Member of Technical Staff, Hardware Reliability Engineer

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      "content": "<div>\n\n<li>Develop, set up, and execute reliability test plans for lidar modules and systems, including environmental stress tests (temperature cycling, thermal shock, humidity), accelerated life testing, and mechanical shock/vibration.</li>\n<li>Analyze test results, identify failure mechanisms, and produce reliability assessment reports with quantitative findings and clear recommendations.</li>\n<li>Perform failure analysis on defective units, engineering test escapes, and customer-returned units using in-house tools; define scope and technically direct external test labs for advanced failure analysis.</li>\n<li>Author customer-facing failure analysis reports and drive CAPA/8D to verified closure.</li>\n<li>Own reliability risk assessment for lidar modules and systems throughout the product development lifecycle, from concept through qualification – leading design and process FMEAs and tracking risk mitigation actions to closure in collaboration with cross-functional engineering teams.</li>\n<li>Own the reliability and quality sections of product requirements documents; define reliability targets, qualification test requirements, and acceptance criteria.</li>\n<li>Represent reliability, quality, and manufacturability in hardware design reviews and product performance reviews; identify risk early and drive design changes that improve robustness and reduce manufacturing complexity.</li>\n<li>Own manufacturing quality and reliability processes for in-house prototype builds and NPI builds at contract manufacturers. Define workmanship acceptance criteria, drive nonconformance resolution, and maintain quality records and trend data across build iterations.</li>\n\n</div>"
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      "text": "Qualifications:",
      "content": "<div>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, physics, optical engineering, or related fields. Master’s degree preferred.</li>\n<li>5+&nbsp;years of hands-on industry experience in a hardware reliability engineering role for complex electronic or optoelectronic hardware at the module or system level.</li>\n<li>Demonstrated hands-on experience planning, setting up, and executing hardware reliability test plans, including environmental stress, accelerated life, and mechanical testing.</li>\n<li>Demonstrated experience writing FA reports and driving CAPA/8D to closure.</li>\n<li>Experience with design and/or process FMEAs, reliability risk assessments, and product reliability and quality specifications.</li>\n<li>Experience providing DFM, DFA, and DFT feedback during hardware design reviews.</li>\n<li>Experience owning manufacturing quality processes for prototype or NPI hardware builds, including workmanship standards, in-process inspection, and nonconformance management.</li>\n<li>Working knowledge of module- and system-level reliability and quality standards, such as JEDEC JESD22, ISO 16750, IEC 60068, or AEC-Q102/Q104.</li>\n<li>Experience with lidar, optical sensing, or photonics hardware development.</li>\n<li>Experience with statistical reliability data analysis, lifetime data analysis, MTBF/FIT estimation, and HALT methodology.</li>\n<li>Experience managing quality processes at contract manufacturers or external partners.</li>\n\n</ul></div>"
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