About the role
Job Details: Job Description: The Board-Level Quality and Reliability Engineer is responsible for ensuring the quality, robustness, and long-term reliability of advanced semiconductor products throughout development, qualification, and production. The successful candidate will provide technical leadership in board-level reliability assessment, failure analysis, qualification methodology development, risk management, and industry standards engagement. This role serves as the technical authority for board-level reliability of advanced packages, including BGA, LGA, and heterogeneous integration technologies. The engineer will lead reliability strategy development, qualification planning, and failure mechanism assessments while partnering closely with product development, packaging, manufacturing, suppliers, and customers. The position also requires active participation and technical leadership within JEDEC and other industry standards organizations to influence future reliability
requirements, qualification methodologies, and semiconductor packaging standards. JEDEC quality and reliability committees (JC-14) are identified as key industry forums for qualification methodologies, reliability testing, and standards development. Key
Responsibilities Board-Level Reliability Engineer: • Develop qualification plans covering thermal cycling, mechanical shock, vibration, drop, power cycling, humidity, and use-condition testing. • Establish reliability
requirements and acceptance criteria based on customer, market, and business needs. • Lead risk assessments using FMEA, fault tree analysis, and reliability growth methodologies. • Develop reliability demonstration plans and statistical confidence strategies. Failure Analysis and Root Cause Investigation • Lead complex reliability investigations and root-cause analyses. • Drive corrective and preventive actions across product design, materials, assembly, and manufacturing processes. Data Analytics / Reliability Statistics • Perform Weibull analysis, DOE studies, and reliability statistics. Standards Development and Industry Engagement • Represent the company within JEDEC, IPC, AEC, and related standards organizations. • Actively contribute to JEDEC JC-14 Quality and Reliability committees and subcommittees. • Author, review, and ballot industry standards, technical publications, and qualification methodologies. Behavioral traits: Collaboration and Communication Demonstrated ability to work within cross-functional teams consisting of design, process, manufacturing, quality, and supplier engineering organizations. Ability to communicate technical findings and reliability risks to stakeholders in a clear and concise manner. Strong technical writing skills for qualification reports, failure analysis summaries, and reliability assessments.