Member of Technical Staff, Hardware Reliability Engineer - Redmond, Washington, United States
$100,000 - $120,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 1 June 2026 by the employer. Relisted by the employer on 6 October 2026.
Work on hardware reliability for solid-state LiDAR systems powered by Light Control Metasurface (LCM™) beam forming chips.
About the role
Member of Technical Staff, Hardware Reliability Engineer will develop and execute reliability test plans, oversee quality processes, and lead failure analysis for lidar modules and systems. The role focuses on reliability risk assessment and qualification across hardware development and NPI builds using Light Control Metasurface (LCM™) beam forming chips.
What you'll do
- Analyze test data, identify failure mechanisms, and author reliability assessment reports with quantitative findings and clear recommendations. - Own reliability risk assessment throughout the product lifecycle by leading design and process FMEAs, defining acceptance criteria, and tracking risk mitigation actions to closure. - Represent system reliability, quality, and manufacturability in hardware design reviews to drive robustness improvements and provide DFM, DFA, and DFT feedback. - Own manufacturing quality and reliability processes for in-house prototype builds and NPI builds at contract manufacturers, maintaining quality records and trend data across build iterations. - Perform failure analysis on defective units and customer returns, manage external test labs, author failure analysis reports, and drive CAPA/8D to closure.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, optical engineering, physics, or a related technical field. - 5+ years of hands-on industry experience in a hardware reliability engineering role for complex electronic or optoelectronic hardware at the module or system level. - Demonstrated experience writing FA reports and driving CAPA/8D to closure. - Experience with design and/or process FMEAs, reliability risk assessments, and product reliability and quality specifications. - Experience with statistical reliability data analysis, lifetime data analysis, MTBF/FIT estimation, and HALT methodology. - Working knowledge of module- and system-level reliability and quality standards, such as JEDEC JESD22, ISO 16750, IEC 60068, or AEC-Q102/Q104.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree in electrical engineering, optical engineering, physics, or related technical fields. - Experience with lidar, optical sensing, or photonics hardware development.
Skills: reliability test plans, environmental stress tests, failure analysis, CAPA/8D, FMEA
This role has been open 124 days — well above the 55-day median for Reliability Engineering roles.
Reliability Engineering · Reliability Engineering
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Open roles in category
467
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Median days open
55 d
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Median salary
$150k
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| Metric | Lumotive | All employers we track in this specialty (467 roles · 74 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 3 | 467 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 5 | 10147 · 107 employers |
| Median days open | 74 d | 55 d (+19 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $150k |
Skills observed across this category: reliability test plans, environmental stress tests, failure analysis, CAPA/8D, FMEA
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 79 open roles · median 116 d
- Infineon Technologies · 34 open roles · median 40 d
- Renesas Electronics · 26 open roles · median 32 d
- STMicroelectronics · 19 open roles · median 26 d
- Analog Devices · 18 open roles · median 67 d
- Applied Materials · 18 open roles · median 59 d
How we counted: 467 open Reliability Engineering (Reliability Engineering) roles from 74 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 27 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Figures refresh nightly.