In this role, as a Sr. Hardware Reliability Engineer on the Wearables team, you will own the reliability engineering of our wearable device portfolio, spanning smart eyewear, AR-enabled wearables and their accessories. Wearables present unique reliability challenges that go beyond traditional consumer electronics: compact form factors integrating optical waveguides, micro-displays, projection optics, acoustics, sensors, and wireless electronics, all worn on the body and exposed to demanding real-world conditions. You will develop reliability strategies that address these challenges and drive design-for-reliability practices from early concept through mass production.
Key job responsibilities
You should have a strong understanding of reliability statistics, reliability test methods, and consumer electronics or wearable product design, with the ability to influence cross-functional design teams. Specifically, you will:
• Define reliability test specifications, methodologies, and test coverage for wearable and AR device form factors, addressing failure modes across mechanical, optical, electrical, and environmental domains.
• Work with industrial design, mechanical, electrical, optical, and manufacturing engineering teams to drive design mitigations before tooling and production.
• Lead hands-on design of experiments (DOEs) to characterize critical failure mechanisms and establish design parameter windows that balance reliability, manufacturability, and user experience.
• Perform reliability prediction and modeling for products under development and in the field, translating test data and field returns into failure-rate estimates and actionable design guidance.
• Develop and validate accelerated life test profiles that reflect real-world wearable usage patterns, including daily wear and removal cycles, storage and transport in cases, and varied environmental exposures.
• Partner with manufacturing and quality teams to define critical-to-reliability parameters, process controls, and production screening for wearable-specific components such as waveguide assemblies, precision mechanisms, and miniaturized electromechanical modules.
You will engage with an experienced cross-disciplinary staff spanning hardware, software, optics, human factors, and manufacturing, as well as outside partners, to drive key aspects of product definition, execution, and test. You must be responsive, flexible, and able to succeed within an open, collaborative peer environment where emerging product categories demand creative approaches to reliability engineering
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent
- Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production
- Experience with the project management of technical projects
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, CA, Sunnyvale - 157,900.00 - 213,600.00 USD annually
