Product Quality & Reliability Engineer IV - (E4)
$133,500 - $183,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 9 September 2026 by the employer. Relisted by the employer on 3 November 2026.
About the role
As a Product Quality and Reliability Engineer IV, you will be part of the Semiconductor Products Group (SPG) Quality group supporting the Imaging and Process Control (IPC) Business Unit. You will lead quality and reliability engineering projects to integrate Design For Reliability (DFR) methods, complete reliability analysis, and plan reliability validation tests for new products and manufacturing centers.
What you'll do
- Evaluate the reliability of materials, properties, and techniques used in design and manufacturing by Applied Materials and suppliers.
- Develop and implement quality and reliability test plans, perform failure analysis, and drive 8D and FA projects toward root-cause solutions.
- Perform FMECA, document CRAMS (component reliability), and collaborate with suppliers and design engineers to execute CRAMS test plans.
- Execute reliability modeling, develop ERAMS (equipment reliability) test plans, and create reliability growth models.
- Review Engineering Change Requests for their impact on Quality and Reliability (Q&R).
- Partner with optics and PCB suppliers to define and lock manufacturing processes through Part Quality Plans (PQP).
What you'll need
- Bachelor's Degree in an engineering or technical discipline.
- Expertise in mechanical/systems engineering, mechanisms and components qualification, manufacturing and failure analysis, DFR, and electro-mechanical components.
- Experience with structured problem-solving techniques and tools such as 8D.
- Experience developing reliability analysis, reliability modeling, and FMECA.
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 20% to supplier or customer sites in the USA, Europe, and Asia.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Materials Engineering, Physics, Statistics, Reliability, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in a Q&R Engineering role or equivalent.
- Knowledge and experience with LEDs, lasers, PCB and board assembly, or other electronics assembly.
- Knowledge and experience in optics, software, lithography, or optical metrology in the semiconductor industry.
- Semiconductor equipment and metrology experience.
- Experience developing or proliferating AI tools to improve productivity and operational efficiency.
Skills: reliability analysis, DFR, failure analysis, 8D, FMECA
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This role has been open 55 days — slightly above the 48-day median for Reliability Engineering roles.
Reliability Engineering · Reliability Engineering
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Open roles in category
503
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Median days open
48 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$150k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Applied Materials | All employers we track in this specialty (503 roles · 74 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 16 | 503 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 1175 | 10074 · 105 employers |
| Median days open | 59 d | 48 d (+11 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $150k |
Skills observed across this category: reliability analysis, DFR, failure analysis, 8D, FMECA
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 77 open roles · median 68 d
- Infineon Technologies · 34 open roles · median 46 d
- Renesas Electronics · 26 open roles · median 25 d
- STMicroelectronics · 20 open roles · median 23 d
- onsemi · 19 open roles · median 88 d
- Analog Devices · 17 open roles · median 69 d
How we counted: 503 open Reliability Engineering (Reliability Engineering) roles from 74 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 3 Nov 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.