PCBA Reliability Engineer - All Levels

Responsibilities

• Collect and analyze current and prospective product use cases to define PCBA reliability specs and validation methods.
• Lead DFMEA efforts with design engineers to assess design risks, impacts, controls, and corrective actions.
• Develop reliability tests for PCBAs and associated electronic components, electrical harness and connectors.
• Drive and manage internal/external resources and suppliers in planning and executing reliability tests in each engineering build.
• Work with test engineers to develop custom test fixtures, electronics, and codes.
• Guide, support, and execute failure analysis, design of experiments (DOEs) and corrective action processes with cross-functional teams.
• Document failures and work with design and manufacturing engineers to resolve them.
• Conduct physics and statistical analysis on test and field failures to assess risk and provide actionable recommendations.

Requirements

• Minimum 2 years of work experience in reliability engineering.
• Bachelor's degree or higher in relevant science and engineering fields.
• Strong knowledge of environmental reliability test principles, models, and methodologies, such as high temperature high humidity, thermal cycle/shock, mechanical vibration/shock.
• Strong knowledge of industry test standards such as AECQ, JEDEC, IPC standards.
• Strong knowledge of electrical circuits, PCBA design and relevant SW tools (e.g. Altium).
• Strong knowledge of PCBA failure modes, mechanisms, and FA techniques.
• Hands-on experience on field reliability risk analysis and failure prediction methods.
• Hands-on experience with Weibull++, JMP, or other reliability statistical analysis software.
• Hands-on experience on electronic circuit debug and relevant tools, e.g. source meter, oscilloscope.

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience of shipping reliable robotics, consumer or automotive products.
• Knowledge of PCBA manufacturing processes and quality control practices.
• Hands-on experience of CATIA V6 CAD.
• Hands-on experience of FA tools & techniques such as SEM/EDS, CT-Xray, Cross-section, FTIR.
• Hands-on experience of accelerometers, load cells, strain gauges and relevant setup and data acquisition techniques.

Pay and benefits

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $120,000 to $250,000 per year.

The pay offered for this position may vary based on several individual factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package may also include additional components/benefits depending on the specific role. This information will be shared if an employment offer is extended.