Senior Reliability Engineer, Data Center Products
QualcommJob Title
Senior Reliability Engineer, Data Center Products
Role Summary
The Senior Reliability Engineer will develop and execute reliability qualification and validation activities for Qualcomm data center products (AI accelerators, compute modules, servers, rack-scale systems). This role coordinates cross-functional qualification efforts, investigates failures, and drives design/process improvements to meet product reliability and quality targets.
Experience Level
Senior. See Education Requirements for the specific degree and experience equivalencies listed by Qualcomm.
Responsibilities
Accountable for planning, executing, and reporting reliability qualifications and driving corrective actions.
- Develop and execute reliability qualification plans including environmental, mechanical, and life testing.
- Coordinate qualification activities across design, product engineering, test engineering, suppliers, and manufacturing.
- Analyze qualification and field data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
- Perform failure analysis, determine root cause, and recommend corrective actions.
- Define reliability requirements, test conditions, and success criteria for new products and technologies.
- Apply statistical techniques to assess reliability, process capability, and failure-rate predictions.
- Support ongoing reliability monitoring, field quality improvement, and design-for-reliability (DfR) activities.
- Prepare technical reports and present qualification status, risks, and recommendations to project teams and management.
Requirements
Core technical skills and experience required; preferred items listed separately.
- Proven experience executing reliability qualification and validation for electronic or data center products.
- Hands-on experience with failure analysis, root-cause determination, and corrective action implementation.
- Experience with reliability test planning and environmental/mechanical/life testing methodologies.
- Strong statistical data-analysis skills and ability to interpret reliability and test data.
- Effective written and verbal communication; able to prepare technical reports and present results.
- Ability to coordinate across multiple engineering disciplines, suppliers, and manufacturing.
- Familiarity with reliability software tools or scripting for data analysis (experience with Python, JMP, ReliaSoft, or equivalent is desirable).
- Strong project management and organizational skills; able to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
Education Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Materials Science, Computer Science, or related field plus 2+ years of reliability engineering experience; OR Master's degree in those fields plus 1+ year of reliability engineering experience; OR PhD in a related field. Preferred qualifications mention PhD with 1+ years industry experience or Master's with 3+ years in reliability/product/quality/test engineering. Related degree fields cited include Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, and Reliability Engineering. Equivalent practical experience accepted per the listed degree/experience alternatives.
About the Company
Company: Qualcomm
Headquarters: San Diego, California, United States
Qualcomm is a global leader in semiconductor and telecommunications equipment, specializing in mobile technologies and innovations. Known for its Adreno GPUs, the company provides solutions enabling advancements in mobile gaming, AI, VR/AR, and autonomous driving. Qualcomm's cutting-edge technology and commitment to high-performance, power-efficient designs drive the evolution of mobile graphics and connectivity worldwide.
