Module Reliability Engineer
San Diego, California, United States
Hardware
Are you a technologist looking for a career choice that provides ever evolving challenges?
This position is offered in Apple’s Hardware Module Reliability Group. We guide development teams toward generating reliable designs for Apple's new technology components. We achieve this objective by identifying high risk failure modes early in the design life cycle and by using our engineering knowledge to help find the best path towards mitigation. Here are some examples of the technologies that we've supported (to name a few): FaceID, TouchID, iPhone Rear Camera, iPhone Proximity Sensor, AppleWatch Taptic Engine and AppleWatch ForceTouch.
Overall, we feel that we offer an exciting chance to build your skills as you learn about a wide variety of technologies.
If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you and explore how we could make you a part of our diverse team!
Description
As a Module Reliability Engineer, you will invent test specs and drive procurement/qualification of equipment that is essential to the validation of Design Reliability. You will assess Reliability by driving stress testing and analyzing the resulting data. Finally, you will provide direction for failure analysis in order to develop an understanding of the root cause of a particular failure as well as collaborate with the design team to determine corrective action.
Minimum Qualifications
Key Qualifications
- Possess extraordinary problem solving abilities
- Understand the physics behind the mechanical & electrical properties of materials
- Have experience with the design and manufacture of assemblies that convert digital signals into physical signals (voltage, light, vibration) and vice versa
- Have exposure to failure analysis techniques as well as Materials characterization tools (e.g. scanning electron microscopy, CT scanning, FTIR,...)
- Are adept in statistical data analysis and are capable of clear reporting
Preferred Qualifications
Education & Experience
A graduate degree in Materials Science, Physics, Mechanical Engineering or an equivalent field is desired.
Additional Requirements
- - Ability to travel internationally without restrictions
- - Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a strong attention to detai;
- - Ability to handle multiple projects at once including running activities remotely at third party vendor sites overseas
- - Ability to complete tests and resolve problems in an unattended manner
- - Flexibility to accept new tasks and go beyond one's comfort zone to pursue the solution to new and unexpected problems
- - Dynamic person with a can do attitude and a dream to work with a great team and product
Pay & Benefits
Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.