading complex qualifications, refining stress matrices, and presenting reports to customers and management while mentoring staff and improving test methods and data integrity.