Quality & Reliability Systems Engineer - (E4) - Santa Clara, CA, United States
$110,500 - $152,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 19 May 2026 by the employer.
About the role
Quality & Reliability Systems Engineer - (E4) develops, applies, revises, maintains, and tests quality and reliability standards to meet customer expectations.
What you'll do
- Design and implement methods and procedures for inspecting, testing, and evaluating product quality and reliability. - Develop and implement quality and reliability test plans, perform failure analysis, and conduct FMECA. - Document CRAMS, execute reliability modeling and ERAMS, and collaborate with suppliers and engineers to enable CRAMS test plans. - Perform PQP at suppliers to ensure quality requirements are achieved. - Gather operational and test data, evaluate testing results, and prepare technical documentation. - Coach, mentor, and conduct training for targeted organizations on quality and reliability processes.
What you'll need
- Conceptual knowledge and capabilities within quality and reliability engineering. - Experience developing quality and reliability test plans and performing failure analysis. - Experience with FMECA and reliability modeling (CRAMS and ERAMS). - Ability to perform PQP at suppliers and work directly with external vendors. - Ability to travel up to 20% of the time.
Skills: quality/reliability standards, failure analysis, FMECA, reliability test plans, quality standards
This role has been open 157 days — well above the 53-day median for Reliability Engineering roles.
Reliability Engineering · Reliability Engineering
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Open roles in category
458
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Median days open
53 d
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Median salary
$153k
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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 (458 roles · 72 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 20 | 458 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 1123 | 10039 · 106 employers |
| Median days open | 49 d | 53 d (−4 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $153k |
Skills observed across this category: quality/reliability standards, failure analysis, FMECA, reliability test plans, quality standards
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 78 open roles · median 121 d
- Infineon Technologies · 33 open roles · median 43 d
- Renesas Electronics · 26 open roles · median 29 d
- Applied Materials (this employer) · 20 open roles · median 48 d
- Analog Devices · 18 open roles · median 64 d
- onsemi · 18 open roles · median 82 d
How we counted: 458 open Reliability Engineering (Reliability Engineering) roles from 72 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 24 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.