Silicon Photonics Quality & Reliability Engineer - New Mexico, Albuquerque, United States
$122,440 - $232,190 USD yearly
Originally posted 19 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role supports reliability assessments, qualification activities, and technology development for advanced photonic devices and photonic integrated circuits (PICs).
What you'll do
- Support reliability characterization and qualification activities for silicon photonic devices and technologies.
- Analyze reliability, characterization, and manufacturing data.
- Execute Design of Experiments (DOE) and statistical analyses.
- Assist with root cause investigations and failure analysis efforts.
- Develop technical reports and communicate findings to engineering teams.
- Support qualification testing activities including environmental, electrical, and reliability stress testing.
What you'll need
- Master's degree in Optical Science, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Semiconductor Engineering, or a related technical field with 1+ years of relevant experience; OR PhD in the same field with 6+ months of relevant experience.
- Silicon Photonics TD / Manufacturing experience.
- Data extraction and analysis skills (JMP/ILM/REL/PCS/SQL Scripting).
- QnR/Process/device/product engineering experience.
Nice to have
- Design of Experiments (DOE) principles and structured problem solving.
- SPC/DOE principles and data analysis.
- Exposure to methodology of qualifying optical devices and test methods to evaluate performance and reliability (HTOL, THB/DH, MSV, TC, HTS, ESD etc.), and failure analysis.
- Device/semiconductor physics and electrical characterization techniques in areas pertaining to wafer fabrication.
Skills: silicon photonics, reliability assessments, qualification activities, photonic integrated circuits, failure analysis
This role has been open 20 days — well below the 59-day median for Reliability Engineering roles.
Reliability Engineering · Reliability Engineering
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Open roles in category
430
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Median days open
59 d
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Median salary
$158k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Intel Corporation | All employers we track in this specialty (430 roles · 71 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 17 | 430 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 174 | 9754 · 107 employers |
| Median days open | 36 d | 59 d (−23 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $158k |
Skills observed across this category: silicon photonics, reliability assessments, qualification activities, photonic integrated circuits, failure analysis
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 74 open roles · median 149 d
- Infineon Technologies · 30 open roles · median 44 d
- Analog Devices · 21 open roles · median 52 d
- onsemi · 20 open roles · median 67 d
- Intel Corporation (this employer) · 17 open roles · median 36 d
- Renesas Electronics · 17 open roles · median 77 d
How we counted: 430 open Reliability Engineering (Reliability Engineering) roles from 71 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 9 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.