Senior Silicon Photonics Reliability Engineer

Location: On-site in the United States; primary location in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with additional locations in Santa Clara, California, and Hillsboro, Oregon.

Annual salary: $122,440–$232,190 USD, depending on work location, skills, experience, and education.

Company

hirify.global Foundry develops and manufactures advanced semiconductor and silicon photonics technologies for AI, cloud computing, networking, and high-speed communications.

What you will do

• Assess and characterize the intrinsic and extrinsic reliability of photonic devices, photonic integrated circuits, lasers, and integrated optical products.
• Develop reliability models, acceleration methodologies, qualification plans, screening methods, and quality controls using design of experiments and statistical analysis.
• Drive reliability improvements through process, design, material, and process-integration optimization.
• Lead failure analysis, root-cause investigations, and data-driven risk assessments.
• Partner with technology development, design, manufacturing, quality, and business teams throughout the technology lifecycle.
• Support new technology introduction, transfer to high-volume manufacturing, and communication of findings to engineering and executive leadership.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Photonics, Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, Semiconductor Engineering, or a related STEM field with 4+ years of relevant experience; or a PhD in a related field with 2+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Experience in silicon photonics, photonic devices, optical devices, or integrated photonics technology development.
• Experience in semiconductor device characterization, validation, yield, reliability, test engineering, compound semiconductor processing, or photonic device physics.
• Experience in reliability engineering, qualification engineering, failure analysis, or technology development in semiconductor or photonics environments.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, collaboration, and technical judgment skills.
• Ability to work on-site in the United States.

Nice to have

• PhD in Physics, Materials Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering field.
• Semiconductor foundry experience and knowledge of wafer fabrication, process integration, material characterization, and design validation.
• Knowledge of reliability statistics, failure mechanisms, quality systems, SPC, DOE, and statistical analysis.
• Experience with JMP, Crystal Ball, ILM, REL, PCS, or SQL scripting.
• Knowledge of Telcordia GR-468 or AEC-Q102 reliability qualification standards.

Culture & Benefits

• Work alongside scientists and engineers on next-generation silicon photonics technologies.
• Collaborate across engineering, manufacturing, quality, and business organizations.
• Competitive compensation with stock bonuses.
• Health, retirement, vacation, and other employee benefits.
• Support for responsible business practices and ethical hiring.