Principal Reliability Engineer (RF and DC Power)

Location: Rochester, NY, United States. The role operates in office, laboratory, and manufacturing environments.

Salary: $109,750–$182,900 per year, plus eligibility for a discretionary annual bonus.

Company

hirify.global provides advanced RF and DC power generators that enable plasma processing for scientific and industrial customers.

What you will do

• Develop and implement reliability plans for design, validation, qualification, and assessment of new Power Solutions products.
• Provide reliability support throughout the product life cycle, including sustaining activities and improvement programs.
• Lead product qualification, functional, reliability, durability, HALT, HASS, and ALT testing, while managing reliability laboratory equipment.
• Perform reliability predictions, MTBF analysis, reliability allocation, Design FMEA, Weibull analysis, and warranty reporting.
• Investigate test and field failures through root cause analysis and evaluate electronic component failure mechanisms.
• Collaborate with design, manufacturing, marketing, customers, and engineering experts across MKS business units to improve reliability and instrumentation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Semiconductor Materials Science, or a related field; a master’s degree is a plus.
• 8+ years of reliability engineering experience in electronic systems and/or component failure analysis.
• Experience with thermal measurement, device characterization, PCBA and electronic component failure mechanisms, and physics of failure.
• Experience applying Design for Reliability methods, reliability modeling, Telcordia predictions, Weibull analysis, HALT, HASS, and ALT.
• Ability to interpret X-ray, acoustic microscopy, material cross-section analysis, SEM/EDX, and emission microscopy results.
• Must be eligible to work in the United States; work visa sponsorship is not available. Candidates generally must reside in a state where MKS is registered to do business.

Nice to have

• ASQ Certified Reliability Engineer certification.
• Experience in applied machine learning.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) with company match, life insurance, and disability insurance.
• 12 paid holidays, sick time, and 15 paid vacation days.
• Paid parental leave, adoption assistance, and tuition reimbursement.
• Professional work across office, laboratory, and manufacturing settings with a strong focus on safety.