Product Quality & Reliability Engineer IV (E4) - Santa Clara, CA, United States
$133,500 - $183,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 15 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
The Product Quality & Reliability Engineer IV evaluates production materials, properties, and techniques from a reliability standpoint while determining reliability requirements for components and systems. The role advises design engineering, develops acceleration techniques and analytical tools, and implements division quality assurance policies across suppliers and products.
What you'll do
- Evaluate materials, properties, and production techniques from a reliability standpoint, advising design engineering on the selection, application, and testing of electronic components and systems. - Recommend design or test methods and statistical process control procedures to achieve required product reliability levels. - Develop new acceleration techniques and analytical tools to ensure early identification of issues in new products, packaging, processes, and product reliability. - Propose design or formulation changes in components and systems to improve system or process reliability. - Develop and implement the division's Quality Assurance program, policies, and receiving inspection procedures while managing multiple projects. - Perform FMECA, document CRAMS, support CRAMS test plans with suppliers and engineering, conduct supplier PQP, and perform reliability modeling and ERAMS.
What you'll need
- Depth and breadth of expertise in product quality and reliability engineering. - Experience performing FMECA, reliability modeling, and executing CRAMS and ERAMS documentation. - Working knowledge of statistical process control procedures and implementation within manufacturing or test environments. - Experience conducting Parts Quality Plans (PQP) with suppliers and improving QA receiving inspection processes. - Capability to evaluate electronic components, packaging, and materials failure modes using acceleration techniques and analytical tools.
Skills: reliability, statistical process control, FMECA, PQP, Reliability modeling
This role has been open 38 days — well below the 53-day median for Reliability Engineering roles.
Reliability Engineering · Reliability Engineering
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Open roles in category
459
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Median days open
53 d
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Median salary
$154k
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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 (459 roles · 71 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 20 | 459 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 1140 | 10080 · 106 employers |
| Median days open | 48 d | 53 d (−5 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $154k |
Skills observed across this category: reliability, statistical process control, FMECA, PQP, Reliability modeling
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 82 open roles · median 127 d
- Infineon Technologies · 32 open roles · median 46 d
- Renesas Electronics · 27 open roles · median 39 d
- Applied Materials (this employer) · 19 open roles · median 53 d
- STMicroelectronics · 19 open roles · median 29 d
- Analog Devices · 18 open roles · median 63 d
How we counted: 459 open Reliability Engineering (Reliability Engineering) roles from 71 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 23 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.