Senior Reliability Engineer - CA, Santa Clara, United States
$116,000 - $184,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 5 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role executes HTOL test system operation, board design, and stress testing within the Santa Clara reliability lab. You will build HTOL boards and operate HTOL processes on specialized ovens to evaluate silicon reliability.
What you'll do
- Implement and optimize HTOL test programs aligned with JEDEC standards. - Operate, maintain, and perform preventative maintenance on HTOL ovens to ensure stable test conditions and data accuracy. - Design, debug, and bring up HTOL burn-in boards and HTOL patterns. - Apply thermal management techniques to maintain temperature control and mitigate thermal stress in HTOL environments. - Debug and resolve hardware and software product issues in the HTOL environment with cross-functional teams. - Collaborate with vendors to implement improvements to burn-in boards, HTOL systems, and thermal interface materials.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field (or equivalent experience). - 5+ years of experience in HTOL test system operation and data analysis for semiconductor devices. - Hands-on expertise in HTOL stress testing, JEDEC standards, and environmental stress tests including Temperature Cycling (TC), Reflow, Thermal Shock, and HAST. - Strong ATE or TE skills, including pattern bring up and PCB board debugging and design. - Hands-on experience with high-power HTOL chambers, including operation, repair, and preventative maintenance. - Proficiency with oscilloscopes, current probes, and test equipment for data acquisition and analysis. - Experience with pattern vector debugging, test script development or modification, and programming in Python or MATLAB for data analysis and automation.
Skills: HTOL, JEDEC standards, burn-in boards, thermal management, semiconductor devices
This role has been open 134 days — well above 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 | NVIDIA | All employers we track in this specialty (459 roles · 71 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 4 | 459 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 50 | 10080 · 106 employers |
| Median days open | 57 d | 53 d (+4 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $154k |
Skills observed across this category: HTOL, JEDEC standards, burn-in boards, thermal management, semiconductor devices
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 · 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.