Coherent

Principal Reliability Engineer

Coherent$120K — $150K *
Technical Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • MSc/PhD in NPI, Reliability, or Product Engineering
  • 3+ years of experience in reliability engineering
  • Familiarity with Telcordia or other reliability standards
  • Experience with driving qualification processes under strict deadlines
  • Strong interpersonal skills for cross-functional collaboration
  • Excellent technical communication skills
  • Knowledge of semiconductor packaging processes

Responsibilities

  • Manage component qualifications including Coherent laser chips and photodetectors
  • Collaborate with design teams and suppliers to ensure product reliability
  • Analyze reliability data for lifetime predictions
  • Present reliability findings and reports for new products and processes
  • Prepare detailed reliability reports and predictions
  • Review vendor reliability data and address issues collaboratively
  • Lead failure analysis discussions and implement corrective actions

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in a cutting-edge R&D environment
  • Collaborative work with talented professionals
  • Support for ambitious goal achievement
  • Potential for hybrid work arrangement
  • Involvement in impactful product development processes
Full Job Description
Job Description

In our drive to develop and introduce cutting-edge products ahead of the competition, we are developing critically advanced components in parallel with higher levels of integration. This creates an NPI environment with significant interdependence and the need for proactive risk management.

The Principal Reliability Engineering role is pivotal in this process, focusing on design for reliability, qualification testing, and ensuring the long-term reliability of leading-edge optoelectronic and silicon photonic components in a highly complex, dynamic R&D setting.

This position offers the opportunity to achieve ambitious goals alongside talented, driven professionals-making the work both motivating and rewarding.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

In our drive to develop and introduce cutting-edge products ahead of the competition, we are developing critical advanced components in parallel with higher levels of integration. This creates an NPI environment with significant interdependencies and the need for proactive risk management.

The Principal Reliability Engineering role is pivotal in this process, focusing on lifetime modelling, qualification testing, and ensuring the long-term reliability of leading-edge optoelectronic and silicon photonic components in a highly complex, dynamic R&D setting. This position offers the opportunity to achieve ambitious goals alongside talented, driven professionals-making the work both motivating and rewarding.
  • Serve as the NPI Reliability Engineer, managing component qualifications and GR-468 qualification of Coherent laser chips and photodetectors.
  • Engage with design teams, factories, and internal/external suppliers to ensure new products meet II-VI's high standards of quality and reliability.
  • Analyze lifetime data from different sources, testers etc. and perform reliability and lifetime data analysis
  • Present reliability results for new products, process/component changes, deviations, transfers, wafer qualifications, and ongoing reliability programs.
  • Prepare reliability reports and product reliability prediction calculations.
  • Review reliability data from external vendors and collaborate with suppliers to resolve reliability-related issues.
  • Participate in technical discussions and drive failure analysis and corrective actions to closure.

Education & Experience
  • Education: MSc / PhD in NPI, Reliability and Product Engineering,
  • 3+ years of experience in reliability engineering
  • Knowledge of Telcordia or other performance and reliability standards, reliability modeling, and lifetime calculations
  • Prior experience driving the qualification execution to meet strict deadlines.
  • Positive interpersonal skills necessary to support cross-functional teams
  • Strong technical written and verbal communication skills
  • Experience with subassembly and semiconductor packaging processes and controls

Skills
  • Semiconductor device reliability
  • Wearout failure modes
  • Arrhenious equation and acceleration factors
  • Random failure modes
  • FIT calculations

Working Conditions
  • This position is onsite preferred but will consider Hybrid for the right candidate
  • Regular use of a computer and other office equipment is necessary
  • Interaction with team members is a regular part of the job

Physical Requirements
  • Sitting for extended periods while working on a computer or conducting meetings.
  • Use of hands and fingers for typing, writing, and handling documents.
  • Occasional lifting of objects or materials up to 20 pounds for administrative tasks.
  • Ability to communicate verbally and in writing.xxxx

Safety Requirements

All employees are required to follow the site EHS procedures and Coherent Corp. Corporate EHS standards.

Quality and Environmental Responsibilities

Depending on location, this position may be responsible for the execution and maintenance of the ISO 9000, 9001, 14001 and/or other applicable standards that may apply to the relevant roles and responsibilities within the Quality Management System and Environmental Management System.

About Coherent

Coherent, Inc. is a global leader in providing laser-based solutions to a broad range of commercial and scientific research customers. The company designs, manufactures, and markets lasers, laser-based systems, precision optics, and related accessories for a diverse group of customers. Coherent's markets include scientific research, OEM components and instrumentation, microelectronics, materials processing, and life sciences. The company's products are used in a wide range of applications. Coherent was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
Learn more about Coherent
Size
5,085 employees
Market Cap
$4.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$419.7 million
Founded
1966
5 Year Trend
+27.8%
Revenue
$1.2 billion
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