R&D Quality & Reliability Engineer

Job Title

R&D Quality & Reliability Engineer

Role Summary

Lead quality and reliability efforts for Broadcom's silicon photonics product portfolio, focusing on device-level qualifications, failure analysis, and support for product transfers into high-volume manufacturing.

Work cross-functionally with design, manufacturing, and customer teams to develop and execute reliability qualification plans, implement corrective actions, and report quality status.

Experience Level

Mid-level. Typical experience guidance provided by the employer: Bachelor's +8 years, Master's +6 years, PhD +3 years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

Accountable for end-to-end quality and reliability for silicon photonics devices and related technologies.

• Define and execute reliability qualification plans for devices, transceivers, co-packaged optics, and related products.
• Drive failure analysis investigations to determine root cause and implement corrective/preventive actions.
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure designs meet reliability and testability goals for NPI and ramp to volume.
• Partner with manufacturing to enable smooth product transfers and maintain quality during volume ramp.
• Maintain Product/Process Qualification (PPQ) and Change Management practices to protect customers and product integrity.
• Prepare and present regular quality updates and support customer visits and audits.

Requirements

Key technical skills and professional capabilities required for this role.

• Proven experience in quality and reliability for silicon photonics or related fields (photodiodes, modulators, lasers, fiber optics, IC packaging, wafer fabrication).
• Device reliability and test expertise: design for reliability, design for test, semiconductor characterization, and qualification test/stress strategy development.
• Experience developing infrastructure for reliability assessment of die, EICs, or optical engines.
• Advanced statistical and data-analysis skills (JMP, Python, R, MATLAB) and experience building databases for manufacturing support.
• Strong failure analysis technique knowledge and experience driving cross-functional root-cause work to closure.
• Customer-facing communication skills and experience presenting quality and reliability results to internal and external stakeholders.
• Self-starter able to work independently in a fast-paced environment; willingness to travel up to 10%.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Materials Science, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, or a related technical field. Employer specifies experience offsets: Bachelor's +8 years, Master's +6 years, PhD +3 years (equivalent practical experience accepted as indicated by the posting).

About the Company

Company: Broadcom

Headquarters: Irvine, California, United States

Broadcom is a global technology leader that designs, develops, and supplies a wide range of semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions. The company is known for its innovations in wireless and broadband communications, enabling a connected world.