$104,000 - $156,000 USD yearly
Focus on reliability qualification and validation for AI accelerators, compute modules, servers, and rack-scale systems.
Originally posted 26 August 2026 by the employer. Relisted by the employer on 5 November 2026.
About the role
This role supports reliability qualification and validation activities for Qualcomm's data center products, including AI accelerators, compute modules, servers, and rack-scale systems. The successful candidate will drive design and process improvements to ensure robust product performance and quality.
What you'll do
- Support reliability planning and execution for semiconductor and data center product programs.
- Develop and execute reliability qualification plans, including environmental, mechanical, and life testing.
- Coordinate qualification activities across design, product engineering, test engineering, suppliers, and manufacturing teams.
- Analyze qualification and reliability data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
- Perform failure analysis reviews and collaborate with cross-functional teams to determine root cause and corrective actions.
- Apply statistical techniques to assess product reliability, process capability, and failure rate predictions.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Material Science, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Reliability Engineering experience.
- Strong foundation in reliability engineering, failure analysis, qualification methodologies, and statistical data analysis.
- Experience with semiconductor, package, board-level, system-level, or data center product reliability.
Nice to have
- PhD with 1 year of relevant industry experience, or Master's degree with 3 years of experience in reliability engineering, product engineering, quality engineering, test engineering, or a related field.
- Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Reliability Engineering, or related discipline.
- Experience with reliability qualification methodologies and industry standards such as JEDEC, IEC, Telcordia, or similar.
- Familiarity with reliability testing such as HTOL, HAST, THB, temperature cycling, mechanical shock, vibration, ESD, latch-up, or package qualification.
- Knowledge of reliability principles, failure mechanisms, and root cause analysis methodologies.
- Experience with statistical analysis and data interpretation.
- Familiarity with semiconductor, package, board-level, system-level, or data center hardware products.
- Experience with reliability software tools, data analytics tools, or scripting languages such as JMP, ReliaSoft, Python, or equivalent.
Skills: reliability qualification plans, environmental testing, life testing, failure analysis, statistical techniques, JEDEC
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This role has been open 71 days — well above the 44-day median for Reliability Engineering roles.
Reliability Engineering · Reliability Engineering
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Open roles in category
520
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Median days open
44 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$152k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (520 roles · 79 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 6 | 520 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 43 | 10135 · 117 employers |
| Median days open | 71 d | 44 d (+27 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $152k |
Skills observed across this category: reliability qualification plans, environmental testing, life testing, failure analysis, statistical techniques, JEDEC
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 75 open roles · median 67 d
- Infineon Technologies · 40 open roles · median 37 d
- Renesas Electronics · 25 open roles · median 23 d
- onsemi · 22 open roles · median 63 d
- Intel Corporation · 18 open roles · median 50 d
- STMicroelectronics · 18 open roles · median 25 d
How we counted: 520 open Reliability Engineering (Reliability Engineering) roles from 79 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 6 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 — it is counted in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Figures refresh nightly.