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Hardware Reliability Engineer - Materials

Cupertino, CA · On-site

$126K - $159K/yr

The engineers in Apple's Materials Reliability Group assess material-level reliability risks and have an influential role in guiding materials and finishes toward reliable designs for new product ...

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Hardware Reliability Engineer - Materials

Hardware Reliability Engineer - Materials

Apple

Cupertino, CA • On-site

$126K - $159K/yr

Full-time

Posted 21 days ago

Apple rating

8.1

Company rating: 8.1 out of 10

Based on 661 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

6th of 30 rated technology retailers

Job description

Are you passionate about the development, characterization, and failure analysis of innovative materials? Do you ever wonder what goes into creating amazing Apple product user experiences? The engineers in Apple's Materials Reliability Group assess material-level reliability risks and have an influential role in guiding materials and finishes toward reliable designs for new product development. Through deep investigation and collaboration, we strive to create a customer experience of enduring product quality...We are looking for an experienced individual who is passionate about: understanding how materials fail, driving test development to characterize failure risk, diving into failure root cause analysis, and advocating for material reliability improvements. Come join our team!.
As a Materials Reliability Engineer, you will assess material-level reliability risks of new product designs; and work with materials engineering and process teams to perform failure analysis, and to push for design and process mitigations and controls.
Bachelor's Degree in technical field (Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, etc) with 3+ years of industry experienceUnderstanding of how material properties, processing, and structure impact product performance. Our team works on a range of materials. An expertise in a particular material area is not required, as long as you are able to dive deep into learning about a new material space quicklyExperience working in, or collaborating with, a lab environment with a focus on understanding root cause of material failuresExperience using statistical data analysis, and the ability to communicate results from analyses clearlyAbility to identify failure root cause and potential corrective actions, utilizing results from multiple data sourcesAbility to travel internationally without restriction as needed (less than 20% of the year)
M.S. or PhD in Materials Science, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical EngineeringFamiliarity with failure characterizations techniques (Optical Microscopy, X-ray/CT, Scanning Electron Microscopy/Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy, etc.), and the ability to use failure analysis methodology to derive failure root causeExperience with Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA) and reliability prediction modelingExperience with statistical tools such as Weibull, JMP, or familiarity with accelerated test modelsFamiliarity with one of the following material types: anodized aluminum, titanium, precision glass, PVD coatings, optical materialsInterest in developing new tests and methodologies for replicating and validating complex failure modesCollaborative approach to working with other teams

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Imagine what you could do here! At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. Dynamic, intelligent people and inspiring, innovative technologies are the norm here. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with all Apple Hardware products. The same real passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices strengthening our dedication to leave the world better than we found it.

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Computer and electronic product manufacturing

Company size

10,000+ Employees

Headquarters location

Cupertino, CA, US

Year founded

1976

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