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Operations Reliability Engineer - Mac

Cupertino, United States of AmericaFull-time2026-10-22 → 2026-11-10

Core

Guide development and operations teams to generate reliable designs for Apple's new technology components, modules, and products by identifying high-risk failure modes early and ensuring mitigation before ramp.

Role type

Senior IC reliability engineer (hardware)

Builds

Reliable technology components, modules, and overall products for Apple

Domain

Consumer electronics hardware reliability

Required skills

Mechanical stress testing, environmental and fatigue testing, failure analysis, material characterization, DOE, FMEA, statistical process control, supplier development

Preferred skills

Physics of material properties, reliability models, accelerated test models, industry test standards (JEDEC, MIL, ASTM, IEEE), statistical data analytics

Technologies

Optical Microscopy, X-Ray, SEM/EDS, FTIR, XPS

Responsibilities

Lead FMEA sessions to identify high-risk failure modes; deliver test plans and procedures to third-party vendors; analyze test correlation across assembly nodes; summarize reliability results for cross-functional partners and management; manage transition of reliability testing from NPI to MP; develop capable suppliers for technology and volume scaling.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC