Reliability Engineering Manager
Listed on 2026-07-01
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Engineering
Quality Engineering, Materials Engineering, Systems Engineer
Reliability Engineering Leader
Location:
Alhambra CA (Onsite)
We are seeking a hands-on Reliability Engineering leader to establish, own, and execute reliability engineering for an InP-based III-V photonic semiconductor manufacturing operation producing optical amplifiers, laser diodes, and related photonic devices.
This role serves as the single source of truth for product performance, reliability, and wear-out behavior across new product introduction, qualification, and high-volume manufacturing. The position requires deep, practical expertise in compound III-V, particularly InP/In Ga As P material systems, degradation physics, accelerated life testing, and Telcordia GR-468 qualification, combined with strong technical leadership in a fab and assembly/test environment.
The role may be filled at the Manager or Sr Manager level, depending on experience and demonstrated scope. Regardless of level, this is expected to be a hands-on, player-coach role, performing substantial technical work directly. This is not a staffed organization today, and any team growth will be incremental and driven by business needs.
Key Responsibilities- Establish and lead the Reliability Engineering function for SPP
- Own reliability requirements, targets, and performance for all InP-based photonic products
- Serve as the authoritative owner of reliability data, conclusions, and risk assessments
- Define and maintain reliability specifications, qualification targets, MTFF / FIT goals, and end-of-life criteria, define and execute in-process testing and screening
- Set technical direction and personally review or execute critical analyses and conclusions
- Hands-on planning, execution, analysis, and reporting of accelerated life tests (HTOL, aging, step-stress, etc.) per Telcordia GR-468
- Lead Telcordia qualification programs from initial strategy through customer acceptance
- Perform or directly oversee degradation modeling and life-test statistics
- Ensure technical rigor and defensibility of all qualification conclusions
- Lead deep understanding of degradation physics specific to III-V (InP) compound semiconductor photonic devices
- Identify, model, and mitigate dominant wear-out mechanisms in lasers and optical amplifiers
- Correlate reliability behavior to material properties, epitaxial growth conditions, device design, and process variation
- Translate physics-based insight into concrete design, process, and screening actions
- Lead hands-on yield and reliability improvement initiatives using structured methodologies:
- Defect Pareto analysis
- Wafer mapping and spatial correlation
- Inline parametric data correlation across epitaxy, wafer fab, chip fabrication, and CoC assembly
- Perform or directly guide detailed failure analysis and root cause investigations
- Own 8D corrective actions for reliability issues, ensuring durable and verified closure
- Partner with Operations, R&D, and Corporate FA to drive prevention, not just containment
- Act as the primary reliability technical interface for customers
- Support customer qualification activities and audits
- Build, present, and defend reliability and Telcordia qualification data packages
- Own and deliver PPAP / PFMEA-type outputs tied to reliability and qualification expectations
- Provide credible, data-driven responses to customer reliability concerns
- Develop dashboards and structured reporting for:
- Reliability performance and trends
- Yield loss mechanisms
- Life-test and degradation behavior
- Communicate clear technical recommendations to executive leadership
- Influence decisions through data, modeling, and engineering judgment
- Align local reliability practices with Corporate Quality Systems
- Interface with Corporate Failure Analysis teams on escalated or complex issues
- Ensure consistency between SPP practices and corporate quality frameworks
- Support internal, external, and customer audits
- Act as the primary SPP reliability representative in corporate initiatives
- Bachelor's degree in physics, Materials Science, or related field required
- MS or PhD strongly preferred, particularly in compound semiconductor physics and devices
- 10+ years of reliability experience in III-V compound semiconductor photonic devices
- Direct, hands-on…
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