Quality & Reliability, Intern Summer 2027
$43 USD hourly
Originally posted November 13, 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves building and automating test setups, running reliability experiments, and presenting data to product design engineers in the Mountain View lab. The work focuses on evaluating photonic and electronic hardware for AI data center infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Perform reliability and characterization tests on photonic and electronic hardware.
- Set up test stations and write Python automation scripts and instrument drivers.
- Analyze test data and present findings to key stakeholders.
- Support failure analysis by isolating root causes and documenting results.
- Maintain test procedures and contribute to reliability reports and qualification plans.
What you'll need
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Basic knowledge of test automation tools, with Python preferred.
- Familiarity with hardware testing equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, and thermal sensors.
- Understanding of basic electronics, circuits, and embedded systems.
- Ability to work in a hands-on lab environment.
Nice to have
- Coursework or projects in optics, photonics, or semiconductor devices.
- Experience with instrument control protocols (SCPI, VISA, GPIB) or data-acquisition hardware.
- Exposure to reliability or qualification concepts such as thermal cycling, HTOL, or failure analysis.
- Experience working in a lab environment.
Skills: reliability, qualification, HTOL, failure analysis, characterization
More semiconductor jobs: Lightmatter jobs · Reliability engineer jobs · Mountain View jobs
First seen in our index 1 day ago, well below the 44-day median for Reliability Engineering roles.
Reliability Engineering · Reliability Engineering
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Open roles in category
545
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Median days since first seen
44 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$152k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Lightmatter | All employers we track in this specialty (545 roles · 81 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 545 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 2 | 10378 · 119 employers |
| Median days since first seen | 1 d | 44 d (+43 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | n/a | $152k |
Skills observed across this category: reliability, qualification, HTOL, failure analysis, characterization
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 74 open roles · median 92 d
- Infineon Technologies · 46 open roles · median 26 d
- Renesas Electronics · 27 open roles · median 31 d
- STMicroelectronics · 21 open roles · median 35 d
- onsemi · 20 open roles · median 85 d
- Analog Devices · 17 open roles · median 45 d
How we counted: 545 open Reliability Engineering (Reliability Engineering) roles from 81 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 14 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, and is counted in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Days are counted from when our index first saw each posting, not from the employer's original posting date.