Wireless Module Reliability Engineer

Apple Inc

Sunnyvale, CA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Analysis Skills, Apple, Auditing, Campaigns, Communication Skills, Consumer Electronics, Crisis Management, Cross-Functional, Detail Oriented, Diversity, Failure Analysis, Hardware Quality Assurance, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers), Industry Standards, Joint Electron Device Engineering Council (JEDEC), Multitasking, Performance Analysis, Product Lifecycle, Product Planning, Realtime Operating System, Reliability Analysis, Reliability Engineering, Reliability Testing, Risk Analysis, Root Cause Analysis, Statistics, Stress Testing, Team Player, Test Plan/Schedule, Test Requirements, Time Management, United States Department of Energy (DOE), Vendor/Supplier Evaluation, Vendor/Supplier Planning, Willing to Travel, Wireless Communications
LOCATION
Sunnyvale, CA
POSTED
30+ days ago

Apple is where individual imaginations gather, committing to the values that lead to great work. Every new product we build, service we create, or Apple Store experience we deliver is the result of us making each other's ideas stronger. That happens because every one of us shares a belief that we can make something wonderful and share it with the world, changing lives for the better. It's the diversity of our people and their thinking that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. When we bring everybody in, we can do the best work of our lives. Here, you'll do more than join something - you'll add something.

As a Reliability Engineer for the Wireless Design group, you will be responsible for driving all reliability requirements across multiple Wireless vendors. You will apply your expertise to review all reliability test plans and audit the reliability tests at the vendor labs. This role will also include leading failure analysis, root cause understanding of the failure and analyzing field exposure risk in the event of a failure.

Review all vendor REL test plans during product life cycle.

Ensure that silicon/package qualification test requirements are met across all wireless vendors.

Audit domestic and international vendor sites on a periodic basis. In the event of a reliability failure, drive failure analysis at vendor.

Assess field risks through statistical analysis of reliability failure rate.

Position requires domestic and international travel.

Act as the primary technical liaison between internal cross-functional teams and reliability teams at vendors, ensuring alignment on reliability campaigns, determining stress test conditions and approving test hardware.

Analyze reliability campaigns results, perform risks analysis and determine next steps.

Communicate component reliability risks to the internal teams.

Minimum requirement of a bachelors degree

Strong attention to detail.

Ability to balance multiple projects at the same time.

Collaborative attitude and ability to work effectively cross-functionally.

Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally.

PhD is highly desirable for this role.

Experience defining reliability tests, executing reliability tests and assessing reliability performance.

Expertise in auditing vendor sites for REL tests.

Ability to drive vendors for DOE/FA.

In-depth knowledge in performing risk assessment.

Solid understanding of industry test Standards (JEDEC, IEEE).

Experience working in a fast-paced engineering environment utilizing real time crisis management skills.

Strong analytical and communication skills are required.

Experience in Consumer Electronics.

Individual needs to be self-motivated, detail oriented and possess the ability to clearly articulate issues.

About the Company

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Apple Inc

We bring amazing people together to make amazing things happen.

We’re a diverse collection of thinkers and doers, continually reimagining what’s possible to help us all do what we love in new ways. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, as well as with services, including iTunes, the App Store, Apple Music, and Apple Pay. And the same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices — strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it.

About Apple

There’s a place here for every kind of brilliant. Everyone here is an innovator, or an innovator-to-be, no matter what your team or your role. So bring your passion, courage, and original thinking and get ready to share it, because every new product, service, or feature we invent is the result of people working together to make each others’ ideas stronger. Innovation at this level depends on people who represent the variety of the human experience and inspire us with their own fresh perspectives. Together, we’ll do amazing work that can make a difference in people’s lives. Including your own. Learn more about working at Apple.

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Computer/IT Services
FOUNDED
1976
WEBSITE
https://www.apple.com/jobs