Senior RF Reliability Technician - Advanced Testing Lead

Mini--circuit; New York (NY); On-site; USD 48,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

Mini-Circuits is seeking a Senior Reliability Technician to provide advanced hands-on support to the Reliability Engineering team for RF and microwave component qualifications, environmental and reliability stress testing, sample prep, inspection, data collection, and failure analysis.

This role coordinates routine laboratory activities, prepares and monitors reliability tests, maintains detailed records, troubleshoots test setups, and collaborates with Engineering, Quality, Production, external

Qualifications

• High school diploma, GED, or international equivalent required.
• 5-7 years of experience required.
• Technical degree, certification, or equivalent hands‑on experience in electronics, engineering, manufacturing, reliability, quality, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Execute and coordinate reliability qualifications for new products, product or process changes, vendor qualifications, and customer-specific requirements.
• Review approved test plans, procedures, sample requirements, and work instructions before testing.
• Prepare samples through labeling, serialization, inspection, handling, and loading into fixtures, test boards, ovens, or environmental chambers.
• Set up, verify, monitor, and complete temperature cycling, high-temperature storage, humidity, HTOL, THB, HAST, MSL preconditioning, vibration, and mechanical-shock testing.
• Verify test conditions, chamber profiles, bias conditions, monitoring channels, fixture connections, and data-acquisition settings.
• Perform and document pre-test, interim, and post-test visual and electrical inspections.
• Troubleshoot equipment, fixtures, test boards, cabling, contact issues, and basic electrical abnormalities.
• Identify and report abnormal samples, equipment problems, unexpected conditions, test interruptions, and potential reliability concerns.
• Maintain complete records of sample status, serial numbers, test conditions, inspection results, failures, photographs, and observations.
• Review test records for accuracy, completeness, consistency, and traceability.
• Organize test data and prepare summaries and status updates for engineering review.
• Support failure analysis by preparing and tracking samples and coordinating CSAM, X-ray, cross-sectioning, decapsulation, microscopy, SEM, and other analysis methods.
• Coordinate with third-party laboratories regarding requirements, sample information, schedules, progress, and results.
• Operate and support environmental chambers, ovens, microscopes, power supplies, multimeters, data loggers, and related laboratory equipment.
• Support equipment calibration, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, and service activities.
• Assist with laboratory scheduling, priorities, equipment availability, and communication of schedule risks.
• Develop and improve work instructions, checklists, test records, and data-collection templates with engineering approval.
• Recommend improvements to fixtures, procedures, sample handling, test execution, and documentation.
• Train and provide technical guidance to junior technicians.
• Maintain an organized, safe, and ESD-compliant laboratory environment.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Electrical testing

ESD practices

Documentation

Team communication

Data collection

Education

High school diploma / GED / international equivalent

Tools

Microscopes

Multimeters

Power supplies

Environmental chambers

Data loggers

Job description

Mini-Circuits is seeking a Senior Reliability Technician to provide advanced hands-on support to the Reliability Engineering team for RF and microwave component qualifications, environmental and reliability stress testing, sample prep, inspection, data collection, and failure analysis.

This role coordinates routine laboratory activities, prepares and monitors reliability tests, maintains detailed records, troubleshoots test setups, and collaborates with Engineering, Quality, Production, external