Senior Director, Reliability Engineering
$332,000 - $500,250 USD yearly
Originally posted 9 July 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As Senior Director, Reliability Engineering, you will set the engineering standard for board- and system-level hardware reliability across product lines including Data Center, Server, Graphics Cards, Automotive, and Embedded platforms. You will direct reliability strategy, oversee global engineering teams and testing labs, and guide design and manufacturing decisions through reliability modeling and physics-of-failure analysis.
What you'll do
- Own board- and system-level hardware reliability across product portfolios from component qualification through field deployment.
- Oversee the hardware product reliability program and develop company-wide reliability strategies aligned with business goals.
- Lead multidisciplinary reliability engineering and testing teams across domestic and international sites, including direct ownership of reliability labs.
- Drive Design for Reliability (DfR) and DfX methodologies across engineering, operations, and supply chain to inform design and sourcing decisions.
- Lead reliability modeling, predictions, and risk assessments to quantify engineering uncertainties and guide risk mitigations.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- 18+ overall years in board- and system-level reliability testing and activities, with at least 5 years in Data Center equipment reliability and 10+ years in reliability management.
- Deep understanding of reliability concepts, physics of failure, testing methodologies, and industry standards.
- Proficiency with Design for Reliability (DfR), NUDD, and FMEA.
- Experience with reliability modeling, assessments, predictions, and allocations, backed by statistics and reliability mathematics.
- Familiarity with finite element analysis, silicon/semiconductor/package-level reliability, electronics manufacturing and testing processes, and transportation packaging testing.
Skills: physics of failure, reliability modeling, DFR, FMEA, board-level reliability, system-level reliability
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This role has been open 113 days — well above the 45-day median for Reliability Engineering roles.
Reliability Engineering · Reliability Engineering
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Open roles in category
497
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Median days open
45 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$149k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | NVIDIA | All employers we track in this specialty (497 roles · 75 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 8 | 497 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 65 | 10118 · 104 employers |
| Median days open | 102 d | 45 d (+57 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $149k |
Skills observed across this category: physics of failure, reliability modeling, DFR, FMEA, board-level reliability, system-level reliability
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 79 open roles · median 91 d
- Infineon Technologies · 32 open roles · median 44 d
- Renesas Electronics · 26 open roles · median 22 d
- STMicroelectronics · 22 open roles · median 20 d
- onsemi · 19 open roles · median 85 d
- Applied Materials · 16 open roles · median 63 d
How we counted: 497 open Reliability Engineering (Reliability Engineering) roles from 75 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 31 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.