$158,200 - $237,400 USD yearly
Originally posted September 17, 2026 by the employer.
About the role
Lead the Automotive Reliability team and drive reliability strategy and execution for automotive products spanning devices, packages, components, and systems.
What you'll do
- Define and evolve automotive reliability requirements, AEC-aligned qualification methodologies, and validation strategies for complex designs and technologies.
- Define and optimize automotive burn-in and production screening strategies to achieve reliability, quality, and DPPM objectives while balancing manufacturing cost and cycle-time constraints.
- Manage, mentor, and develop engineers while serving as a technical authority for automotive reliability across the organization.
- Drive cross-functional alignment with design, process, test, product, quality, and program teams to integrate reliability requirements throughout the product development lifecycle.
- Represent the company in customer-facing technical engagements, including qualification reviews, reliability assessments, audit support, and resolution of customer reliability concerns.
- Communicate automotive reliability status, qualification readiness, risks, and strategic recommendations to senior leadership and executive stakeholders.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Material Science, Computer Science, or related field with 6+ years of Reliability Engineering experience (or Master's degree with 5+ years, or PhD with 4+ years).
- Experience in reliability analysis and stress testing.
- 2+ years of technical leadership experience with or without direct reports.
Nice to have
- 8 years of experience in semiconductor and/or component reliability, physics-of-failure, failure mechanisms, and qualification methodologies with automotive industry experience.
- 6 years of working knowledge of applicable AEC standards and specifications, including interpretation of qualification requirements for automotive semiconductor products.
- Experience with Automotive Change Management and Product Change Notifications (PCNs), including reliability impact assessments and customer approval strategies.
- Expertise in developing mission-profile-based automotive reliability qualification strategies, including lifetime modeling and risk assessment.
- Knowledge of automotive burn-in methodologies, production screening strategies, and DPPM improvement initiatives across silicon, package, and system-level qualification programs.
- Experience defining Statements of Work (SOWs), managing external qualification laboratories and suppliers, and running automotive reliability stress testing programs.
Skills: automotive reliability, AEC qualification, burn-in, stress testing, DPPM
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First seen in our index 57 days ago, well above 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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| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (545 roles · 81 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 10 | 545 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 53 | 10402 · 119 employers |
| Median days since first seen | 57 d | 44 d (−13 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | n/a | $152k |
Skills observed across this category: automotive reliability, AEC qualification, burn-in, stress testing, DPPM
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.