Principal Reliability Engineer

Company Overview

MACOM designs and manufactures semiconductor products for Data Center, Telecommunication and Industrial and Defense applications. Headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts, MACOM has design centers and sales offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. MACOM is certified to the ISO
9001 international quality standard and ISO
14001 environmental management standard.

MACOM has more than 75 years of application expertise with multiple design centers, Si, GaAs and InP fabrication, manufacturing, assembly and test, and operational facilities throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Viewour facilities at  In addition, MACOM offers foundry services that represents a key core competency within our business.

MACOM sells and distributes products globally via a sales channel comprised of a direct field sales force, authorized sales representatives and leading industry distributors. Our sales team is trained across all of our products to give our customers insights into our entire portfolio.

As asuccessful candidate you will be a key member of our laser group and be responsible for performing and managing reliability and qualification programs. You will help to successfully introduce qualified products to (AI) Datacenters, Telecommunications and other emerging optical markets. You will be challenged by bringing in your knowledge in III-V semiconductor reliability to help improve overall quality. We provide you with an agile environment where your broad skill set will be utilized and further developed.

• Manage new product qualification programs as well as ongoing reliability test programs on released products.
• Perform DOEs to optimize Burn In.
• Provide schedules and execute towards timely product qualifications.
• Hold a biweekly reliability meeting.
• Work closely aligned with the design and the product engineering team and alongside corporate quality and its FA team.
• Manage communications with packaging CMs for reliability builds.
• Improve and add to currently available FA analysis techniques.

• PhD or MS in Material Science, Engineering, Physics, or equivalent discipline
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in material science or reliability of III-V opto-electronic devices.
• Excellent familiarity with failure mode analysis techniques and the physics of failure modes in III-V materials.
• Excellent familiarity with GR468 and JEDEC standards for optical device qualification.
• Self-motivated, with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

MACOM is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse workforce. MACOM will not discriminate against any worker or job applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, military service, marital status, or any other category protected under applicable law.

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We also work with current employees who request or need reasonable accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of their jobs.