Reliability and Failure Analysis Engineer

Reliability and Failure Analysis Engineer

What you’ll do:

Work with the wider operations team, engineering (EE, ME and NPI), designers, and contract manufacturers to plan and execute reliability testing to assess product durability and corrective action effectiveness, complete failure analysis, and implement corrective action.

Determine, develop, demonstrate and systematize methods of assessment for components, subassemblies and process required to ensure each meet quality and reliability requirements.

Provide subject matter expertise on reliability test methodology, measurement of device integrity, and test to failure approaches to understand design margin.

Implement data collection, storage and data reduction for the purposes of providing real time accessible data and communication of ongoing testing activities.

Support new technology developments: materials, processes, components and subassemblies using a systemic approach for risk prioritization and reliability growth.

Identify high risk failure modes early in the design life cycle and collaborate with other teams to evaluate and reduce risk.

Drive continuous improvement in FA capability and methods, reliability test, product reliability test outcomes and field reliability for new products.

Demonstrated history working with EMS to prepare then execute reliability test plans and with engineering teams to communicate results, then analyze, correct and validate solutions to reliability test failures.

Demonstrated history completing and documenting failure analyses, inclusive of suggestions for corrective action and follow up validation testing.

Experience personally operating and interpreting results of SEM/EDX, FTIR/DSC/TGA, CT X-ray, optical microscopy, OMM/CMM, Instron, potting/polishing cross-sections, and red‑dye.

Solid understanding of Six Sigma concepts and demonstrated capability to run Weibull and other model based reliability analyses.

Good understanding of the physics of failure and behind material properties (mechanical, electrical, and optical).

Able to prioritize duties and work well on your own.

Excellent interpersonal skills with a high attention to detail.

Excellent documentation and communication skills.

Background working collaboratively with both internal and external partners, domestic and overseas.

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Materials Science, chemistry, physics or equivalent.

7+ years of experience with FA, reliability testing and technology development.

Masters or higher level degree in Engineering or equivalent.

At least one previous role (>2 years in duration) in consumer electronics industry.

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don’t be shy and provide us some information.

Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long‑term success.

Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

EOE, including disability/vets.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law (by example, the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, where applicable).

In the United States, work locations are assigned a pay zone which determines the salary range for the position. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job‑related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. The starting pay may be negotiable within the salary range for the position. These pay zones may be modified in the future.

The base salary range for this position is $142,000-$214,000 annually.

The base salary range for this position is $135,000-$203,000 annually.

The base salary range for this position is $121,000-$182,000 annually.

This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs.